These mince pie flapjacks are a fun way to use leftover mince pies and create a beautiful bake. Roughly chopped-up flapjacks are mixed into a soft chewy flapjack full of Christmas spices that makes a delicious Christmas bake. These Christmas flapjacks are a great edible Christmas gift and are perfect for Christmas afternoon tea.
It’s Christmas snack time! I always have mince pies leftover after Christmas so having a list of leftover mincemeat recipes is perfect when I need to whip up some Christmas flapjacks.
Top Questions
What can you make with leftover mince pies?
What are easy leftover mincemeat recipes?
Can you bake mince pies in flapjacks?
Can you freeze flapjacks?
Why you’ll love this Mince Pie Flapjacks recipe
Christmas flapjacks are great for using up leftover mince pies after a Christmas party or on Boxing Day. Making leftover mince pie flapjacks is a great way to reduce your food waste and create a delicious snack!
This is such a simple leftover mincemeat recipe that you’ll make it in your sleep. When you’ve got guests over at every hour of the day you need something quick, easy and tasty and mince flapjacks are just that!
The mincemeat flapjacks make wonderful edible gifts at this time of year, you can even personalise them with ribbon and tags!
Mince Pie Flapjacks Ingredients
For the full recipe and instructions scroll to the bottom of the page for the recipe card.
Mince Pies
Christmas isn’t Christmas without mince pies. For this recipe, you can use shop-bought or homemade mince pies work incredibly well in this recipe. If they’ve gone a little stale but are still edible they will work too.
If you want to make your own mince pies then check out my shortcrust pastry mince pies, air fryer mince pies or even crumble mince pies recipes. You can also check out my cranberry mincemeat recipes or vegan mincemeat recipe if you want to make your own mincemeat too.
Oats
A crucial part of all flapjacks is the lovely oat texture. The mix of oats and the mince pies are so moreish and above all give a beautiful taste to the finished flapjacks.
How to make Mince Pie Flapjacks – step by step
For the full recipe and instructions scroll to the bottom of the page for the recipe card.
Place the butter, caster sugar, golden syrup and condensed milk into a saucepan.
Melt the ingredients together on a medium-low heat so they soften and melt gradually. Keep stirring so they don’t burn.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the oats.
Chop up the mince pies roughly and mix them into the flapjacks mixture.
Pour the mix into the prepared cake tin and level off. If you have any leftover pieces of mince pie add a few to the top.
Put the flapjacks in the oven and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
When they are baked and still warm, gently slice the flapjacks. It’s a lot easier when they are still warm.
Mince Pie Flapjacks Top Tips
Slice and serve your mince pie flapjacks whilst they are still warm. This helps you get even slices of Christmas flapjack and it will melt the gorgeous vanilla ice cream you serve it with.
Crushed mince pies add such a wonderful flavour to these Christmas flapjacks, try and break them into even pieces to evenly distribute the flavour.
Gift your friends and family these warm and spiced flapjacks. Wrap them in ribbon and personalise each one with tags and Christmas stickers!
Mince Pie Flapjacks Serving Suggestions
Flapjacks are great because they are so versatile! You can serve them as healthy lunchtime treats or warm with a big scoop of ice cream. I think salted caramel is the best ice cream to have with these Christmas flapjacks but you can choose your favourite.
Warm apple sauce is a great side dish to mince pie flapjacks, it’s sweet and pairs perfectly with the spiced mince pies and warm flapjacks. Cranberry sauce is another great addition to this Christmas treat.
Equipment
This list contains affiliate links
Substitutions and variations
Chopped fruits and nuts
Chopped sweet fruits and nuts add great flavour and texture to these flapjacks, the nuts add a wonderful crunch and dried fruits are full of tangy flavour, and sweetness and they take the mince pie flapjacks to the next level.
Melted Chocolate
You can drizzle melted chocolate over these flapjack squares. I love adding rich dark chocolate but you can mix it up with milk or white chocolate depending on your preference.
Storing Mince Pie Flapjacks / Making ahead of time options
Flapjacks can be kept in an air-tight container for about a week before they go too hard. Layer them between kitchen roll to eep them free of excess moisture. If they do a bit hard round the edges you can pop them in the microwave for 20 second bursts to warm them up. This will soften them too.
You can also freeze flapjacks once they have been baked and fully cooled. Cut them into portions and wrap each one in clingfilm and tinfoil before placing in the freezer for up to 1 month. When you’re ready to enjoy your mince pie flapjacks, simply defrost your portion and eat it either hot or cold.
FAQS
What can you make with leftover mince pies?
You can make lots of things easily with leftover mince pies, a leftover mince pie brownie, mince pie blondies or even mince pie flapjacks. You just need to add crushed mince pies to the batterof your bake and then cook as normal! The spiced mince pies are wonderful in these chewy, gooey bakes.
What are easy leftover mincemeat recipes?
The easiest leftover mincemeat recipe is a mincemeat crumble, you simply add a crumble topping to your mincemeat. It’s an easy mincemeat recipe that tastes wonderful.
Can you bake mince pies in flapjacks?
You can bake mince pies in flapjacks, just crush them into even chunks and add them to your flapjack batter. They will adda wonderful mincemeat flavour to your flajacks and the pastry adds a great texture too.
Can you freeze flapjacks?
Yes, you can freeze flapjacks, they can be frozen they are baked and fufullylyl cooled. You just need to portion them up, wrap them in clingfilm and freeze them for up to 1 month. Don’t forget to fully defrost your flapjacks before eating them.
Other Recipes you might like
Pin this recipe to enjoy later
Pin me for later or follow me @sewwhiteblog on Pinterest for my latest recipes and to discover my others.
Recipe
Leftover Mince Pie Flapjacks
Ingredients
- 200 g (7 oz) condensed milk
- 300 g (1 cups) unsalted butter
- 250 g (1 cups) golden caster sugar
- 3 tbsp (3 tbsp) golden syrup
- 600 g (7.5 cups) oats
- 6 mince pies
Optional
- 5 tbsp mincemeat (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170ºC / 160ºC fan / 320ºF / Gask mark 3.
- Line 9 x 12 inch tin with greaseproof paper. It's so much easier for getting them out.
- Add the butter, golden syrup, caster sugar and condensed milk to a saucepan and on a low heat melt together. Keep stirring to make sure it doesn't stick or burn.
- Keep stirring to make sure it doesn't stick or burn.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the oats. Plus any flavours, dried fruit or nuts you want.
- Roughly chop up the mince pies into chunky pieces.
- Spoon the mix into the tin and level off.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until light golden brown.
- When freshly baked from the oven gently cut them and leave them to cool.
Notes
- If you want to add flavours, nuts or dried fruit then mix them in with the oats in the recipe.
- As they stay soft you can make them ahead of time.
- They are easy to freeze and defrost when you want a slice or two.
Nutrition
Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
I love flapjacks and mince pies so this recipe was a must for me to try. Absolutely delicious and a great way to use up leftover mince pies.
Such a brilliant recipe and a great way to avoid waste. Everyone loved these flapjacks.
How resourceful! Such a creative way to use up any leftover mince pies.
Two of my favourite things in one bake. Love these mincemeat flapjacks
This is such a great idea for leftovers! Thanks for sharing!
Love the combination of flavors here. Thanks for sharing.
I love that these flapjacks have the actual mince pies in them, instead of just mincemeat! Sooo good.
Absolutely love the mince pies on top of these flapjacks. It makes them extra special!
I think this might be your greatest mince pie creation yet!