Delicious Pumpkin Pancakes – Shape them like Mickey for fun!


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[ 15 ] April 18, 2010 |

It’s been a wet and icky weekend here in New England, a bit reminiscent of Fall.  This morning was a perfect time to make some pumpkin pancakes.  I used frozen  pumpkin puree.  I cooked and pureed the pumpkin then froze it in 1 cup measurements.  Caveat, upon thawing, push out any extra liquid by dumping the pumpkin into a fine mesh strained and squishing it with a large spatula.  You can also use canned pumpkin for this.

These pancakes are great for little self-feeders and will also travel well in lunchboxes for your older kiddo.  Make a double batch and then freeze the extras for quick and nutritious breakfasts!

Delicious pumpkin pancakes! 8months+ due to egg & milk & wheat or as your pedi recommends

1 C whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 C unbleached white flour
(or use 2 cups of unbleached all purpose flour)
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 eggs
1 C pureed pumpkin or winter squash
1 tsp vanilla
2 C milk
3 Tbs melted butter

Stir (and sift) together all the dry ingredients in a med. size bowl. 
Beat the eggs with the pumpkin & vanilla then beat in the milk & butter until smooth.
Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture. 

Preheat a griddle to 375F or preheat a frying pan on medium.  Pour the batter in 1/4 cup measurements onto the pan or griddle – I use a 1 cup glass measuring cup and pour from this.  Cook until you see bubbles then turn over and cook other side until pancakes are golden.  Serve warm.

Due to pumpkin and whole wheat flour, pancakes will be more heavy and dense than what you get when you use a boxed mix for buttermilk pancakes.  You could increase the baking powder by 1 or 2 teaspoons if you like to get a lighter (though still heavy/dense) texture.

*****      If you will be using a cookie cutter or other type device to make shaped pancakes, you may want to lightly grease the inside of the cutter.  My Mickey egg/pancake cookers are coated.  It is VERY important that you not remove the pancakes from the cutters until you see lots of bubbles and can tell the pancake is almost cooked.  You may also need to gently poke out the pancakes using the tip of a spatula.

Enjoy!

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  1. This recipe is absolutely terrible. What a waste of ingredients. Pancakes were too heavy and dense.

    Comment by Erin — May 15, 2010 @ 6:54 am

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  2. Erin, Please tell me a bit more about this. Was it just a texture issue? This recipe does make a heavier and more dense pancake due to the whole wheat flour; definately not the light and fluffy version that comes out of a boxed mix. I’ll be sure to edit the post to make a note of this! I’m sorry to hear that you found the recipe terrible – it’s one that has been on the site for quite sometime and one that many visitors do like.

    Comment by Maggie — May 15, 2010 @ 11:12 am

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  3. I can’t believe that you actually publish a comment that is so negative. Thank you. This is just another reason why my baby and I love your website and blog so much!

    I wish I could say I tried the pancakes but my boy is just 7 months old now. We’ll try them in a month or so and report back.

    Comment by Heather — May 15, 2010 @ 9:49 pm

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  4. This is delciious! My baby (and I) loved it! We’ll use this often as a breakfast treat. :)

    Comment by Corey — June 12, 2010 @ 2:00 pm

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  5. This is a fantastic recipe. Thank you. Loved by my baby, toddler and even picky husband.

    Comment by laura — September 20, 2010 @ 11:51 am

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  6. I was actually wondering where to get those mickey mouse head shapers?

    Comment by June — October 6, 2010 @ 11:36 pm

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  7. [...] If your baby is a self-feeder now, try some adorable and yummy pumpkin pancakes. [...]

    Pingback by Homemade baby food - Halloween pumpkin treats | Pregnancy & Baby Blog — October 9, 2010 @ 11:41 pm

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  8. Pumpkins are just everywhere right now and I keep thinking my almost-1-year-old would love some pumpkin pancakes! I’m so excited to see this recipe and can’t wait to try it. Thank you!!

    Comment by Cindy — October 12, 2010 @ 7:57 pm

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  9. June, I bought them at Disney but I have also seen them at the Disney Store in my local Mall. They work great for eggs and cookie/sandwich cutters too!

    Comment by Maggie — October 12, 2010 @ 8:14 pm

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  10. These are fantastic! I make a batch of them and freeze them (putting wax paper in between each pancakes). Then defrost in the microwave and use a pizza cutter to cut them into little bites for my almost nine month old twins–they gobble them up! I love that they don’t have any sugar in them! The only change I made was instead of allspice, I just used more cinnamon (I was out of allspice).

    Comment by Julia — October 26, 2010 @ 8:23 am

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  11. What an excellent recipe. My little guy loved them and so did I.

    Comment by Stef — October 31, 2010 @ 2:20 pm

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  12. Where can I get the Mickey mould?

    Comment by Carol — August 8, 2011 @ 10:01 pm

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  13. I found the mickey mold on Amazon, it comes in a set of 2.

    Comment by Toni — September 4, 2011 @ 1:12 pm

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  14. I just made these and they turned out wonderful!

    Comment by Christine — November 16, 2011 @ 11:31 am

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  15. This sounds delicious! This year we are growing our own pumpkins and I think I may just have to try this :0) Thanks!

    Comment by Jen — May 15, 2012 @ 2:32 am

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