Pumpkin Pie Pancakes Recipe

Whip Up An Extra Special Breakfast Treat

Pumpkin pie in a pancake form?  You bet!  Sweet and spicy, these are a wonderful way to start your day, topped with whipping cream and sprinkled with nutmeg. If whipping cream isn't your thing, try some apple butter or maple syrup instead!  Whip up a bunch for Christmas morning with some bacon, scrambled eggs, and a bowl full of oranges.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp cloves
3 tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 egg, room temperature.

  Pre-heat oven to 170 F.

  In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, sugar, salt, and baking powder.  Set aside.

  Using a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, pumpkin puree, egg, and vegetable oil.  Add to the flour mixture and stir until it is just moistened.  Lumps are okay! 

  Lightly oil a non stick skillet and get it hot over medium heat.  Spoon out the batter onto the hot pan, about ¼ cup at a time, smoothing it out a little.  Cook each pancake until bubbles form, then flip them over and cook the other side until golden.  Serve immediately.  If you can’t, I put a baking sheet in the oven with a wire cooling rack inside it.  Place the cooked pancakes on the racks and let them continue to stay warm in the oven when you continue to cook the pancakes.

Makes about 10 pancakes

Adapted from Crepes of Wrath

She may go by the name Scatteredmom online, but Karen really is anything but scattered when it comes to the kitchen.  Churning out tasty treats within view of the Georgia Strait on Canada's west coast, Karen will hand you an organized weekly meal plan or teach you how to make meals from scratch.  As Mom to a teenage boy, she knows exactly what it takes to keep kids full and happy-which has really come in handy with her job as the Food Editor at Yummy Mummy Club.

A strong supporter of Food Revolution who has been endorsed by Jamie Oliver himself, by day Karen can be found working as a special education teaching assistant, running a kitchen and showing teenagers how to cook nutritious meals for themselves.  By night, when she's not chatting on Twitter and answering cooking questions,  she writes her popular blog Notes From the Cookie Jar, or posting mouthwatering recipes over at Chasing Tomatoes.  Not afraid to give her opinion and passionate about community, Karen spoke at Blissdom Canada 2010 and her writing has been published in Canadian Living magazine, as well as in various online publications. 

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