Apple Pancakes with Maple Syrup Butter

Cook Time 30 minutes

Servings 4

Ingredients

300g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp bicarb soda 

2 tsp maple sugar or caster sugar

1 egg

300ml buttermilk

Pinch of salt

Apple, sliced and steamed (optional)

Maple butter

250g unsalted butter, softened 

¼ cup maple syrup plus extra to serve

1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped

Method

For the maple butter, beat butter until soft and pale. Add maple syrup and vanilla, then combine.

Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the sugar, salt, and bicab soda and mix through. Make a well in the centre and add the egg, then slowly fold in the buttermilk.

Heat a large pan over a medium to high heat and add a little oil and butter. Using 1/3 measuring cup (or a ladle), add batter to the pan to make heaped mounds. Don’t overcrowd the pan. Add sliced apple onto pancake. Cook for a minute or until little bubbles start to develop and pop on the surface. Flip and cook for a further minute or so.

Pile onto a plate, add a dollop of maple butter and drizzle over extra maple syrup.