Pikelets are a go-to recipe in my household. These banana oat pikelets are quick to make and my kids love them. This recipe can be used as the base for many other pikelet ideas, both savoury and sweet. It is very very very forgiving.
Other flavour ideas for the banana oat pikelet mix
(the ones that have been successful with my kids)
- Grated apple and carrot with cinnamon (a bit like a carrot cake)
- 3 C’s, grated carrot, courgette and cheese
- Grated pear and ginger (dried powdered)
- Banana and desiccated coconut
- Ham and frozen peas
- Blueberry (note, delicious but highly messy for eating)
Banana Oat Pikelets
Prep
Cook
Total
Yield 12 Pikelets
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- ½ Cup wholemeal flour
- ½ Cup rolled oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Milk (½-1 Cup)
- 1 banana mashed
- Pinch of cinnamon or a few drops of vanilla essence
Instructions
- Whisk egg
- Add dry ingredients (I sort of sprinkle them in, but don't bother sifting them), whisk/mix
- Add ½ Cup of milk, mix
- Add mashed banana and cinnamon/vanilla
- If needed add more milk if the batter is too dry
- Heat a pan with a small amount of your fat/oil preference (butter, rice bran oil, coconut oil etc)
- Drop in spoonfuls of the batter. Cook until small bubbles pop on the surface, flip over and cook the other side
- Serve
Notes
These pikelets do freeze, and are great defrosted, but for some reason, my crazy kids turn their noses up at them
I often keep the mix in the fridge so that I can quickly whip some up.
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Yum yum, trying these tomorrow. I love a good kids/adults recipe that has no added sugar in it. Thanks hon x
This is such a great recipe, so yummy – my son gobbles them up (as do I to be honest!) Cant wait to try more of your recipes!
Hi Stacey, This recipe is a must! My daughter literally loved it as well as hubby and myself.
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.
I just added an extra banana and now I’m in trouble… what is my little one having for lunch? There might not be any left for her. So, so good!
Oh I am so glad they were liked
How much do you put in the recipe for the carrot and apple one?
Here is the recipe for the carrot and oat version
My son is allergic to eggs. What can I substitute for the eggs? I would like to try this recipe
Yous should actually be fine to just up the banana content, they should work fine without the egg and more banana
I have made these a few times starting when my son was 7 months old. He loves them! I soak the oats overnight in milk along with dried currants and a teaspoon of blackstrap molasses for extra iron. You have an excellent blog, thank you for sharing your recipes. I look forward to trying more.