Easy pumpkin pancakes flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger - perfect holiday flavors! Fantastic recipe for the Fall and Winter season, as well as for the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas).
I can't let the pumpkin season pass by without making at least a single batch of pumpkin pancakes! These easy pancakes are packed with pumpkin puree and spiced up with just the right amount of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Just perfect for the Fall! Imagine serving them for breakfast over Thanksgiving holidays - it will surely make your family very happy.
If you love pumpkin, these will be right up your alley, because the pumpkin flavor really comes through in this recipe! They are so good and full of flavor, you can eat them plain, without any maple syrup! Just with a cup of sweetened coffee or tea. Of course, pouring REAL maple syrup over the pancakes will not hurt either!
They are hearty pumpkin pancakes: moist, light, fluffy, and not overly sweet! A great addition to your rotation of breakfast recipes. And not only in the Fall or on Thanksgiving - but on any day you feel like eating some pumpkin in the morning.
How to make pumpkin pancakes
- Very easy to make: just combine pumpkin, milk, melted butter, egg, and brown sugar - whisk it really well.
- Separately combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and add these dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
- Experiment with spices - add more of each spice if you want a spicier pancake.
- Cook on the griddle on medium heat: the pancakes puff up nicely. As an added benefit, the house smells really nice while you cook them.
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- Pumpkin Waffles
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Easy cinnamon pumpkin pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 4 tablespoons salted butter melted
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
Important note about properly measuring flour using measuring cups:
- The proper way to measure flour using measuring cups is to aerate it first. This is done either by sifting flour, or aerating it by fluffing it up and whisking it well, then spooning it into the measuring cup, then carefully removing any excess flour with a knife. If you just stick that measuring cup in the bag of flour and scoop some out, you will get a lot more flour than what the recipe calls for. Do aerate the flour, or you will end up with dense pancakes.
- Measuring flour correctly will solve a lot of "dense" issues. The trick that works for me is that I use ⅓ measuring cup to carefully scoop all the flour I need into the mixing bowl (2 cups here), without over-packing it.
How to make pumpkin pancakes
- In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, melted butter, egg, and brown sugar. Whisk until well combined, and the mixture is of even consistency.
- In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg – mix well to combine.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and whisk until just combined.
- Heat up a griddle to medium heat, grease lightly if necessary. Use ¼ measuring cup to ladle each pancake on the griddle. Flatten them with a spatula - the pancakes should not be too thick.
- Cook on one side for 3 minutes until the edges are set and the cooked side turns golden brown. Use a spatula to flatten the pancakes to make sure they are not too thick.
- Flip to the other side, and cook for 2 or 3 more minutes until golden brown on the other side.
- Serve with your favorite syrup.
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclaimer:
The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Why is cinnamon on here twice?
Drool! I <3 pumpkin pancakes.
I love pumpkin pancakes! We haven't made any yet this year - been making sweet potato pancakes, though, which are similar. Good stuff - thanks.
Do we get some of these?????
Beautiful color! I can see the texture and they are sooooo good! I love breakfast, specially on a weekend, very important have everybody at the table-) And these pancakes are perfect, my dear Julia!
I'll take a plate stacked high, Julia! LOVE pumpkin pancakes this time of year and your recipe looks nothing short of heavenly. Thank you for sharing, my friend. Will be pinning to several boards at Pinterest to share!
Yum! These pancakes look delicious! I love that giant tower on the plate : ) I agree that these would be perfect to enjoy with family during the holidays!
My family would enjoy these scrumptious Pumpkin Pancakes! What a fabulous recipe to begin the weekend, the seasonal flavor of pumpkin and cinnamon with lots of maple syrup!
Pumpkin pancakes are the best, and yours look perfect! I like mine with cinnamon whipped cream.
These look and sound amazing Julia, I think I could probably eat the whole stack. My son-in-law always says to eat a big breakfast on Thanksgiving which will stretch out your stomach for the big meal later in the day, haha! He makes me laugh. These would be perfect 🙂
Hi Julia! How gorgeous these look. I must admit, I have been swept up in the tide of pumpkin-love going on at this time of year from our friends across the pond, and pancakes seem to be such a great way to use pumpkin for those who aren't overly fond of it in its more unadulterated forms. Did you use tinned pumpkin puree? I will aim to make these once I can find somewhere that stocks pumpkin around here 🙂
Best wishes,
Tash from vintagepretty.org
Tash, yes I used canned pumpkin puree, or if I want to sound British, I would say that I used tinned pumpkin puree. 🙂
I have never in my life..made a pancake as beautiful as these Juilia!
I'd be quite content to have a stack of these pumpkin pancakes in my plate the entire fall season. Pinned!
Those pancakes look incredibly beautiful and delicious, Julia.
These look like the perfect pancakes!