Pumpkin pancakes - yum!

[piratesmate]

I've had this recipe for about 2 yrs & never made it until this weekend. Either I was out of something or I didn't feel like bothering with the extra work. But oh my! These were so good!

I don't know whether I didn't get the egg whites stiff enough first, or just "folded" too strenuously but they weren't as light as the ones we had at a restaurant in the Poconos. Doesn't matter really - they're really, really good!

Pumpkin Pancakes

2 c flour
2 Tbl sugar
4 tsp baking powder
¾ tsp salt
½ tsp coriander, ground
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
1½ c milk
1 c canned pumpkin, mashed
4 egg yolks
4 oz melted butter
1 Tbl vanilla
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten

In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, coriander, cinnamon and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, combine milk, pumpkin, egg yolks, butter and vanilla. Pour combined liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until just blended. Carefully fold in egg whites. Cook pancakes on a light oiled griddle.

I served them with this instead of just maple or pancake syrup:

Pumpkin Maple Sauce
1¼ c Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin ***
1 c maple syrup
¼ tsp ground cinnamon

Heat Pumpkin, syrup & cinnamon in small saucepan until warm.
***I only had a scant cup left after making the pancakes so I just used that. Another time I'd use no more than ¾ cup I think.

 

[DisneyCrazyX5]

I will have to try your recipe. My boys love pumpkin pancakes My recipe is different than yours and though they do tend to be heavy, they taste great.

2 cups Bisquick
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon or
pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs
12 oz evaporated milk
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon vanilla

In a bowl, combine Bisquick, brown sugar and cinnamon. In another bowl, combine the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients and mix well.

Pour batter by 1/3 cupfuls into a lightly greased griddle.

If recipe is doubled a 15 oz can of pumpkin can be used.
I also like to add extra pumpkin pie spice.
these freeze great and the boys love them out of the frig as a snack.

 

[ButterflyJen]

Yum to both. I'll have to bookmark these!

 

[piratesmate]

DisneyCrazyx5 - I kept thinking it would be easier to just use Jiffy Mix (Bisquick) but worried they'd be too heavy. DH just raved about the ones he'd had at the restaurant & I was hoping to recreate them. But now that I've made them, I might just use the easier version.

DD told me they reminded her of "really light pumpkin pies". Mine were extremely moist & she was kind of right. The recipe made more than we could eat on Saturday AM (3 of us) so I made the rest on Sunday. I was worried that the egg white might lose volume & they'd be even heavier, but I don't think that was the case. However, we realized Sunday AM that they'd make a great dessert with vanilla ice cream!! DH says he wants the sauce on top of it all - I'd skip it but then I don't much care for sweet stff.

 

[Twigs]

Those sound really good. DS loves pumpkin pie, I think he would really like these too.

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Oh boy they sound yummy.

 

[DisneyCrazyX5]

Piratesmate - I can get the evaporated to whip up fluffier if I add the egg whites to it and whip, than add the egg yolks in the dry ingredients first than fold in the whipped milk. I also always make a double batch and just use the whole can of pumpkin to use is up. I know this makes them heavier, but I don't know what else to do with the extra pumpkin and it makes them very pumpkiny (is that a word? )
Now I will have to try your pumpkin Maple sauce- mmm,mmmm
Janell

p.s Does Jiffy mix work as well as Bisquick and taste about the same? My boys love the Bisquick pancakea and I have been scared to switch.

 

[piratesmate]

Wow! I hadn't noticed how much pumpkin your recipe called for! Half a cup is only about a quarter of the can! Now that would be pumpkin-y (and it's a word now! ) if you use the whole can and only double it!!

Jiffy & Bisquick are interchangable in our household. We always called Jiffy "Bisquick", just like all brands of facial tissue are called "Kleenex". Jiffy just tends to be cheaper....which is a big plus! I'm really not sure they taste any different at all!

I was thinking about this a little more this morning (since breakfast today was boring LOL) and I think the "pancakes" I made were more of a crepes consistency - of course they were much thicker! Maybe that's why they made me think of dessert.

About the sauce - what I really wanted to use on it was this recipe - but I had no cider on Saturday AM.

HOT CIDER SYRUP
1½ c apple cider
1 c brown sugar
1 c corn syrup
2 oz butter
2 Tbl lemon juice
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
Grated rind from 1 lemon
2 apples, peeled, cored & thinly sliced

In a small saucepan, combine apple cider, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon rind. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Add apples. Heat for several minutes more. Serve over pancakes. Serves 6.