Gardening with Children

If you are lucky enough to live in a heathery part of the world, where bilberries abound, why not go out and pick some for this recipe.  If you don’t have a handy supply of bilberries other soft fruit such as blueberries will be a fine alternative.

Ingredients

2 cups of plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup melted margarine
11/4 cups bilberries or blueberries
 

Method

1. Add the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cinnamon to a mixing bowl and stir round to mix all the ingredients together well
2. In a jug mix together the milk, melted margarine and eggs
3. Stir this into the dry mixture until well blended.
4. Stir in bilberries or other soft fruit you are using
5. Heat a greased frying pan
6. Pour 1/4 cup of the batter onto the griddle
7. Cook a couple of minutes each side
8. This recipe makes between 10 and 12 pancakes depending on how large you like them!