Incredibly thick and puffy pancakes chock-full of pumpkin are perfect for cozy fall brunches. Not too sweet, these earn a dousing of quality maple syrup.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Ingredients
1cupwhite whole wheat flour
1/2cupcake flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
2teaspoonsbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsalt
1.5teaspoonscinnamon
1cupbuttermilkI used 1 scant cup almond milk + 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1cupcanned pumpkin puree
2eggs
2tablespoonsoil
1teaspoonvanilla
3-4tablespoonsdark brown sugar3 for barely sweet, 4 if you want the sweetness to be more pronounced without additional syrup
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flour through cinnamon). In a separate bowl, whisk together the last six ingredients (buttermilk through brown sugar).
Start pre-heating a pan over medium low heat. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined. Lumps are ok; just make sure all the flour on the bottom of the bowl is mixed in. Batter should be THICK. Thick batter = fluffy pancakes.
Drop pancakes by quarter cupfuls into preheated pan and increase the temperature to medium heat. If pancakes are cooking too fast, turn heat back to medium low. Pancakes are ready to turn when the edges start to look a little dry and you can see small bubbles forming on the surface, about 2-3 minutes. You should easily be able to nudge the spatula under the pancake. Flip and cook for another 2 minutes.
Serve immediately with cinnamon powdered sugar, butter, agave, or syrup. (Or place on a baking sheet in a 200 degree F oven until ready to serve.)
Notes
Adapted from here.You can really use any type of flour in this recipe, but cake flour adds an especially silky texture in baked goods where whole grains might otherwise weight it down with dense texture. These were still extraordinarily puffy with all white whole wheat flour though.These pancakes are slightly less sweet than typical pancakes, so use more than 2 tablespoons of sugar if you like sweeter pancakes to start with before all the accoutrements :)