Ah, fall- and it finally feels like it. The nip in the air gave me a hankerin' for something delicious and pumpkin-ey for breakfast. Which turned into lunch because I had to send Travis to the store to pick up the ingredients I needed for a
new recipe. As I was cooking, it was nice to hear the sounds of Travis watching football and the girls climbing all over him instead of the sound of hammering and the girls being stuck in front of the television. We've also made a decision concerning home improvements. We're finishing the remainder of the floors, installing reducers etc., painting the trim and installing baseboards and we're done for the rest of the year. I'm not painting the cabinets until the spring because I'm going to enjoy the holiday season with my kiddos and husband instead of just trying to push through it to get it done. I don't think any of us could handle that. But I've got pictures of our very yummy brunch to share with you.
This recipe calls for egg whites beaten into stiff peaks to be folded into the batter at the end, which gives you a nice fluffy pancake. But if you don't let them cook enough before you flip them, you'll end up with the top cooked part sliding off the bottom uncooked part. This happened to me several times.
But here's the yummy result- Pumpkin pancakes with hot apple cider syrup, mmmm. I used all natural fresh pressed apple juice that, I think, gave it a great flavor. I wouldn't use a kind made with sugar as this recipe calls for 1/2 cup of brown sugar per batch of syrup plus corn syrup. I tripled the batch and used 1/2 cup of brown sugar because that was all I had and it turned out very good. I think that the listed amount would be *way* too sweet.
And here's the aftermath- sigh. Amanda, my sweet daughter and dishwasher is in Spring Hill all day doing something with the church which means I can either leave this for her (which wouldn't be very nice of me because I can guarantee that she's not going to touch a pumpkin pancake) or do it myself. Hmmmm, I think I'll go work out first.
