Last week I went to a local bakery (When Pigs Fly, for all you Somerville-ites) and bought a glorious bottle of pumpkin butter. I won't lie to you: I definitely ate a third of it on a spoon. It is delicious, and it's finally fall, dammit, so I wanted to make something with pumpkins in it.
So, naturally, I decided to make pancakes out of it. And guess what: it actually came out good! I know. I'm as shocked as you are.
So I thought I'd include a recipe in this post. These pancakes could easily be made vegan by substituting margarine for the butter, and almond milk for the whole milk (you could probably use soy as well, but I've never particularly cared for its taste in baked goods). Anyway, I modified a base recipe I got from Alton Brown's show Good Eats, which I'll include as well.
Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes
makes about 1 dozen pancakes, depending on size
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Pumpkin Butter
4 Tbsp Butter (or margarine), melted
2 cups Whole Milk (or other substitute)
2 cups Dry Mix (recipe follows)
1 Tbsp Cinnamon
1 pinch each Ground Ginger and Nutmeg
1/4 cup Chopped Pecans
Begin heating a pan (cast iron, nonstick, whatever you like to use) over medium heat.
Mix together all the wet ingredients. Pour wet ingredients onto the dry ingredients (don't pour the dry onto the wet; it makes it more difficult to mix in properly) and add the spices. Whisk until just combined (don't over-mix; Alton suggests whisking for 10 seconds max). Fold in pecans.
Brush pan with a little vegetable oil on a paper towel. Ladle out your first pancake, and spread to an even thickness. Let cook until bubbles form around the edges (about 2 minutes), flip (carefully) and cook the other side, about another 2 minutes. Repeat until there is no more batter.
Serve garnished with pecans, and maple syrup.
Dry Mix
makes a little over 6 cups
Combine together:
6 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
3 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp sugar
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I had pictures (they weren't very good; after all there were pancakes), but for some reason they won't load on my computer. So you'll just have to take my word for it that they were beautiful.
