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 :))
