Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Pancakes

These make a special breakfast on cool fall mornings. My boys loved to help me cook a batch up for a 'breakfast for supper' night around Halloween. Use any and all decorations you like to make jack-o-lantern faces on the pancakes. Try broken candy bar pieces, banana slices, raisins, crasins, or chopped nuts.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 347 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¾ cup canned pumpkin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Stir together flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and salt in a large bowl. In a separate large bowl, lightly beat together the milk, egg, pumpkin, and oil. Stir flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture, blending just until moistened.

Step 2

Heat a lightly greased griddle over medium high heat.

Step 3

Pour batter, 1/3 cup at a time, onto the prepared griddle. Make a jack-o-lantern face in each pancake with the chocolate chips. Cook until bubbles appear on the surface, then flip and cook until golden brown on the other side, about 5 minutes per side.