Apple (or Pear) Pikelets — Belinda Jeffery

Ingredients

• 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup (250ml) buttermilk (or plain yoghurt or milk kefir)
• 20g unsalted butter, melted and cooled a little
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 medium-sized (about 130g) sweet apple, peeled and grated
• About 40g unsalted butter, for cooking
• 2 small, just-ripe apples (or pears)
• Icing sugar, for dusting, optional
• Lightly whipped cream, to serve, optional