Kicking off a Five Day Weekend

Can you think of a better way to start off a five day weekend than with pancakes?I can! With pumpkin pancakes!

I woke up this morning with pancakes on the brain and I knew that pumpkin pancakes where the only way to cure my craving. Luckily, I had no objections from my little pancake lover.

I’ve made pumpkin pancakes before, but I couldn’t remember what recipe I had followed so I did a little searching and found this one.  I was very intrigued because the recipe calls for egg whites to be folded in as the last step.  I knew that this would make the pancakes light, airy and extra fluffy.  Needless to say, I was sold.  I tweaked the recipe a bit, so here is my version.

Pumpkin Pancakes

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon/pumpkin pie spice
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 cup milk [I’ve used both skim and almond milk]
• 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Sift together all the dry ingredients.   In a bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks are formed. In a separate, large bowl, cream together egg yolks, milk, pumpkin and oil.  Stir in dry ingredients into the wet mixture.  Fold the whites into the batter.  Cook pancakes on a griddle and dig in!

As a side note, if a recipe calls for egg whites to be beaten separately, I always do them first so I don’t have to wash the mixer attachments. If you don’t clean the batter off of them and go to beat the whites, peaks won’t form.

As soon as I bit into these bad boys, I texted Tommy that I had to recreate them for him this weekend. Dare I say, these might have been the best pancakes I ever ate.  Try em out, let me know if you agree!

I’ve got big plans for today, places to go, people to see.  Okay, maybe I was a little dramatic there, but I am on a mission to find boots for the fall. Wish me luck because so far, every time I find something I like, there’s something that keeps me from buying them.

I’m also excited for the premiere of Suburgatory tonight.  I really think that show is going to be great!

Have a great Wednesday!

What’s you favorite kind of pancake?
Are there any new fall shows you’re looking forward to?