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Ingredients
Makes 12
1 cup self-raising flour
3/4 cup Australian reduced-fat milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup Australian reduced-fat strawberry yoghurt
1 teaspoon Australian reduced-fat dairy blend
2 cups finely chopped fresh seasonal fruit, for serving (eg kiwifruit, strawberries, mango)


Method
1. Place flour in a bowl and make a well in the centre. Combine milk, egg, vanilla and half the yoghurt together then whisk into the flour to make a smooth batter. Rest for 5 minutes.

2. Melt dairy blend in a non stick frypan. Pour one third of the batter into the frypan and cook for 2 minutes until bubbles appear on the surface. Turn and cook until golden, then repeat with remaining mixture. Use a star shaped biscuit cutter to cut star shapes out of the hotcakes.

3. To serve, top each hotcake with a dollop of remaining strawberry yoghurt and sprinkle with fruit salad.


Tip: Try half-filling a lightly buttered star or novelty shaped biscuit cutter with the hotcake mixture to create shapes when cooking.


Nutrient analysis per serve:
Fat: 3.9g
Saturated fat: 1.7g
Calcium: 203mg
Fibre: 2.6g
Sodium: 325mg
No added sugar

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