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here's a nice, frugal recipe. British flapjacks (kind of a baked granola bar, sorta).
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Basic_Flapjacks
Golden syrup is really easy to make. If you don't want to, use corn syrup. It won't have quite the flavour. If your store sells Golden Eagle syrup, flavour is very similar but it's mainly corn syrup & HFCS.
Extras: toss in a handful of raisins or similar. Throw a slug of bourbon as well, I won't judge,