If you need a reason to get up in the morning, these pumpkin spice pancakes might just be it. These whole-grain spheres of awesomeness are incredible – the sweetness of pumpkin mixed with the lovely trio of cinnamon, allspice and ginger is absolutely perfect. Add the honey cinnamon butter and you’ve got a whole other level of deliciosity. Four kids and one husband all agreed on their extreme chomp-ability. I added walnuts for some protein (and ’cause I love walnuts in general), and a little syrup. These were so SO good, I’m not sure any of us could eat plain old pancakes again!
Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
Makes ~16 medium pancakes
Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups nonfat milk
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
2 tablespoons canola oil, or melted butter
1) Preheat non-stick griddle or large pan to medium heat.
2) Put all dry ingredients (flours through salt) in a large mixing bowl and combine well.
3) In a separate bowl, add the milk, pumpkin, egg, oil, and vinegar. Stir until well-combined.
4) Add wet ingredients all at once to dry ingredients, and stir with a large spoon just until moistened.
5) Prepared pre-heated griddle with spray oil. Spoon about 1/3 cup of batter onto griddle. Cook about 3-5 minutes, until pancake is lightly browned, then turn and cook 2-3 minutes more. Serve with honey cinnamon butter (recipe below).
Honey Cinnamon Butter
Makes ~1/2 cup
1/4 cup butter (half a stick)
1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Soften butter in microwave for about 20 seconds. Stir in sugar, honey, and cinnamon and stir until well combined.
Note: If you are doubling the below recipe (and, really, why wouldn’t you), just use one 15 oz can of pumpkin, rather than exactly 2 cups. No need to open an additional can.
Made these this morning and glad I made a double batch! Yum! I must admit, the 4 TABLEspoons of baking powder seemed like a lot to me at first, but you’re right!! To paraphrase Agnes from Despicable Me, “they’re so fluffy!” 🙂 Thanks, Julie!
Haha that is exactly what u was saying when I made them!
Awesome! Whole wheat flour, too!! I’m making these for us this weekend!!!! 😀
Wait! Vinegar??? I trust you, but what is that in there for??
Vinegar plus baking soda equals leavening (in addition to the baking powder). How’d they turn out?
Thanks for letting me know! These are our new favorite as well – made them again last weekend!
Julia, I just wanted to let you know that I made these this past weekend, they were awesome!! OMG I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to have a regular pancake again LOL…mine were awful thick so I was doubtful that they were going to taste good but my husband and I loved them!!! I even refrigerated some of the batter and made them for my daughter the next day…….ok really me! LOL Thanks for sharing, I posted them on my site and gave you a shout out!!
Wahoo! Another satisfied customer 🙂
So glad you liked them. We are definitely adding this to the weekend rotation.
There is no charge for awesomeness!!
Yes, it’s true. Awesomeness if free.
OMG this looks amazing!! I think I have to try these this weekend!! YUM!
Tammi, these are so so good!! You will love them 🙂