Pumpkin Streusel Pancakes

Now that Halloween and Thanksgiving are done (at least in Canada), we can process those pumpkins and let our creative juices out! My boys love pumpkin so every year I look forward to experimenting with some new recipes, and this year I came across this one. If you only try one pumpkin recipe this year, this is the one...    (so so worth the extra effort)

 

Pumpkin Streusel Pancakes

Streusel:
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
6 Tbsp. cold butter

Mix flour, sugar and cinnamon together and cut in the butter until crumbly. Set aside.

3/4 c. flour
1/2 c. whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ginger
1/8 tsp. cloves
1 c. milk
1/2 c. pumpkin
1 egg
2 Tbsp. oil
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl, set aside. Whisk together wet ingredients in a separate bowl and add to dry ingredients until just combined. Drop 1/3 cup of batter onto pre-heated grill, sprinkle with 2 tsp. streusel mixture and cook until bubbles form about 2-3 minutes. Flip, sprinkle with another few tsp. streusel and cook another 2-3 minutes. Can serve with butter and syrup, but I thought they tasted good just the way they were. (Of coure my boys had to make them float though :))