Makes 16 Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 40 minutes Ingredients 140g light muscovado sugar 3 tbsp golden syrup 140g butter 250g rolled oats 50g raisins 50g walnut pieces, roughly chopped 50g mixed seeds 50g fresh South African plums, stoned and roughly chopped 50g fresh South African nectarines, stoned and roughly chopped
Method 1. Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Gently heat the sugar, golden syrup and butter in a pan until melted. Stir the oats, raisins, walnuts and seeds into the pan until coated in the butter 2. Spoon half the oaty mix into a baking tin (approx. 23 x 23cm). Scatter the plums and nectarines over the top, and then top with the remaining oat mix. Pack the mix down well and smooth with the back of a metal spoon 3. Bake for 35 minutes or until dark golden. Leave to cool completely before cutting into 16 bars with a sharp knife South African plums recipe courtesy of South African fruits