German Pancakes/Pancake Muffins

I found this recipe again on good old Pinterest, but changed it up slightly again to suit me.

You will need:

50g flour

50ml milk

1 egg 

1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)

15g butter melted 

Mix all ingredients together to create batter. Grease a muffin tray and pour batter into each tin about half way up.  Bake for 15 mins until golden. This made 10 pancakes. What I did find was you will need to try and remove them out of the tin when they are still warm, unless it was just my muffin tray... I did find with the ones I left to cool got stuck!!

I then filled mine with a raspberry chia jam and blueberries - yum!! They were very tasty but because of the butter they were a little bit greasy/indulgent so they're not suitable for everyday breakfast! They're quite similar to Yorkshire puddings - they had risen up loads in the oven but deflated once they were taken out. But anyway, they were pretty tasty!

Chia Jam

This is a quick recipe which will need to be made in advance in order to set. I like to leave mine to set overnight, but you could leave it for 3-4 hours minimum.

To make this yummy jam you will need:

1 cup of fruit (I used strawberries)

1/4 cup chia seeds

2-3 tbsp maple syrup

Combine all ingredients into a blender and pulse until the consistency of you choice. I literally blitzed it for about 3 seconds so it was quite chunky. Then pour into a container and leave in the fridge over night.

There are some recipes online which suggest this can be kept for up to 2-3 weeks, however as the maple syrup is the only ingredient preserving the fruit, I store mine for a week.