Saturday consisted of hot baths, jimmy jams, popcorn and movies. The perfect way to vege-out with the girls. Sunday needed to be more of the same so I decided we would start the day with a special breakfast - muffin tray pancakes. I found the idea for these on Pinterest, but I adapted the recipe a little bit due to the ingredients I had.
You Will Need:
- 1 1/2 cups of self raising flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1 1/4 cups of milk
- 1 big egg - I used a size 8, but a size 7 would do
- 3 tablespoons of oil
Optional
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
Mix the ingredients together in a jug and then put them aside in the fridge overnight. In the morning, when you want pancakes, get your standard muffin tray and put butter into the bottom of each shallow. Pop this into a warm oven until it's melted.
I took the tray out then, and used a pastry brush to get all the edges coated in butter as well. Then I poured a small amount of batter into each shallow.
From here, you can add whatever additions you like. Frozen berries, chocolate chips or drops, or maybe a small dollop of jam. Pop the tray back into the oven for about 20 minutes (or until they are puffed up, golden and cooked through). Take them out and serve them with maple syrup or lemon and sugar. We did chocolate drop ones, but I reckon a berry one would be delicious. Another variation could be with some banana pulp and cooked bacon pieces.
If you make too many, I'm sure they would freeze pretty well too. Now my kids have happy full tummies. I feel great because I got some baking done this weekend (my personal stress reliever). And it's toddler nap time!
Edit: I recently took the frozen left overs out and reheated them. They were excellent, so the recipe definitely freezes well. Thanks for reading along!
