For the batter:

7oz plain flour
1tbsp baking powder
1tbsp caster sugar
1 egg
275ml milk

For the topping:

1 eating apple, chopped
Knob of butter
1tbsp muscovado sugar (or other brown sugar)
1/2tsp cinnamon


Make the topping first; throw everything into a saucepan and cook gently until the sugar and butter have caramelised and the apple is soft. Set aside and cover to keep warm.

Mix the batter ingredients together; it makes a thick batter.

Melt some butter in a pan and drop spoonfuls of the batter in (one dessert spoon per pancake is enough; it spreads to about 3 inches and puffs up a bit, I can cook four in a frying pan at once). Once bubbles start to form on the tops of the pancakes, turn them over. Cook until golden both sides.

Top with the caramel-apple and some ice-cream :)

They're also nice with plain yoghurt, honey and flaked almonds. Well, I imagine they'll be nice with anything, really!

The batter also keeps nicely in the fridge. From the quantities above I make us six each for the two of us in the evening for dessert, and then four each again for breakfast :D

^.^