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
Has every item
Aldi UKBest choiceno items missing · £0.66 of food
£6.18
89% spare
Tescono items missing · £1.02 of food · £0.36 more
£6.39
84% spare
Morrisonsno items missing · £1.05 of food · £0.39 more
£7.15
85% spare
Sainsbury'sno items missing · £1.44 of food · £0.78 more
£5.44
74% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Asda· £0.98 of food
£4.53
78% spare
No price at Asda for:
- Honey
£0.11a serve
£0.11 a serve, cheapest at Aldi UK
About £0.66 of ingredients used for 6 serves.
£6.18 across 1 shop · all 5 items priced · £1.65 more for bigger packs, 89% spare for later
Aldi UKBest choice£0.66
no items missing
you'll pay £6.18 · 89% of it spare
Tesco£1.02
no items missing · £0.36 more
you'll pay £6.39 · 84% of it spare
Morrisons£1.05
no items missing · £0.39 more
you'll pay £7.15 · 85% of it spare
Sainsbury's£1.44
no items missing · £0.78 more
you'll pay £5.44 · 74% of it spare
Asda£0.98
missing 1 item
you'll pay £4.53 · 78% of it spare
Buy at Aldi UK£6.18
Self-raising flour
£0.47/kg
need 200 gThe Pantry Self Raising Flour 1.5 kg£0.70closest match
Aldi UK£0.47/kg£0.70·Sainsbury's£0.90/kg£0.45·Morrisons£0.55·Tesco£0.47/kg£0.70·Asda£0.47/kg£0.70·
OcadoN/A
Milk
£0.73/L
need 250 mlCowbelle Whole Milk 3.6% Fat 2.27 L£1.65closest match
Aldi UK£0.73/L£1.65·Tesco£1.50/L£0.85·Sainsbury's£3.40/L£0.85·Asda£1.50/L£0.85·Morrisons£1.20·OcadoN/A
Free range eggs
£0.17/ea
need 1 itemMerevale Free Range Eggs 6 Pack 6 each£0.99
Aldi UK£0.17/ea£0.99·Asda£0.37/ea£1.48·Tesco£0.30/ea£1.80·Morrisons£1.80·Sainsbury's£0.19/ea£1.90·OcadoN/A
Honey
£2.20/kg
need 30 gEveryday Essentials Clear Honey 100g 454 g£0.99closest match
Aldi UK£2.20/kg£0.99·Sainsbury's£2.18/kg£0.74·Tesco£3.50/kg£1.19·Morrisons£1.75·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Butter
£7.40/kg
need 20 gCowbelle British Salted Butter 250 g£1.85closest match
Aldi UK£7.40/kg£1.85·Sainsbury's£7.50/kg£1.50·Asda£7.50/kg£1.50·Tesco£7.40/kg£1.85·Morrisons£1.85·OcadoN/A