Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes with Apple Compote
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Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes with Apple Compote
Apples, pumpkin, and cinnamon, all delicious flavors of Autumn. Combine these ingredients with fluffy pancakes makes this the ideal breakfast during this season.
Ingredients
Apple Compote
- 3 medium apples, diced
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup water
- 1 Tablespoon flour
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 Tablespoons apple juice
- ¼ cup raisins
Pancakes
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk
- ¾ cup canned pumpkin purée
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon oil or butter
Directions
Apple Compote
- Dice the apples into ½ inch cubes.
- Warm oil in a medium skillet on low heat, then add the water, apples, flour, cinnamon, apple juice and raisins, and stir.
- Cover and cook until the apples are soft (about 5 minutes).
- Uncover and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes until the liquid thickens.
Pancakes
- Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
- Crack the eggs into a medium bowl and whisk until the whites and yolks are combined. Add the buttermilk, pumpkin purée, oil and vanilla extract.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently stir with a spoon until just combined. DO NOT OVERSTIR, OR THE PANCAKES WILL NOT BE FLUFFY.
- Add oil or butter to the pan/skillet. Spoon batter into pan in small, sand dollar-sized pancakes. Cook the first side until the pancake can easily be flipped. Flip and then cook until golden brown on both sides.
- Serve topped with the apple compote.
Notes
Variations to Try
- Substitution for buttermilk is one cup of milk and one tablespoon of white vinegar and let it sit for 10 mins.
- For a sweeter compote, add a mashed overripe banana during the last 2-3 minutes of cooking
- Try with whole wheat flour
Something to Chew On
- How are pumpkin pancakes more nutritious than plain ones?
- How can you tell when a pancake is ready to be flipped?
- Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable? How can you tell?
- How does stirring a pancake batter make it fluffy or not fluffy?
Nutritional information is approximate guide only, calculated using an online nutrition calculator. The facts are based on one pancake using one tbsp of mixture. Yields about 12 -15 pancakes.
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