flapjack
/ˈflapdʒak
/noun
1British A sweet dense cake made from oats, golden syrup, and melted butter, served in rectangles.There are nicely-iced fruit cakes, scones, flapjacks and other mouthwatering delicacies....
- And with fairy cakes, flapjacks, fruit loaves and flans, the cookery categories offered a mouth-watering selection.
- A toasted teacake, scone or flapjack was an option.
2North American A pancake.It is a must for anyone who loves pancakes or flapjacks as they call them....
- In the middle of all this was a large chuck wagon already cooking up eggs, sausage, flapjacks and plenty of hot coffee.
- In the morning, I'll have bacon and flapjacks, take a short hike with my camera and then wake from the dream.
Origin
Early 17th century (in sense 2): from flap (in the dialect sense 'toss a pancake') + jack1; sense 1 dates from the 1930s and is probably a regional coinage.