Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes

October 30, 2014

Processed with VSCOcam with m5 presetThese are seriously good.

I’ve already made them twice.

I just love them so much. And they are a tad healthy since there is loads of pumpkin and I’ve substituted applesauce instead of oil. It was homemade applesauce both times and I can’t believe how moist it makes the pancakes. But really this post could just be a meditation on how good pumpkin and chocolate are together.

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I also threw some white chocolate chips in mine (I highly controversial topic, I know! Are they or aren’t they chocolate?). Those were heavenly too. And this recipe may make more then you need but they freeze well (or make a good lunch too).

I also love that these are easy to whip up – both times I’ve made them at 8:05 on a Saturday morning and we had to be a soccer at 9. And I loved how healthy and full I felt all morning – something I don’t always feel after pancakes. They tend to spike my blood sugar and I am starving mid-morning but these deliver something in the realm of nutrition because they make you feel good. Better than the bags of Halloween candy I bet you have already eaten.

You know what I mean. That stash is for the trick or treaters.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes (printer version here):

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (for fluffy pancakes, try cake flour!)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2-3 heaping teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 can pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 cup light or dark brown sugar
  • 2 large egg
  • 3 Tablespoons applesauce
  • 2 cups milk

Directions:

Mix together the dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, spices.

 

In a seperate bowl, mix together the wet ingredients – pumpkin, eggs, sugar, applesauce and milk.  Then add the dry ingredients and stir until well blended.

 

Heat a pan or griddle at medium heat. Melt 1 T. butter on, then spoon ¼ cup batter at a time. Flip when you see little bubbles forming at the top. Repeat until all batter is done.


Makes 18-20 pancakes

 

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