These Pumpkin Pancakes are soft, fluffy, and filled with autumn flavor! If you're having trouble getting into the fall spirit, I highly recommend making these for breakfast. They're bursting with pumpkin flavor and perfectly spiced.
Looking for more pumpkin recipes? Try my homemade Pumpkin Bread next!
About This Recipe
I love making seasonal recipes. It makes me feel more connected to that time of the year. These pumpkin pancakes were a no-brainer when I was looking for easy fall recipes! They're soft, fluffy, and most importantly, delicous. I could eat a stack every weekend during the fall.
The best part is that they only take about 20 minutes to make from scratch. All you do is combine the dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately, then combine them together to form the batter. After that, all that is left to do is pan-fry them.
In terms of cooking them, I love getting two pans going at once. Each pancake takes about 3-4 minutes to finish cooking, so having two pans makes the process much faster.
I've made the pancakes so that they are slightly sweet, but not overly sweet. If you like it sweeter, you can always just add some more maple syrup! I love serving them with maple syrup and a side of whipped cream. It makes it feel like you're eating a pumpkin pie!
Key Ingredients
Flour: I use all-purpose flour.
Pumpkin pie spice: This gives the pancakes that cozy, fall feel. If you can't find pumpkin pie spice, you can easily make your own with my recipe.
Baking powder: We need one tablespoon to give them a nice, fluffy texture. Make sure you do NOT use baking soda!
Salt: A little bit to enhance all the flavors.
Milk: Whole milk will give you the richest and most tender texture, but any milk will work.
Pumpkin puree: You can either use fresh pumpkin puree or canned pumpkin puree.
Brown sugar: White sugar also works, but I really like the taste of brown sugar in these.
Egg: To bind all the ingredients together.
Oil: To give the pancakes a moist and tender crumb.
Instructions
STEP 1: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt.
STEP 2: In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, egg, and oil.
STEP 3: Pour the wet ingredients into the dry mix and mix until JUST combined.
STEP 4: Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat until hot. Scoop ยผ cup of batter and cook until the edges dry up and bubbles form on the surface, about 2 minutes.
STEP 5: Flip and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Repeat with the remaining batter.
๐ Recipe
Pumpkin Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice (homemade recipe here)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- 1 ยฝ cups milk
- 1 ยผ cups pumpkin puree
- ยผ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, egg, and oil.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry mix and mix until JUST combined.
- Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat until hot. Grease with oil or butter. Scoop ยผ cup of batter and cook until the edges dry up and bubbles form on the surface, about 2 minutes. Flip and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Repeat with the remaining batter.
- Serve with your favorite pancake toppings. We love maple syrup and cream with these.
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