Apple and cinnamon pikelets

Photographer: Mark O'Meara

Try these low-cost, fluffy apple and cinnamon pikelets. They're so easy and quick to make,

Serves: 10 (makes 30 pikelets –3 per serve)

Time to make: 40 mins

Ingredients

1 quantity Basic pikelets
125g apple purée
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
icingfrostingX sugar and extra cinnamon (optional), to dust

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Instructions

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1 Sift flours and baking soda into a medium mixing bowl. Add buttermilk to mixture with egg and stir until batter forms. Stir apple purée and cinnamon into pikelet batter.

2 Brush or spray a medium heavy-based, non-stick frying pan with oil and set over medium heat. Drop tablespoons of batter into pan 2-3cm apart and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until small bubbles appear on pikelets’ surface. Flip pikelets and cook for 1 more minute, or until lightly golden.

3 Repeat cooking process with remaining batter, transferring cooked pikelets to a plate (keep them warm in a low-temperature oven).

4 Dust pikelets with icing sugar and extra cinnamon (if using) and serve.

Variations

Make it dairy free: Follow Dairy-free basic pikelets recipe.
Make it gluten free: Follow Gluten-free basic pikelets recipe and check icing sugar and ground cinnamon are gluten free.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 83 cal

Kilojoules 350 kJ

Protein 3 g

Total fat 2 g

Saturated fat 0 g

Carbohydrates 15 g

Sugar 4 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Sodium 120 mg

Calcium 40 mg

Iron 0.5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.