CRUMPETS WITH STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
1 cup of cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons sugar
380 ml milk
1 teaspoon melted butter

DOUBLE THE RECIPE
2 cups cake flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
4 tablespoons sugar
2 ½ cups milk
1 tablespoon melted butter

Melt butter.
Beat the eggs and sugar together and add the butter and half the milk.
Mix the dry ingredients and sift into the egg mixture and mix properly.
Add the rest of the milk and beat until smooth.
Heat oil in a pan and scoop 1 tablespoon of the dough into the pan. You want them to be small ( less than 5 cm ) reduce the heat. You want them golden brown.
When air bubbles appear then you know it’s ready to be turned.
This mix will give you about 20 small crumpets. Which is ample for 4 servings.

Filling.
Thinly sliced Strawberries
Plain smooth cream cheese
Sugar to taste
Drop or two of any essence. I prefer Almond or Lemon.

Mix the cream cheese, sugar and essence.
Start off with a crumpet, cream cheese filling and sliced Strawberries and repeat layers.
Secure with a tooth pick, ad garnish with any seasonal fruit.
This goes well with fruit kebabs.

Enjoy with a Champagne Breakfast, with Croissants and fruit kebabs. Muesli and yogurt.

Recipe and photo:  Johan De V Swanepoel

MARGARINE PANCAKES
Servings: 6
1 cup white flour
¾ cup water
3 tablespoons white sugar
2 ½ tablespoons margarine, melted
2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vegetable oil / cooking spray
¼ teaspoons salt
1 egg, beaten

Mix the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
Pour the melted margarine in a jug, add the water and egg and mix well.
Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until mixed.
In the meanwhile, heat the skillet or griddle and coat it with vegetable oil or cooking spray.
Pour spoonful’s of batter onto the heated pan and cook on medium-high heat.
When the sides turn brown and bubbles appear at the center of the top side, flip it and cook until the side turns golden-brown. Serve the pancakes with the toppings of your choice.
Note – How does margarine work for pancakes?
The more you mix or knead the batter, the gluten makes it tighter, making it harder to spread the batter over the pan or griddle. Margarine is a fat, like butter, that covers the flour in the batter and prevents the flour protein strands from absorbing any other liquid among the ingredients, that would otherwise result in the formation of gluten. Margarine also has a shortening effect that makes the pancakes crunchy and soft rather than chewy.
Recipe and photo: Jo Lubbe

KROEKSPUL PLAATKOEKIES MET SALTED CARAMEL SOUSIE
1 pak plaatkoekie mengsel
Meng soos aanwysings se en bak in lekker botter

Vir die sousie:
1 blik karamel
3 eetlepels melk
1 eetlepel seesout vlokkies
Mikrogolf die melk en karamel tot goed warm amper kokend en roer sout vlokkies by.
Bedruip sousie dan oor gaar plaatkoekies.

Resep en foto: Lee-Ann Nieuwenhuis

2 BESTANDDELE PLAATKOEKIES
1 koppie self-raising koekmeel
1 koppie Sprite/Lemonade
knippie sout
Meng goed saam en bak soos gewoonlik.

Resep en foto: Gracia Rose

RAINY DAY FLAPJACKS
Rainy day flapjacks – recipe from my darling mum ( recipe in comments ). We only make flapjacks on rainy days
I like to serve them with maple syrup, or fresh strawberries, sometimes a warm fruit compote, apricot jam, soft butter or my absolute favourite is butterscotch. My husband likes simple maple syrup which is what we used today.

500 ml cake flour
2 eggs
5 tablespoons sugar
1 ½ tablespoons butter, melted
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 teaspoon salt
250 ml milk

Beat the eggs and gradually add the sugar. Add half of the milk and the melted butter to the egg mixture. Stir well. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt and add to the egg mixture. Gradually stir in the remaining milk to form a smooth mixture.
If all ingredients are well mixed don’t stir anymore. Drop spoonfuls of batter into a greased frying pan. Turn once the top is full of air bubbles (bottom should be golden brown) and bake on the other side. Serve warm.

Recipe and picture: Vanessa Botha

PIESANG PLAATKOEKIES
1 piesang
1 eier
Bietjie bakpoeier
Knippie kaneel
Indien nodig om dikker te maak bietjie koekmeel
Maak die piesang deeglik fyn en meng met die ander bestanddele
Bak op meduim hitte stoofplaat.
Bron:  Hanlie van Heerden

HOLLANDSE POFFERTJIES
1 koppie koekmeel
1 eier
½ koppie gewone jogurt
½ koppie melk
50 g suiker

Meng goed en bak lepelsvol in holtes van ‘n vlak muffinpannetjie.
Jy kry ook die klaargemaakte mengsels by Spesialiteits winkels. Bedien met stoop of kaas of waarvoor jy lus het.
Resep en foto: Martie Fourie Moolman

FLAPJACKS OR WAFFELS
Ek het sommer gou besluit om flapjacks te maak vir more oggend se ontbyt! Maar ek het ‘n Wafel Mix se resep gebruik. En dis so lig en donsig:
1 ¾ cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.

3 egg yolks beaten
1/3 cup cups oil
1 ½ cups milk
3 egg whites beaten stiffly

Combine egg yolk and milk. Stir in dry ingredients. Stir in cooking oil. Carefully fold egg whites in. DO NOT OVERMIX. Ready for use in waffelpan or to bake flap jacks
Photo: Ronel Muller Thoma

SA EEDA’S FLAPJACKS
Aaaaaand spoiling my minions is on top of the list for the holidays…. and they love Flapjacks
My recipe (don’t know where it comes from, but my mother has been making these since I was a youngen)

¼ cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon melted butter

Whisk together sugar and egg with vanilla essence, add dry ingredients with milk and melted butter.
I fry without oil, about tablespoon full. Flip when bubbles appear.
We enjoy with syrup (golden, caramel and maple) or our freshly made homemade strawberry jam

Recipe and photo: Sa-eeda Daniels

FLAPJACK KOEK
Pannekoek beslag
My man gebruik die resep en niks anders. Hy maak nie dun pannekoeke nie maar lekker dik groot flap jacks. Dit kan ‘n lekker waffle resep ook wees. Resep kan gehalveer word. As eiers te veel klink moet nie skrik nie. Dis die geheim van goeie pannekoek beslag.
Lewer 60-72 pannekoeke
500 g gesifte koek meel (4 koppie x 250ml)
5 ml (1 teelepel) bakpoeier
10 ml (2 teelepels) sout
12.5 ml (1 eetlepel) strooisuiker
8 ekstra groot eiers
1 liter (4 koppie) melk
25 ml (2 eetlepel) brandewyn
250 ml (1 koppie) olie

Gebruik groot mengbak en sif meel, bakpoeier, sout en suiker saam. Tweede mengbak klits die eiers en roer melk geleidelik by. Roer van die melk/eier mengsel geleidelik by meel mengsel en maak aan tot ‘n gladde pasta. Gebruik ‘n houtlepel en roer res van melk/eier mengsel by. Giet deur sif vir eksta gladde mengsel. Voeg brandewyn en olie by en meng goed met houtlepel. Maak seker dat olie heeltemal opgeneem is in beslag. Laat beslag rus vir een uur. Roer weer deur en begin bak. Stapel met vulsel na smaak.
Resep en foto:  Marie Fourie