Banana pikelets (grain and sugar free)

When I lived in Germany I enjoyed pancakes quite regularly. I would invite people over to my little apartment just to eat pancakes! (I would also invite people from the internet over to cut my hair in exchange for lessons on how to bake ANZAC biscuits). We'd have sweet pancakes with jam, Nutella and honey as well as savoury pancakes with butter, pesto and sliced meats on top. For this month's 'layer by layer' themed Blog Hop, I decided to revisit the legendary pancake, but a smaller, healthier grain and sugar free version.



This recipe is based on a handful of healthy pancake recipes I viewed on the internet. Unlike some of the recipes I found, this one only requires a few every day items that you are already likely to have at home. No strange and wonderful sugar substitutes or flour made out of vegetables involved at all!

Banana pikelets (grain and sugar free)
Makes 8 pikelets

What you need

• 1 banana, mashed
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon almond meal
• 1 teaspoon of milk
• Sprinkle cinnamon
• Butter, for frying

 What you need to do

1. Combine banana, egg, baking powder, almond meal, milk and cinnamon in a bowl.
2. Heat a fry pan on the stove.
3. Add a little butter to the fry pan and turn the heat down.
4. Place tablespoon sized scoops of mixture into the pan and fry until bubbles form on the top.
5. Gently flip the pikelets onto the other side and fry for a short time.
6. Place pikelets onto a serving plate.
7. Repeat the above process until all pikelet mixture is used.
8. Serve pikelets with fruit and cream if you so desire.

These were so good for what seems to simply be fried mashed banana with egg! The downside; the recipe only makes eight pikielets. However, as bananas are a bargain at the moment, you can afford to make more:)

But, whatever you do, do not make apple pikelets. I thought they would be nice but no....I do not want to talk about the horrible apple pikelet experience.

Apple pikelets. Never judge a pikelet by its appearance

Oh a photo to share:)

Look who is enjoying the figs tree:)

If you would like to participate in this month's Sweet Adventures Blog Hop, take a look at the instructions on The Kitchen Crusader.