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Pumpkin Pancakes with Caramel Pecan Sauce - delicious Autumn pancakes smothered with caramel sauce and chopped pecans. Alternatively, you can use dulce de leche.
I love weekends for many reasons, especially because that's when I have time to make something special for breakfast, such as these pumpkin pancakes with caramel sauce and pecans. I am using a tested recipe for pumpkin pancakes and dressing them up a bit with a good caramel sauce - it's such a tasty and pretty combination, and it's perfect for a Thanksgiving breakfast or brunch!
With the caramel sauce dripping along the sides of pancakes, you'll definitely want to lick your plate. Caramel + pecans + pumpkin do go really well together! Taking these photos was not an easy task - I had to exercise a lot of self-restraint.
This is such a gorgeous breakfast, and very easy to make too, if you use the right kind of store-bought caramel sauce or dulce de leche sauce.
Other pumpkin breakfast recipes
- Pumpkin Waffles
- Pumpkin Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Pumpkin Banana Bread with Apples
- Pumpkin Pancakes with Cinnamon Apples
Pumpkin Pancakes with Caramel Pecan Sauce
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 3 tablespoons butter , melted
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour , sifted and aerated
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup caramel sauce or dulce de leche
- ½ cup pecans , chopped
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 pumpkin pancakes drizzled with caramel sauce and topped with chopped pecans. Alternatively, serve them with dulce de leche.
Video
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.
This looks great and I want to try them. Do you have a recipe for caramel sauce perhaps? I prefer to make my own. Thank you
I have to say they do look good, but I tried this recipe and the recipe is terrible. The batter is way too thick and even when you thin it out with more milk and spread it thinner on the griddle with a spatula you still get a raw uncooked inside. I have to say I spent a lot of time as well as the rest of my milk and flour on this this morning and I didn't get a single good pancake from this. I followed the directions and measurements exactly (I also make regular pancakes several times a week so this really wasn't a case of a beginner not knowing what they are doing)
Anna, sorry to hear about your pancakes! I think what happened is you packed too much flour into your measuring cups, when measuring, which resulted in the pancake batter being too dense. I usually sift and aerate the flour when measuring - it ensures I don't accidentally measure out more than I need. I think that was the problem here. These are actually some of my most favorite pancakes, and the recipe works great for me, but my pancake batter was not dense, and, as you can see from the photos, the pancakes were thin, not thick. So, next time - SIFT AND AERATE YOUR FLOUR to ensure that your pancake batter is thinner.
Oh my!! These look delicious! =)
I saw these on a friends Pinterest board,..and immediately repinned it to my Breakfast Recipe board!
Melissa, thank you for pinning and such a sweet comment! 🙂
Yum! I really enjoyed this recipe very much. I like to experiment, so I think I want to try this with applesauce and make my dulce de leche a bit thinner next time.
Tamara, thank you for stopping by and glad you liked them! By the way, I just posted a recipe with these pancakes + cooked apples - sort of like your idea of trying these with apple sauce. here is the recipe: pumpkin pancakes with spiced apple topping.
Gorgeous pancakes. Love the sauce - that's so dreamy looking. Really good recipe - thanks.
John, thank you! Always good to see you stopping by.
Loved your pumpkin pancakes post and now this post with that scrumptious caramel sauce! Must make these soon. (I pinned from you and saved in my "to pin" secret board at Pinterest. Waited to pin later in week during peak Pinterest time.) Will pin to group boards!
Stacy, thank you my friend for your always cheerful comments and for pinning. I pin lots of your recipes myself across a number of boards! 🙂
I don't think I've ever seen pancakes that looked more perfect than these!
Kiersten, thank you! Your comment means a lot to me! 🙂
I think there is a missing ingredient. Cinnamon is on the list twice. Could it be baking soda? Mine came out horribly flat until I added some baking soda.
Yes, cinnamon is listed twice by mistake - I just removed it. Thanks for catching it. I didn't use baking soda, but I did use 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, which is listed in the recipe. Did you use baking powder?
I pinned it and couldn't stop thinking about how great this much taste.
Your pictures just makes me crave for these beautiful pancakes. The sauce is just out of the world yum looking.
Such a sweet comment! Yes, these pancakes will make anyone very happy! 🙂