Posting this week’s menu plan early, so I can also post this recipe! This Tuesday we celebrate Shrove (Pancake) Tuesday, the day before the beginning of Lent. The children also celebrate this at school, by bringing some pancakes or pikelets from home to share with their class.
My children tend to prefer pikelets over pancakes. I think the smaller size, but greater thickness also makes them easier for the children to manage. I have a very basic recipe that I use. It makes about 20, which is never enough for us, so I always double the recipe.
Pikelets Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup self raising flour
- 1/4 cup castor sugar (super fine sugar)
- 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk (approx)
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- Then what ever toppings that you like, my children like butter or lemon and sugar.
Instructions
- Sift sugar, bicarb of soda and flour into a bowl (large if doubling recipe).
- Pour egg, milk, vinegar and combine well.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in about 90% of the combined milk liquid.
- Using a beater mix until smooth. Add as much of remaining liquid ingredients as required. I like the pikelet mixture to be quite thick, but it can have all the milk in and be thinner and still taste great.
- I add a small amount of butter to a frying pan on medium heat.
- When melted I drop large spoonfuls of mixture into the pan, allowing room for spreading.
- When bubbles appear, turn the pikelets over before they burst.
- The pikelets take less time to cook on the second side. Using a spatula to lift the pikelet, check that the bottom side is golden, then remove from the pan.
- Add your favourite toppings and enjoy!
Do your kids prefer Pikelets Recipe over pancakes?
Our Family Menu Plan for this week.
Baking: Pikelets
Monday: Chicken Schnitzel and Salad
Tuesday: Meal from the freezer from our wonderful baby bundle.
Wednesday: Tomato and Basil Gnocchi
Thursday: Chicken Korma
Friday: Left Overs
Saturday: BBQ With Friends
Sunday: Sausages and Salad
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Baking powder and bicarbonate of soda are two different things. Both baking soda and baking powder are leavening agents, which means they are added to baked goods before cooking to produce carbon dioxide and cause them to ‘rise’. Baking powder contains baking soda, but the two substances are used under different conditions.You can substitute baking powder in place of baking soda (you’ll need more baking powder and it may affect the taste), but you can’t use baking soda when a recipe calls for baking powder. Baking soda by itself lacks the acidity to make a cake rise. However, you can make your own baking powder if you have baking soda and cream of tartar. Simply mix two parts cream of tartar with one part baking soda.
Matthew – Thanks for explaining that. I have removed the reference to baking powder from the recipe. I had always wondered what the difference was and if it was okay to interchange them.
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