Make Christmas breakfast fun with fluffy reindeer pancakes. Two squeezy bottles, a jug and a dash of food colouring will make Rudolph come to life!
Prep:10 mins
makes 4
150g self-raising flour½ tsp baking powder½ tbsp golden caster sugar1 egg, beaten½ tbsp maple syrup, plus extra to serve150ml full-fat milk or semi-skimmed milkvegetable oil, for fryinga few drops red food colouringicing sugar, for dusting
STEP 1Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Combine the wet ingredients in a jug and gradually pour into the dry ingredients, whisking until a smooth batter forms.STEP 2Put 2 tbsp of the batter in a small bowl and mix in a few drops of red food colouring. Transfer to a squeezy bottle.STEP 3Put 1/3 of the remaining batter into the other squeezy bottle, and the remaining 2/3 into a jug.STEP 4Gently heat a drizzle of oil in a non-stick pan. Squeeze some batter into an outline of Rudolph, drawing two holes for eyes. Fill the rest with batter from the jug. Make a nose using the coloured batter. Cook for 1-2 mins, flip and cook for 1 min more. Repeat to make four pancakes. Serve with icing sugar and maple syrup.
