Choc-banana pikelets

Photographer: Mark O'Meara

Just when you thought pikelets couldn't get better, this recipe with the addition of chocolate and banana came along...

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

Time to make: 40 mins

Ingredients

1 quantity Basic pikelets
¼ cup sifted cocoa powder
¼ cup brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
1 medium banana, mashed
drizzle chocolate-flavoured topping (optional), to serve
banana, chopped in small pieces (optional), to serve

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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 cocoa powder, sugar and banana into 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 Top pikelets with a drizzle of choc-flavoured topping and banana (if using) and serve.

Variations

Make it dairy free: Follow Dairy-free basic pikelets recipe, and omit choc-flavoured topping.
Make it gluten free: Follow Gluten-free basic pikelets recipe and check cocoa powder and choc-flavoured topping (if using) are gluten free.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 172 cal

Kilojoules 720 kJ

Protein 4 g

Total fat 2 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Carbohydrates 35 g

Sugar 24 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Sodium 160 mg

Calcium 50 mg

Iron 1 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.