Pikelets
One bowl, one pan, and a fortnight of snack breaks in the freezer.
Ingredients
- Self-raising flour200 g
- Milk250 ml
- Free range eggs1 ea
- Honey30 g
- Butter20 g
Method
- Whisk the flour, egg, milk and honey together until just smooth and leave the batter to stand for 10 minutes.
- Melt a little of the butter in a frying pan over medium-low heat — too hot and they colour before they cook through.
- Drop tablespoons of batter into the pan, leaving room for them to spread.
- Flip each pikelet when bubbles rise and stay open on the surface, then cook 1 minute more.
- Cool on a rack and freeze them in stacks of four with baking paper between; they thaw in the lunchbox by recess.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Vegan
- 250 ml Soy milk instead of Milk
- Leave out the Free range eggs
- 30 ml Maple syrup instead of Honey
- 20 ml Vegetable oil instead of Butter
Without the egg the batter is slightly thinner and the pikelets more delicate: let it stand the full 10 minutes and flip only once the bubbles stay open.
Dairy-free
- 250 ml Soy milk instead of Milk
- 20 ml Vegetable oil instead of Butter
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
WoolworthsBest choiceno items missing · $2.36 of food
$15.90
85% spare
Colesno items missing · $2.51 of food · $0.15 more
$14.45
83% spare
Aldino items missing · $7.35 of food · $4.99 more
$20.11
63% spare
$0.39a serve
$0.39 a serve, cheapest at Woolworths
About $2.36 of ingredients used for 6 serves.
$16.73 across 3 shops · all 5 items priced · $2.28 more for bigger packs, 88% spare for later
WoolworthsBest choice$2.36
no items missing
you'll pay $15.90 · 85% of it spare
Coles$2.51
no items missing · $0.15 more
you'll pay $14.45 · 83% of it spare
Aldi$7.35
no items missing · $4.99 more
you'll pay $20.11 · 63% of it spare
Buy at Aldi$8.13
Self-raising flour
$1.20/kg
need 200 gWhite Mill Self Raising Flour 2 kg$2.39
Aldi$1.20/kg$2.39·Coles$1.30/kg$1.30·Woolworths$1.20/kg$2.40
Butter
$1.60/100g
need 20 gPure Valley Salted Butter 250 g$3.99closest match
Aldi$1.60/100g$3.99·Woolworths$3.00/100g$3.00·Coles$3.00/100g$3.00
Buy at Woolworths$4.20
Honey
$1.05/100g
need 30 gCloverdale Pure Honey Squeeze 400 g$4.20closest match
Woolworths$1.05/100g$4.20·Coles$1.60/100g$4.00·Aldi$1.20/100g$5.99
Buy at Coles$4.40
Free range eggs
$1.47/100g
need 1 itemColes Free Range Eggs 6 Pack 300g$4.40closest match
Coles$1.47/100g$4.40·Woolworths$1.30/100g$4.55·Aldi$1.00/100g$5.99