Healthy Pumpkin Hot Cakes

Submitted by qotw13

"I was looking forward to trying some pumpkin pancakes the other night, but the only recipe I had was bookmarked on my browser, and the internet was down! So, I decided to just modify a regular pancake recipe to fit my needs. While the result wasn't exactly what I was going for, I thought that it did still work out pretty well. This recipe could still use some work, but I wanted to get it posted so I wouldn't lose it (haha!), and to get any suggestions people may have to improve these."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup rolled oats
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg white, slightly beaten
• 2⁄3 cup pumpkin (I used the solid-pack canned stuff)
• 4 tablespoons applesauce
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1⁄4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• cinnamon
• nutmeg, and
• clove, to taste

directions

1. Combine dry ingredients.
2. Combine wet ingredients and add to dry mixture.
3. If batter seems too thick, add 1 T water at a time until desire consistency (I only added 1 T).
4. Spoon a couple spoonfuls of batter into hot pan over medium-low to medium heat. You will probably have to spread the batter, since it is rather thick and will not spread itself.
5. Cook 1-2 minutes on each side.
6. These are pretty tasty by themselves, though I did try putting a little cottage cheese on top (mainly for the protein), or a very thin layer of cream cheese.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Although these turned out to be almost a dessert pancake, I made them for breakfast & served them with both a thin topping of cream cheese & some peach sauce that I have! Maybe I'm just so easily satisfied, but I thought these were great as is! Will definitely make them again! [Made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in this Spring's PAC]