I don't know what you mean by crunchier.  Flapjacks, or pancakes as we call them here in the northeast US are supposed to be fluffy and soft.  I myself prefer my flap jacks to have a bit of crispness on the edges and I like them much thinner so I make a looser batter, more like a crepe batter.  Also, you need plenty of butter in the pan so that they crisp up more.  Less baking soda so that they don't fluff up too much.  Does that help?

Could always put some hot custard over them and eat as a dessert.  Remember our school made gorgeous flapjacks which was served with the usual watery custard.  Mind you I am going way back here.

The trick is to press them down firmly, put them into a nice hot oven (200 0c) until browned then when they come out you need to press them down firmly again with the back of a spoon as soon as they come out!  You also mark them at this stage so they break apart easily.  I always cook mine on greasproof paper so I can get them out of the tin quite quickly which stops them becoming mushy.

I had a flapjack disaster yesterday: I was tired and didn't use enough butter so once baked I just melted some butter and crushed the flapjacks into it.  Pressed them down into a lined tray and put into the fridge to cool down cheesecake base stylee.  Once cooled, I put a layer of raisins and almonds in and topped with melted chocolate.  My own luxury breakfast bars lol. xxxxx No mistakes in cookery: just happy discoveries ;-)

mummza wrote:

Koukouvagia , Brisish flap jacks are made from rolled oats , sugar , golden syrup ( golden treacle?) and butter .
They are baked in the oven .

I think they are different forum American flapjacks which are more like pancakes .

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Oh... oops sorry.  Didn't know that.

In the US flapjacks, griddle cakes, battercakes, hotcakes and pancakes are all the same thing.  They have different names depending on which part of the country you're in.  In NY they're called pancakes, in Philadelphia they're called hotcakes.

I know its interesting how different things are caled different names depending n where you live.

Hippytea, the pink custard was probably blamange similar to custard but it was usually set in a dish before it was served but it was also eaten hot like custard.