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The Cast of Characters: Cake flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin puree, eggs, vanilla, whole milk, butter, and maple syrup.
Oh, and heavy cream. Not pictured, because I’m an airhead.
And pecans. Not pictured, because I’m an airhead.
And caramel sauce (optional). Not pictured, because I’m an airhead.
Are you seeing a pattern here?
Measure three cups of cake flour…
And throw it into a large bowl.
Add some salt…
Baking powder…
And sugar.
Then stir it together and set it aside.
Measure some canned pumpkin puree (or some fresh, if you’re into that kind of thing. Here’s how to make the fresh stuff if you’re interested!).
Throw it into a separate bowl…
Along with a couple of huevos…
Some vanilla…
And some whole milk.
When I cook or bake, I love to use whole milk. Makes me feel naughty.
And jiggly.
Then grab some of this…
And sprinkle it in.
Whisk it all together until it’s combined…
And slowly pour it into the dry ingredients.
Stir it gently as you pour it in…
And if it seems overly thick, splash in an additional half-cup of milk at a time until it’s right. It should be pourable but not overly runny.
I used a kitchen scoop to drop tablespoons of batter onto a lightly buttered skillet over medium-low to low heat. Any hotter than that and the pancakes will burn, which will ruin your entire day…or at least your pancakes.
Then just let ’em cook on both sides until they’re nice and golden brown.
Pretty!
Yummy!
Meanwhile, pour some heavy cream into the bowl of a mixer…
Along with some maple syrup.
Whip it together until light and fluffy.
Meanwhile, Chapter 2: Chop some nuts. Or, if you’re lazy, disenchanted, disenfranchised, and malodorous like me, just chop them in the food processor.
To serve ’em up, arrange the pancakes in an overlapping circle, ending with one in the center.
Add a plop of butter…
Then sprinkle on some nuts…
Look at that nut mid-air! The official photography term for this is “Mid-Air Nut.”
Next, drizzle on some warm maple syrup.
After the syrup, add a dollop of the maple whipped cream…
Along with a fresh sprinkling of nuts.
This is totally optional: Next, grab some caramel sauce…
Drizzle on a zig-zag criss-cross pattern.
Then cry because of the bliss you’re about to experience.
Geez Louise. Over and out. Amen and Hallalujah.
These were divine!
Oh, and you can also make big ones! The batter obviously works either way.
These would make the perfect Halloween morning breakfast this week!
Enjoy, guys. Here’s the handy dandy printable!
