Pumpkin Pancakes with Apple Cider Syrup

This is a cold-weather favorite around our house. I hope you enjoy it too.

Pumpkin Pancakes

2 cups flour
3 Tbsp. sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1-1/2 cups milk
1 cup mashed pumpkin
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 cup butter, melted



1. Mix together dry ingredients.
2. Combine milk, eggs, pumpkin, and melted butter.
3. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix until just blended.
4. Pour about 1/4 cup of batter onto hot griddle and spread thin. Cook until bubbles form on top and edges look dry; turn and cook other side.


Serve with butter and apple cider syrup or maple syrup.



Apple Cider Syrup

1/4 cup sugar

2 tsp cornstarch

2/3 cup apple cider or unsweetened apple juice

1 cinnamon stick
dash nutmeg

1. In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, combine sugar, cornstarch, and apple cider or juice until blended. Add cinnamon stick.

2. Bring to a boil; stir and cook for 2 minutes or until thickened.

3. Discard cinnamon stick; add nutmeg. Serve warm.