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Blender Pumpkin Pie Pancakes

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blender pumpkin pie pancakes

So I don’t make pancake batter in the blender very often. But we love Pumpkin Pancakes, but we don’t love that sometimes they turn out on the dense side. It’s hard to prevent that because pumpkin is really heavy and when you mix it into the batter, it makes the batter heavy.

But I was making a smoothie the other day and wondered if making the pumpkin pancake batter in the blender would aerate it some, so that the pancakes would turn out fluffier. Hmm.

After being mixed, I poured the batter straight onto a hot griddle…

I’ll let you decide for yourself, based on the photo below.

See how fluffy these turned out…I thought they were fluff-ilicious!

P.S. I usually double this recipe to use an entire 15 oz. can of pure pumpkin. Let them cool completely and then add to the freezer!

Blender Pumpkin Pie Pankcakes

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Blender Pumpkin Pie Pancakes

Fluffy and delicious!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Servings - 16 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup white flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp homemade pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 cups milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup cup canola or vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup cup canned pumpkin puree
  • Fresh fruit, as side dish

Instructions

  • Add both of the flours, baking powder, brown sugar and homemade pumpkin pie spice to the blender and pulse it a few times to mix the dry ingredients together. Pour into a bowl.
  • Add the milk, eggs, oil and pumpkin puree to the blender and pulse until smooth. Add half of the dry ingredients and blend. Then add the remaining dry ingredients and blend until smooth.
  • Pour batter onto hot, greased griddle to make the pancakes. If needed, pulse the batter in the blender between batches to aerate well.
  • Serve with sausage or bacon, or eggs, and some fresh fruit. A delightful Fall brinner.

Comments

  33. Karen Rivera says

    I like to make smoothies, but my husband likes to make his red chile sauce from dried red chiles… yum 🙂

  40. Michelle P says

    Follow you on Pininterest and Facebook. My favorite thing for the blender are smoothies, though I have made batter also. I can’t wait to try the Pumpkin recipe!

  65. Desiree Edwards says

    Blenders are the ultimate multi-use tool – from milkshakes to soups – you can do anything with the right one! My daughter loves the thought of pink milk, but I could never stomach serving her artificial Strawberry milk, so I blend up some fresh ones and add the milk to make a special treat for her. Please add me for the give-away – Desiree, [email protected]. Thanks! And love my emails of $5 dinners!!!

  75. Karen says

    I love to use my blender all the time because my kids loooove smoothies, and I love that I can sneak in veggies without them knowing 🙂 I also make banana egg pancakes using the blender (they taste great even though it sounds gross!)

  76. Karen says

    I like making smoothies in my blender…but I recently had a blender disaster so I’d love to win!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  102. Shirley C says

    I can tomatoes every year and use them in soups, chili, spaghetti and casseroles. I like to use the blender to chop the tomatoes for those dishes. I enjoy getting your emails. Shirley

  104. emily says

    i would love to use a blender for SMOOTHIES! i’ve honestly never owned a blender so i would be thrilled to win this one… thanks!

  115. Sharon Hartwig says

    I used to do everything with mine, that’s why I don’t have one now. It burned up! My kids loved smoothies in it too!

  116. Terry White says

    Would love to learn to make smoothies. love getting your email, thanks for all your hard work

  130. Annie~SavorThisMoment says

    I love to make pesto in the blender! We make a lot of green smoothies, too. Unfortunately, our old oster blender finally died a few weeks ago, and I need a new one!

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  144. Danielle Mullins says

    I love making smoothie pops for my kids. Much healthier than standard Popsicles. I also make veggie purée to hide more veggies in other foods.

  192. Elena Vo says

    Making soups and sauces is my favorite way to use a blender. In winter time, spinach and potato soup is a big hit at my house so I love using a blender to make a big batch for everyone.

  209. Steph says

    My kids love making ANY thing in the blender! Smoothies, soup, batter…you name it. And since we just moved out, we are in need of a blender. *fingers crossed*

  210. Steph says

    I don’t have a blender since I just separated from my husband. My kids love making ANYthing in them though.

  217. Kathryn Tregoning says

    Definitely use my blender most often for smoothies. But I also make a screaming butternut squash soup in the blender as well. YUM!!!

  218. Tess says

    SMOOTHIES (fruit &/or veggie) & SALSA!!! (can make really hot without too much handling of the peppers!!) My blender died & have been having severe withdrawals!!!!

  224. Cindy Matthews says

    Those pancakes sound delicious! Have to try it soon. My favorite use for a blender would have to be fruit smoothies.

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  239. Joni says

    I made green smoothies every morning in the blender. It love it that along with breakfast, the kids are getting lots of great things for their bodies in the smoothies too.

  241. Trish says

    My favorite thing to make in a blender would be fruit and vegetable smoothies. It’s a great way to sneak extra vegetables into the kids diet.

  244. Vicki says

    I use my blender to mix my non-instant dry milk–no lumps! And it makes great homemade sweetened condensed milk.

  257. Jessica S says

    I would use the blendar for more than I thought. I have been dying to get one for smoothies but you just gave a brilliant example of how useful this would be in a house full of teenagers.

  264. Jamie says

    Blenders are for milk shakes! 🙂 And baby food. I always felt really wholesome when I made my kids baby food! Thanks for hosting!

  265. Belinda Quinton-Thomas says

    Erin, This recipe looks great! I can’t wait to try it. My favorite use of my blender is one that I have been using it for a long time. 40 years to be exact. Margaritas! A nice lady that I knew gave a recipe that has never failed to be the best one that anyone I know has ever tasted. I will be glad to share it if you like. This blender looks like it would be a really good one and I could use a new one. So, Please put me in the running for it. I would LOVE to have it!
    Thanks,
    Belinda

  272. Tara Tarlton says

    Our favorite breakfast smoothies:
    *frozen blueberries
    *carrots
    *yogurt
    *protein powder
    *Emergen’C powder (especially when we’re fighting colds)
    *coconut milk
    *OJ or grapefruit juice
    *ice

  283. Carolyn says

    I love using my blender to make salsas, smoothies and just recently refried bean dip. But my blender is a bit wimpy so a new one would be fantastic!

  288. Jackie Bentley says

    I get your emails & I am a fan on FaceBook..I don’t want to miss a thing! Love the idea with the pancakes!!

  289. pamela myers says

    I love love love your e-mail newsletter, have for several years now. I use my blender for soups, dips, cream sauces, smoothies, MILKSHAKES…yummm

  295. Faith says

    I like to make milkshakes for my lactose intolerant son. I can monitor everything that goes in them, and he still gets one of his favorite treats. (That is until I blew my blender up last week!)

  298. Milian O says

    My husband and I love making post-workout fruit smoothies with fruit we’ve frozen over the summer.

  323. Nancy E says

    I have beeen signed up for your emails for a long time now. Love them !! Thanks for the chance to enter.

  324. Laura B. says

    I love to use my blender to make green smoothies for the kids. With one picky eater, it is the only way for me to know she is getting the nutrition she needs.

  334. lu says

    My favorite use for a blender? Smoothies so I can sneak in healthy ingredients and not really taste it! LOL Also, just watching my kids and hubby use it can be quiet hilarious, and sometimes messy! My blender is from 1980s and has had almost everything blend-able in it! But I have to admit I have not tried pumpkin pancakes? Hmmmm….

  336. Jenny says

    We love making fresh fruit smoothies! I am going to try the pumpkin pancake mix in the blender sounds yummy!

  339. vickicooks41 says

    I love the blender at holiday time. daiquiris are my favorite strawberry ones at that soooo good it became a tradition at my house

  342. Christina Spitzer says

    I have used a blender to make Basil Pesto Sauce or Creamy Alfredo sauce and, of course, smoothies.

  344. Shauna says

    My favorite use for a blender is making a large batch of smoothies, then freezing them so they’re ready to go throughout the week.

  350. Mary H says

    My favorite use of the blender is to make smoothies. My girls are always making smoothies and we can’t keep fresh fruit in the house, it is gone really quick.

  354. Janet Williams says

    I love my blender for many reasons. But my favorite is at Christmas time. I was raised in a Slovak household and each Christmas we make a sour mushroom soup with sauerkraut juice, ground mushrooms and mushroom broth. Yum! We only make it once a year, so it’s a special treat. Those mushrooms need chopping and my blender does a fabulous job. Unfortunately, my blender broke and I won’t have one to do the chopping this year. 🙁

  362. Yolanda S says

    Actually, my blender gets used most often right now for meal replacement shakes, but when I’m not doing that it gets used most for making red chile sauce – I’m from New Mexico we eat lots of chile!

  369. Elizabeth F. says

    My favorite use of a blender is for smoothies. I don’t have one at this time, mine broke, so this would be fun to win!

  371. April says

    I love using my blender for fresh fruit/veggie smoothies and for making homemade baby food!! Would love to have a new one that works better!! 🙂

  372. Rachel Pilgrim says

    I love using my blender for Fruit Smoothies: frozen berries and bananas with juice and a little sweetner. Makes a great drink in the evenings when I’m watching TV, and I get my fruit servings in (dairy too if I add greek yogurt for protein).

  373. Lori G says

    I loved to make tons of things in my blender…smoothies, soups, gravies, but unfortunately when we had company visiting, their baby broke it onto the floor:( Would love to win!

  414. Evelyn H says

    Use my blender for making smoothies, margaritas and now I’ll be using it to make pumpkin pancakes. 🙂

  471. Robyn S. says

    I use my blender for all kinds of things, smoothies, home made spaghetti sauce, pesto and on and on!