Want to make some fresh pancakes for breakfast or tea time to snack on? Here is a great recipe for a wonderful pumpkin pancake to be served with orange syrup. Definitely different from your usual pancakes with honey and butter for a change.

This pumpkin pancakes with orange syrup recipe needs only 30 minutes to prepare and is good to serve 8 wonderful slices of pancakes.

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Ingredients needed:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1.5 cups milk
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1 recipe orange syrup
• 1 orange, peeled and sectioned (optional)

Cooking method:

Pancakes:

1. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
2. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
3. In another medium bowl, combine the milk, pumpkin, eggs and oil.
4. Add the milk mixture all at once to the flour mixture.
5. Stir until moistened (batter should be lumpy).
6. Lightly coat an unheated nonstick griddle or heavy skillet with cooking spray. Preheat over medium heat.
7. For each pancake, pour about 1/4 cup of the batter onto the hot griddle or skillet.
8. Cook over medium heat for about 4 minutes, or until the pancakes are golden brown, turning to second sides when pancakes have bubbly suffaces and edges are slightly dry.
9. Serve warm with Orange syrup and if desired, orange sections.

Orange syrup:

1. In a small saucepan, stir together 1 cup of orange juice, 2 tablespoons honey, 1.5 teaspoons cornstarch and 1.4 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
2. Cook and stir until it thickens and becomes bubbly.
3. Cook and stir for 2 more minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition facts per serving:

• 233 calories
• 6 gram total fat (1 gram saturated fat)
• 57 milligram cholesterol
• 278 milligram sodium
• 38 gram carbo
• 2 gram fiber
• 7 gram protein

Is this meal nutritious for you? Find out more here on my nutrition page.

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