A yummy  treat for the whole family.

Makes: 12

Preparation time: 10–12 minutes

Cooking time: 12–15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
1 banana
• 
½ cup brown sugar
• 
¾ cup reduced fat milk
• 
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
• 
1¼ cups wholemeal self-raising flour
• 
1 teaspoon margarine spread or lower saturated fat dairy spread

Instructions:

1. Break the egg into a cup or small bowl and whisk using a fork.


2. Peel the banana and place in a mixing bowl. Mash using a fork.


3. Add the sugar, egg, milk and vanilla essence to the mashed banana.


4. Stir in the flour, then allow to sit for a few minutes, so the flour absorbs some of the milk and the mixture thickens slightly.


5. Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the margarine spread or lower saturated fat dairy spread, and cook the mixture in ¼ cupfuls (you will need to cook them in batches).


6. After about 1½ minutes, when bubbles appear on the uncooked surface, turn the pikelets over and cook the other side for a further 2 minutes.


7. Put the cooked pikelets on a clean dry tea towel until ready to use.

8. If not using them at once, cover with a tea towel so the pikelets don’t dry out.

Note: To make plain pikelets, leave out the banana; replace the brown sugar with 1 ½ tablespoons of caster sugar and use 1 cup of reduced fat milk.

Recipe supplied by permission from the Heart Foundation as published on the Heart Foundation 'Healthy Eating Recipes' section at www.heartfoundation.org.au.