Well, my mum always used to call these pikelets. Not sure what the diff is between pikelets and pancakes, but this is a fool-proof recipe to golden brown deliciousness. I cook them so often that I no longer need to check my scribbled notes. It’s so easy peasy:
Put the following ingredients into a bowl (or I use a jug and a stick-mixer) in the order listed.
Pikelets
2 eggs
Pinch of salt
¼ cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 ½ cups sifted self-raising flour
Mix thoroughly, scraping down the sides and the blender to make sure you don’t have any flour pockets. Add a little extra milk if you think it’s too thick. The trick to getting the perfect pikelet is the temperature of your pan — medium heat, people! You want to make sure that the pikelet cooks through before your base gets too brown. I use a non-stick pan, so I don’t need to grease it, but you can use a brush of butter if you find yours sticking. Flip when a few of the little bubbles that have formed on the surface start to pop.
Serve with whatever your heart desires! If I’m feeling impatient, I’ll slap on a smearing of butter and eat right there at the stove top, but they are spectacular with a squeeze of lemon juice and sugar, or honey, or berries and ice-cream! Not to mention maple syrup, or jam and cream. Drool!
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Claire
To confuse things further, I would call those drop scones! Either way, good on you for making them, you must be going great guns with this crazy motherhood gig – anything beyond showering and getting dressed is impressive.
Lauren
Ha! My mum’s hand-written recipe is titled ‘pikelets (drop scones)’ — but I’d never heard anyone else use that term before! I wonder where her recipe comes from… Oh believe me, my pursuits in the kitchen aren’t much more sophisticated than this. I give myself a pat on the back if I can manage to get one thing done each day. Sometimes washing my hair feels like a triumph! Gus is getting cuter with every post :) Have you started your mother’s group yet? Sometimes I am struck by the amazing-ness of it all — I am somebody’s mum! If I can be half as awesome as my mum, I’ll be satisfied :)
Melanie
My understanding is pancakes are larger than pikelets and drop scones. But when I did a quick search, it might just be we use different names in different parts of the world. They look so delicious. I might steal that recipe next week for Shrove Tuesday.