PUMPKIN CINNAMON STREUSEL PANCAKES

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PUMPKIN CINNAMON STREUSEL PANCAKES

From Rachel (Reid) Brown

Make the cinnamon streusel:

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1 t. ground cinnamon

6 T. unsalted butter, cut into chunks

Set aside.

Pancake batter:  

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

2 T. light brown sugar

2 t. baking powder

1/4 t. salt

1 t. ground cinnamon

1/4 t. nutmeg

1/8 t. ground ginger

1/8 t. ground cloves

1 cup milk

1/2 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)

1 large egg

2 T. canola oil

1 t. vanilla extract

Instructions:

First, make the cinnamon streusel.  In medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter.  

Mix streusel mixture together with your hands or a fork til crumbly.  Set aside.

Now make the pancakes:

In a large bowl, whisk together flours, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.  Set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, egg, pumpkin, canola oil and vanilla extract.  Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture and whisk until combined.

Heat a griddle or pan to medium-low. Coat with cooking spray.  Drop 1/3 cup of batter onto heated skillet.  Add 2 T. of cinnamon streusel.  Cook on the first side until bubbles begin to form, about 2-3 minutes.  Carefully flip pancake over and cover generously with cinnamon streusel. Cook another 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. 

Continue this process to make the rest of the pancakes.

Serve warm with maple syrup and butter.

Note from Rachel:   for another variation:  skip all of the streusel and add dark chocolate chips to the pancake batter. We LOVE pumpkin-chocolate-chip pancakes!!