I remember my Mom and Dad congrigating in the kitchen after church on Sundays.
My mouth waters just thinking of all the food they would make.
Pancakes.
Bacon.
Eggs.
Hashbrowns.
Buttery toast.
Nah, I’m just screwing with you.
My parents never did that.
Do you know how much it would have cost them to feed all 5 of us with bottomless stomachs?
Probably enough to buy you a compact car.
Ok, I shouldn’t say never because they did do this on the odd Sunday.
I just wanted you to picture a “Leave It To Beaver-esque” household.
You know, to set the mood.
One of my favourite parts of my weekend is having a lazy-PJ wearing-hair disheveled-bad morning breath breakfast together as a family.
Last year I was debating whether eating a pie for breakfast was a healthy food choice.
Shawn said, “Why don’t I just make pumpkin pancakes.”
I laughed in his face then dared him to make me some.
And he did.
It was life changing.
Life.
Changing.
Kidding.
But it is glorious.
Let me share the goodness with you.
Pumpkin Pancakes
You will need:
- 1 pie pumpkin (Note: Shawn uses REAL pie pumpkins for this recipe. You can subsitute this with 1 cup canned pumpkin puree and skip over to step #4)
- 2 cups Bisquick* dry pancake mix
- 3 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 and 1/2 cups milk
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1Tbsp vegetable oil
- Maple syrup
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut off the pumpkin’s top and scoop out “the guts”.
- Cut the pumpkin into big pieces and place them on a baking sheet. Bake for about 45 minutes or until the pumpkin slices are soft.
- Scrape the pulp from the skin of the pumpkin and put it into a food processor. Pulse until smooth (Shawn said that you might need to add a bit of water if it seems too dry.
- In a large bowl combine the first 3 ingredients. In another large bowl mix together the milk, pumpkin puree, egg, vanilla extract and oil. Add the dry mixture.
- Heat a pan or griddle on medium. Shawn adds a touch of vegetable oil on the pan to prevent the batter from sticking. Pour about 1/4 of pancake batter onto the griddle.
- Cook until you see bubbles and then flip them over. Cook until the pancake edges are brown and the centres are cooked.
- Now load those bad boys up with some maple syrup. PS. Canadian maple syrup is the best.
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Don’t you love a husband who cooks??
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Yum! I totally want to try this. I have a great pumpkin cookie recipe that I will only use actual pumpkin in, not from a can. But I steam mine – a little more prep, but quick
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Damn. He uses a REAL pumpkin? That’s pretty impressive.
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A man who cooks, and from scratch…………..a rare bird indeed! Hang on to him!
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YUM! I love pumpkin anything, including pancakes. By the way? There is nothing wrong with pumpkin pie for breakfast. I figure it’s no worse than some of the cereals out there!!
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I’ll pretty much eat pumpkin anything. These look delish!
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These sound delicious.
Please add these to my food request for our next visit
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Pumpkin…pancakes? That seems strange to me but I don’t know why. I like pumpkin in baked goods (except pie, gah, horrible). But hey, I could try this. I would use canned pumpkin because that’s the way I roll!
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Is anyone else discombobulated over the work he put in to use real pumpkin and then used Biquick?
Who am I kidding, can I come over? They’ve gotta be better than anything my husband can make.
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YUM.
That is all.
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Okay, wait. I’m still stuck on the fact that your man knows how to make pancakes…let alone cook!!! And with real pumpkin.
Tim can’t even boil water. Seriously.
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Pumpkin anything, yummy!
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I’m too lazy to make pancakes in the morning. Give me a coffee & I’m happy. It’s one of the luxuries of having both kids away at university. You’ll get there one day too … sooner than you think.
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Wow. These looks super yummy. I’m jealous.
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Just yum. But I’m not going to lie. I’m using the canned pumpkin.
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Yeah. What Angela said. I’m all about deliciousness, but it there’s an easier way? I take that route.
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I have to confess something. I have never ever eaten a pumpkin flavored anything. No pumpkin pie, no pumpkin pie pancakes (brilliant by the way.), no pumpkin spice latte, nothing.
Someone help me, I need to know how it tastes!
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Uhm, that sounds pretty farkin’ awesome right about now. But also like a lot of work. I am lazy. Tell me not to be so lazy so I can whip these up. Sounds like a breakfast of champs to me!
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Really? I suppose it would be good, but life-changing? My family doesn’t like my blueberry or chocolate chip variety, but I suppose without all the chunks it might sell.
But what I really want to say is, why oh why can I not eat like you (which I totally do) and still not look like you (which I totally don’t)?
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Oh my gosh YUM!!! What a good husband! Mine won’t even eat anything pumpkin, so I think I’m out of luck :-/
By the way, I nominated you for a blog award! Feel free to stop by and check it out if you want: http://givingherallshesgot.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/an-award-for-lil-old-me/
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