Recipes for Parties-Pumpkin Pancakes

My first blog entry happens to fall in October. This is the month where all parties seem to start for the holiday season. There's Halloween parties and fall festivals and hayrides and football parties galore! My six year old daughter loves Halloween and really loves pancakes. My first recipe is a family friendly recipe that is easy and fun for the whole family. Our favorite way to start off the Autumn season is with Pumpkin Pancakes. We make the day into a pumpkin party and start it off with these mouth watering gems then off to the local pumpkin farm to get our own pumpkins to carve into Jack-o-lanterns for our front porch. I usually grab a couple pie pumpkins to make some homemade pumpkin soup as well. Pie pumpkins are the really small ones that are a deep orange and make the best soup as well as pies.

1 Cup of All-Purpose Flour
2 Teaspoons of Baking Powder
1 Tablespoon of Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon of Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon of Cloves or Pumpkin Pie Spice
2 Eggs, separated
1 Cup of Milk
1/2 Cup of Cooked or Canned Pumpkin
2 Tablespoons of Oil
1/2 Cup of Chopped Pecans-Optional

Combine the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl mix egg yolks, milk, pumpkin and oil. Stir together with dry ingredients just until moist. In another bowl wisk egg whites until soft peaks form and fold together with batter.

Using a pancake form pour batter onto hot greased griddle to make pumpkin shaped pancakes. If you don't have a pancake form pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls. Flip when bubbles form on top of pancake. Cook until golden brown. Serve with powdered sugar or apple pie filling. Or if you want a more traditional flavor use maple syrup.