Pumpkin.
It’s October and it is time. Pumpkin.
Hold on to your hats. I’ll be all up in your grill with peppermint and chocolate for Christmas before you know it.
For now….
Pumpkin. Don’t fight it.
Sweet. Soft. Cake-like. Pumpkin Cookies with Butterscotch Chips. A-mazing.
Pumpkin Pie Bars. Nuts. Oats. Spices… and Butterscotch chips, for good measure.
Again with the Pumpkin Cookies. They’re that good. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Now… Pumpkin Pancakes sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and topped with lightly sweetened whipped cream. Lovely Fall weekend breakfast. Inspires weekend napping. What could be better?
Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
adapted from Martha Stewart
makes 14-18 small pancakes
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
pinch of ground ginger
pinch of ground cloves
1 cup milk
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil or melted butter
Whisk together flours, salt, spices, sugar and baking powder in a medium sized bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk together milk, egg, pumpkin and vegetable oil or melted butter.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until just combined. Don’t worry if you have a few lumps. You don’t want to over beat the batter, it’ll produce tough pancakes.
Let the batter sit for 10 minutes while you heat the skillet. Over low-medium heat melt a tablespoon of butter or vegetable oil . Once skillet is hot, spoon a heaping 2 tablespoons of batter per pancake into the skillet. When pancake starts to bubble slightly, carefully flip over.
Once browned and cooked through place pancakes on a oven proof plate and place in the oven set at 200 degrees F to keep warm while the rest of the pancakes are cooked.
Serve with whipped cream and cinnamon sugar.. or maple syrup. Delicious!
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dang joy! come live w me and be my personal chef. pleeease. this all looks so amazingly delicious!
yes.
mmmm yummm =)
I’ve been seeing pumpkin recipes all over the place, it’s getting me in the fall mood!
The last time I’ve made pancakes was from an Aunt Jemima just add water box, I think this recipe may call for a change from that =)
Up so late, Joy? My physics test tomorrow is my excuse for staying up. Why am I checking up on your website instead of cramming in those last minute equations? Well, to tell you the truth, I have a bad case of nerves and the Rocky Road ice cream is all gone, so I need some comfort food asap. I have a can of pumpkin the far reaches of my cupboard, and I hope your pancakes might help. Anyways, get some sleep, ‘kay? You deserve it. Thanks, Joy.
i hope your physics test went well!
I soooo love pumpkins. Thanks for all these awesome-looking recipes!
*drools*
australia was named the 2nd best country to live in today, but then, we dont have butterscotch chips, so i really dont know if we deserve that title now. i havent baked anything pumpkin flavoured before, are they any good without the butterscotch?
are you kidding!? no butterscotch chips? well… to tell you the truth, they’re artificially flavored… so don’t feel to bad. Yes! pumpkin is absolutely lovely with or without the butterscotch chips.
Perfect post for this chilly morning. I am SO in the pumpkin mood!
I always look forward to a pancake recipe from you.
I heard that canned pumpkin was going to be in short supply this year, so stock up now!
i am soooooo going to be a pumpkin hog.
Anything with pumpkin is an absolute must come fall. I’ve eying the sugar pumpkins popping up in the farmer’s market. Do you think these would work with fresh pumpkin?
fresh pumpkin? you mean the kind that you’ve roasted and scraped from the shell? i think so! raw pumpkin…. um.. i don’t that so.
It looks sooo good!
ooooh I am all over the pumpkin baking! YEA Autumn!!
Joy ~ You’re a DELIGHT!
Oh wow! pumpkin pancakes!
I have been making blueberry pancakes all summer on my griddle. I think it is time for these pumpkin pancakes. The leaves are changing in the NC Mountains and Fall is in the air. Thank you for a great recipe.
I made those pumpkin butterscotch cookies this weekend and they were un-fricking-believable. There’s only about four left after the mass consumption.
sounds like it’s time to make more! sooooo good, right!?
I am not inspired by the cookies or the bars… but the pancakes, now that’s another story… :)
Yum! I already wrote them down on my food schedule for this coming Sunday morning!
hello. i found your spot a couple weeks ago and have been loving it ever since. thank you for the recipes and pretty pictures and delightful reading. you rock.
ps. those cakey pumpkin butterscotch cookies are what is missing in my life. thank you.
Mmm..pumpkin. I can almost smell these through the screen! Joy have you thought about putting out a Breakfast cookbook? You could do a whole chapter just on pancakes!
you’re so right! i should totally put together a breakfast book. it is my favorite mean of the day. just about half of the book would be pancake recipes. i like the way you think phoo-d!
I don’t think I’ve made one single recipe with pumpkin yet! Ahhhh! The pumpkin pie bar filling looks amazing.
The pancakes look amazing! Can’t wait to try it!
I bought three giant cans of pumpkin this past weekend. Perfect timing! Thanks Joy!
Ooooh I am so EXCITED to make these! THANK YOU
yum! my daughter has been all about pancakes lately, and I’m trying to find some variations beyond blueberries- I can’t wait to try these out! I also go crazy for seasonal flavors when October finally comes!
I love this time of year. So many pumpkin recipes…so little time. I dedicate October and November to all things pumpkins and apples…did I say I love this time of year?
i love it too! i can’t wait to dive into an apple crisp.
i got it in my head to make pumpkin bread this week but these will have to go on my list too – especially the pumpkin cookies with butterscotch chips. yum!
Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year and these look amazing. I can’t wait until this weekend to try them!
I’m so going to make these pumpkin spice pancakes. except vegan. yum!
Oh, I cannot wait to make these! I have been looking for a nice fall breakfast recipes, and this is perfect! You come through for me once again! :)
We are totally on the same brain wave! I just posted a link in my blog to some low-carb pumpkin pancakes my mom just made. They were delicious. She served them with sugar-free caramel, s-f whipped cream, maple syrup, and butter. Side of turkey sausage. Mmm!
I’m a pumpkin lover too :)
sounds amazing julie! can i move in with you and your mom? would that be weird? yea… a little.
Holy heck! These ALL look amazing. Definitely pumpkin time and this is a great way to break in the season.
Thanks Joy.
*Sigh* This post made me feel both contented and a little giddy. I LOVE all things pumpkin. Plus, I can rationalize baking with them throughout the fall because pumpkin is a super-food (we’ll just ignore all the sugar in those cookies and cakes…). And I can’t wait until Saturday morning (every Saturday morning starts with pancakes) to make them for my husband and 3-year-old son. Thank you, thank you!
My family and I are obsessed with pumpkin, you better believe I will be making some pumpkin pancakes this weekend!!! Love the pumpkin pie bars too, can’t wait to try them all!
I am seriously salivating over here…haha! I know what is being added to the grocery list for this weekend! Thank you!!
YUM. I love pumpkin…everything! My sister makes a version of pumpkin pancakes every Christmas. The flavor just reminds me of togetherness and, well, love in general.
Thanks for sharing!
That’s insane….I love pumpkin….I’m going out to the store to get ingredients right now. I’m out of EVERYTHING including pumpkin! Later! -Chris Ann
hmmm, all of it looks delicious.
Now Joy, I know I sent you a killer pumpkin scone recipe and yet I don’t see it on your list of deliciousness. Oh well, maybe next year. FYI – pumpkin pie bars have added a good 5lbs to my bottom, thank you very much!
you sent me a pumpkin scone recipe!? oooh heck! how did i miss that. let me pick through my email to find it… yeesh!
ooh… and the pumpkin pie bars… yea… dangerous.
Oh pumpkin – I’m excited for Fall and I’ve just got to get baking with pumpkin again! Nice recipes! Thanks.
pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are my favorite thing in the world. yum.
Joy,
I’m in love with the fact that the Pumpkin Pancakes have whole wheat flour. I add whole wheat flour to more recipes than I should so I can lie to myself and pretend they’re healthy :)
Those look so good. Going to have to make them soon! Thanks for the recipe.
Wow and yum! I should’ve made the pancakes for dinner.
This might be a silly question but I haven’t made pancakes from scratch before and was wondering why you use all purpose flour AND whole wheat flour? Or if you could just use all all purpose flour. Don’t exactly have whole wheat flour in my kitchen!
Oh My…These ALL look so good! My two grandbabies are coming into town with my daughter for a family wedding! We are going to make the pumpkin pancakes! I can hardly wait…Love your blog Joy!
YES!!! This is the perfect entry for me!!! I have been wondering how to use up my huge can of pumpkin, and now I know!! pumpkin pancakes plus pumpkin cookies!! :) Thank you!! You have such a wonderful website.
P.s I’m having a ZenSoy pudding and soymilk giveaway! come on by if you’re interested! :)
I want one of everything! Well, not one… 5 ?… maybe more. I LOVE pumpkin! Unfortunately, my little Safeway in San Francisco only carries pumpkin during thanksgiving! Crazy right? I threw a fit one day and sent my boyfriend on an amazing race-type search through the store, with two employees to try to find me some… no luck, but slightly amusing to watch. I guess I’ll have to hit up the farmer’s market. I will be making those bars as soon as I locate some pumpkin!
Yum! I love just about anything having to do with pumpkin. Can you come over to my place to make breakfast? Love the idea of the pancakes. Will try the cookies soon. Thanks for these recipes.
hahaha. “i’ll be all up in your grill…” i was just actually browsing your blog last week for pumpkin recipes. the pancakes look incredible! thanks for the inspiration. xoxo
I’m bookmarking those pancakes – they looks awesome!
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