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The simplest pumpkin spice pancakes to make your life easier

Pumpkin spice pancakes : the name speaks for itself, but I could talk about this latest creation ALL DAY! Partly because they come our delicious and mostly because they are so easy to make. Yeah, I love making food from scratch but let’s face it, most times, I want something quick and simple, yet good. If you’re looking for a recipe like that, you’ve come to the right place. I love using pre-made mixes for breakfasts especially pancakes and waffles but I also love experimenting to elevate them. Once a researcher always a researcher I guess! So here’s the recipe for these pumpkin spice pancakes and all I added to the pre-made mix was pumpkin puree and a secret ingredient you have to scroll down to find out.

Look at that stack o’ pumpkin spice pancakes!
Yield2 servings
Prep time0 h10 mins
Cook time 0 h20 mins
Total time0 h 30 mins

What is pumpkin spice?

Pumpkin spice is a mix of a bunch of ground spices like cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. It can be used to flavor baked goods from muffins, pies bread, cookies to beverages and even savory dishes. I stumbled upon this spice mix only after moving to the US and have adapted my palette to the taste over the years. It’s incredible how people incorporate pumpkin in their dishes during harvest season here because growing up, we only had pumpkin-potato curry which absolutely sucked and ruined my notion of pumpkin for most of my life.

Read on to know about the history of pumpkin spice.

How to make pumpkin spice pancakes

Do you like maple syrup on your pancakes?

First of all, you will need the following ingredients

Pancake mix of your choice
1 tbsp pumpkin spice
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1 tbsp butter
maple syrup
fresh cream
berries on choice

Directions to prepare pumpkin spice pancakes

  1. Make the pancake batter as instructed on your store bought mix packet. Usually you’d mix water or occasionally, milk and eggs. I have learnt over time that a runny pancake batter makes fluffy pancakes that a thicker one.
  2. To the batter, add the pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice and mix well. Make sure there are no lumps.
  3. Heat up a flat bottom pan and brush some butter
  4. Add a ladle full of pancake batter and cook for 2-3 minutes on each sides or until golden brown
  5. Whip up some fresh cream and pour on top of the pancake stack. You can also add berries of choice and maple syrup.
Top off your pumpkin spice pancakes with some fresh cream

Craving more fall recipes?

Check out this butternut squash soup

Or make use of peach season by making this healthy peach cobbler that you can eat for both breakfast and dessert.

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