Banana Pikelets

My two boys usually have fruit for afternoon tea, but today the only thing our fruit bowl had on offer was a squishy, sad looking, over ripe banana.  Since their older cousin had visited today they had worked up quite an appetite keeping up with him - so we tried some Banana Pikelets - to fill the gap till dinner time.

They turned out sweet, spicy and delicious.

 

















Banana Pikelets

125g / 1C Plain Flour
1t Baking Powder, heaped
2t Sugar
1t Cinnamon
1 Free Range Egg - from the garden
3/4 C Milk
1 Over Ripe Banana, chopped

Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and cinnamon and make a well in the centre.  Drop the egg into the well and pour the milk on top.  Stir the egg and milk together with a fork, slowly combining with the flour to avoid lumps, being careful not to over mix.  Stir through chopped banana and drop spoonfuls into a greased pan, over medium heat.  Turn after bubbles appear on the top, about 2 minutes, then about a minute on the other side.  Transfer to rack to cool.

Do make sure you let them cool a little before handing over to the kids, the banana chunks are hot.  Would be nice with a smear of honey, but we've run out.