Fluffy Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

Fluffy, soft and with a dash of pumpkin spices, these pancakes are just the thing for a cool fall morning.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Course bread, Breakfast

Cuisine American

Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
1 large egg
3 Tablespoons cooking oil (I like sunflower oil)
1 cup milk
¼ cup pureed pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling!)

Instructions

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, spices, and brown sugar. Set aside.
In a separate bowl (or the measuring cup – see note), mix together the milk, pumpkin, egg and oil until well combined.
Add the wet ingredient mixture to the dry ingredient mixture and stir together gently until no dry spots remain – but be careful not to overmix or the pancakes will get tough.
Ladle batter onto griddle or skillet over medium-high heat. Flip pancakes after bubbles rise to surface and bottoms brown, about 2 to 4 minutes, then cook until the other side is browned.

Notes

Tip: when I make these I measure out the milk into a larger measuring cup, then add the pumpkin until it reaches the 1 1/4 cup mark, then mix the oil and egg into the milk and pumpkin right in the measuring cup. Saves washing a bowl.

Keyword pancakes, pumpkin, pumpkin bread, pumpkin spice, quick breakfast

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Obligatory Fictional Backstory

As I sat in my kitchen on a cool fall morning, sipping my pumpkin spice latte, watching the red and gold leaves float gently down from the trees, I thought to myself how nice it would be to have some pumpkin spice pancakes.

Struck by this inspiration, I gathered my ingredients and got to work.

The first batch was a bust – too much spice, too much salt, not enough pumpkin. Plus it was a really, REALLY thick batter that didn’t cook up very well.

A few adjustments later, and it was perfect. A hint of warmth, the slight orange tint from the pumpkin, these pumpkin spice pancakes were a perfect marriage with some real maple syrup and my PSL.

Real Talk

I realized too late that my picture of the pumpkin spice pancakes looks exactly like my picture of my Perfect Pancakes, with the addition of pumpkins. I should probably have taken a photo of the insides too – they are slightly orangey in color and a bit more obvious that there’s pumpkin on the inside than the outside.

These things taste like pumpkin pie for breakfast!! I mean, I’ll eat pumpkin pie for breakfast anyway….but if you’re averse to “dessert” for breakfast, try these lol.

After I made these my husband sent me this photo he found on Reddit:

I think it is possible to take the pumpkin spice thing a little too far and this is a pretty good example of that!

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