Pumpkin Pancakes

Pumpkin Pancakes are the perfect Autumn breakfast. Made with canned pumpkin puree and all your favorite warm spices, these pancakes are light and fluffy and completely delicious.

I love autumn, and I don't care how basic it is. And as a witch, I've come to embrace this time of shedding even more. Watching the leaves lose their green and return to their true color before falling to the ground to nourish the earth for a new season has become so much more significant. Understanding the balance of harvest and sacrifice, the cycle of life and death, makes me love this season in a way I never understood before.

Plus, I also love the flavors of autumn. Pumpkin and spices and sage and apples! Oh, and the colors. The deep, warm richness of autumn shades warms my heart. It's exactly where I want to be.

What makes Pumpkin Pancakes so awesome?

I've been making these Pumpkin Pancakes since I first started really getting into cooking. I absolutely never get tired of them. It's true that you can eat them any time of year because they're made with canned pumpkin puree, but they're extra awesome on a chilly autumn morning with a chai latte and a day of walking through crunching leaves ahead of you.

Make these Pumpkin Pancakes anytime you want to make breakfast a little bit more awesome. They're super easy and are great alongside some sage breakfast sausage or applewood smoked bacon. I love them simply topped with maple syrup, but you could also whip up some cinnamon cream cheese with a bit of powdered sugar for something extra indulgent.

Magical Properties of Pumpkin

Pumpkins are deeply associated with Halloween, but as a new world food, they're association with witches is relatively modern, all things considered. Of course, that hasn't stopped of from making use of their magick. With their formidable structure, pumpkins can be used in spells for protection. A jack-o-lanter is a protection spell, after all. They're most commonly used to call in prosperity and fertility. Filled with hundreds of seeds, these long lasting gourds can help you call in the kind of abundance that truly lasts.

For more on the magical properties of the ingredients in this recipe, check the Kitchen Magick page.

Ingredients

Here's everything you'll need to make these pancakes. The full details are in the recipe card below.

• Biscuit mix - such as Bisquik
• Pumpkin puree - not pumpkin pie filling
• Milk - whatever you have in your fridge
• Sugar - caster or granulated sugar
• Spices - you can use your favorite pumpkin spice mix or combine cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger
• Eggs

How to make Pumpkin Pancakes

This pancake recipe is extra easy because everything just gets dumped into one bowl and gently stirred together. We're even using biscuit mix so you don't need to measure out a bunch of dry ingredients. If you live in a place where you can't buy biscuit mix, I used this tutorial to make my own, and it worked great. And if you have a pumpkin spice mix in your pantry, feel free to use that in place of the separate spices listed in the recipe card.

Once you've got your batter mixed up, all you have to do is cook them over medium heat in a large skillet or electric griddle. They only take a few minutes per side. The tradition in my family has always been to just serve people one at a time as pancakes come hot off the griddle, but if you want to make them all ahead, you can keep them warm in a low oven.

Learn to love autumn even more deeply by starting your day with these pumpkin pancakes. It's gonna be awesome!

Looking for more awesome pancake recipes? Try these Honey Whole Wheat Pancakes or some Cinnamon Whole Wheat Pancakes with Blackberry Brown Butter Syrup.

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