Warm Fall Recipe: Spiced Pumpkin Pancakes with Cardamom Clove Butter

~~A Warm Fall Recipe that Serves 4

Pancake Batter

1- ¼ cup all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons light brown sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

¼ teaspoon ginger

2 eggs

1- ¼ cups of 2% milk

¾ cup pureed pumpkin

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and pumpkin
3. Fold mixture into dry ingredients and stir until batter is moist and lumpy.
4. Preheat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Wipe a paper towel that has been rubbed with butter on the bottom of the pan.
5. Using a ladle, pour ¼ cup of batter into the pan for each pancake
6. Cook pancakes about 2-3 minutes on each side
7. Remove from pan and keep warm until batch is complete

Cardamom Clove Butter

1 stick of softened butter

1 tablespoon of agave

¼ teaspoon ground cloves

¼ teaspoon ground cardamom seeds

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix agave, cloves and cardamom in a bowl and fold in the softened butter until spices are evenly distributed
2. Scoop small dollops of butter onto warm pancakes and serve with pure maple syrup.

Featured photo: pancakes by NathanY , cinnamon stick by dbrekke, cardamom by T@H!R