Put the oats, salt and ginger, if using, in a roomy baking bowl and mix. Add the melted butter mixture and stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon making sure all the oats are coated. It smartens up the slaps, and the edges are always chewier than the inside. Don't worry; they don't go to waste; we still eat them!

Luxury Caramel 41.5% (Sweetened Condensed Skimmed MILK, Glucose Syrup (SULPHITES), Invert Sugar Syrup, Palm Oil, Butter (MILK), Sugar, Emulsifier: E471, Stabiliser: Pectin, Salt, Natural Flavouring. Margarine (Vegetable fat, Palm; Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed; (RSPO Sourced) Water, Natural flavouring, Brown Sugar, Toasted flakes of golden corn (Maize, Sugar, BARLEY, Malt Flavouring Niacin, Iron, Vitamin 82 (Riboflavin) Vitamin 81 (Thiamin), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12), Partially inverted refiners syrup, Self-raising flour (WHEAT flour, Raising agents E500, E450), Wholegrain OATS, Honey Coated Banana Slices 3% ( Bananas, Honey, Sugar, Coconut Oil) Bakers Dark Chocolate Flavour 3% (Sugar, Palm Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Fortified WHEAT Flour (WHEAT Flour, Calcium Carbonate Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Whey Powder (MILK), Emulsifiers: SOYA Lecithin, E476; Natural Flavouring) Concentrated Banana Liquid Flavour 1% ( Humectant, propylene glycol (E1520), Water, Natural Flavouring, Safflower extract, Sweetener (Sucralose) Colour (Curcumin) )To line, a rectangular or square tin, put the tray or, if using a bottomless baking tray, the base on top of parchment paper. Before you begin, line the base of a 23cm square cake tin with greaseproof paper and generously butter the sides. Put to one side. Gently heat the golden syrup and the butter in a large saucepan and remove from the heat once the butter has melted. Then, allow about 2 hours (the longer the better) in the fridge to cool completely. Putting it in the fridge speeds up the cooling time. Put the butter, sugar and golden syrup into a pan. Heat gently, stirring occasionally, until the butter has melted with the syrup and the sugar has dissolved.

Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/Gas 4 (If using fan oven, reduce the temperature according to manufacturer’s recommendation).