Easter Bunny pikelets

Serves:

10 pikelets or 5 åÔbunniesåÕ

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
• 1 cup (250ml) buttermilk (or milk with a squeeze of lemon)
• 1 tbsp caster sugar (optional)
• zest of one orange
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil

To decorate:

• honey-flavoured yoghurt
• blueberries
• one orange (segmented)

Method

To make the pikelet batter, combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl and whisk until smooth. Set aside for half an hour. 

Heat a little of the vegetable oil in a large non-stick saucepan and cook tablespoon-sized dollops of the batter at a time. 

To serve, place one pikelet in the centre of a plate, cut another in half and arrange the halves as ears (see photo). Decorate with the yoghurt, blueberries and orange segments. 

Find related Easter recipes

• Caramello egg brownies
• Easter egg biscuits
• Ice cream easter eggs
• Glazed hot cross buns
• Iced bunny biscuits
• White chocolate Easter egg cupcakes
• Chocolate bird's nest
• Easter bunny iced biscuits

Serving Suggestions

Note

• You can decorate these little bunnies with pretty much any fresh fruit or even sweets. Grapes also make good ‘eyes’. Another option is to make large pikelets and then use a bunny-shaped biscuit cutter to make fun Easter-shaped treats.
• Swap the orange rind with a little cinnamon or other sweet spice. 
• This recipe was created by Sophie Hansen for Kidspot, New Zealand’s best recipe finder: You can follow Sophie on Local is Lovely, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.