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I don’t know about you but once September hits our house is about nothing but pumpkins until the day after Thanksgiving. We decorate with pumpkins everywhere and are constantly eating pumpkin spiced foods. I always eat eggs for breakfast, but a few times a year I make exceptions for some pumpkin spice pancakes. The pancakes we usually make only have a total of 4 ingredients – with two additional optional seasonings. They are extremely macro-friendly. The macro-breakdown can be found at the bottom of the page, enjoy!
The four main ingredients used in this recipe are oats, pumpkin, egg and protein powder. Quick oats will definitely work better than old fashioned oats. If I was more ambitious, I would have taken my food processor and ground the oats into oat flour, I’ll try that next time. Depending on how thick and fluffy you like you your pancakes you can also add water to the mix as well.
We used chocolate protein powder in this recipe, but any flavor protein would do. Our current protein powder brand of choice is Naked Nutrition. We really like Naked Nutrition because the protein is so clean and free from additives and chemicals. We love the Less Naked Chocolate Whey because there are only three ingredients. Most of the other protein brands on the market will have a paragraph long list of ingredients that are hard to pronounce. For more information or to purchase this for yourself head over to their website Naked Nutrition and browse around!
These pancakes will cook best on a non-stick pan. I recommend letting the pan heat up for a few minutes before you put the pancakes on it. The hotter the pan is the less likely they will be to stick. Each side of the pancake will have to cook for about two minutes, depending on how hot your stove gets. If you’re going to be making these using an electric stove, I would cook it for a little extra longer.
These pancakes will also taste better if you eat them or serve them off of fall themed pumpkin plates. There’s just something about consuming pumpkin flavored goodies off of pumpkin themed plates! I usually eat these without any butter or syrup. I also tend to lightly season the pancakes with pumpkin pie spice while cooking, which is completely optional see the recipe below for full details. The recipe yields enough pancakes for one person, but this can be easily doubled or tripled!
Macro Friendly Recipes: Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/4 cup oatmeal
- 1 scoop less naked chocolate whey
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (optional)
Instructions
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1. In a small mixing bowl, combine the egg and pumpkin.
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2. Mix together the egg and pumpkin until smooth.
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3. Add in the oats and protein powder.
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4. Mix until smooth, add in water if you choose.
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5. Optional: Add in your spices and mix again.
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6. Place a non-stick pan on the stove and allow it to heat up.
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7. Pour the batter onto the pan into two equal sized pancakes.
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8. Cook each side of the pancake for approximately two minutes on medium level heat.
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9. Take pancakes off of the pan, serve & enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Serving Size: 2 Pancakes
Calories: 234
Fat: 7.47g
Carbohydrates: 20.89g
Protein: 21.79g
These look very good! I will have to give these a try!
Thanks, they really are very good and so easy to make! 🙂
I absolutely agree that anything pumpkin spiced whether it is sipped or chewed is automatically 10% better when served in an autumnal dish/mug. Is it really time for pumpkin? Actually…why can’t we just enjoy pumpkin year-round? Wait…I do that already!
I need to try this pancake recipe this weekend. Thank you!
I enjoy pumpkin flavored foods all year as well! I keep my pumpkin mug out for way longer than seasonally appropriate lol 🙂
I would love these! I am all about pumpkin flavored things!
Pumpkin spice season is my favorite season!
This recipe sounds so good! I so love pancakes! I wish that I could find pumpkin spice in my country, but it’s very rare. Even Amazon only stocks a few and at a very high price.
You could use a blend of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg instead 🙂
This is great! My dad just harvested a giant pumpkin from his vegetable garden this morning. I’m sure I can use a little bit of that to make this pumpkin spice pancakes. Thanks for sharing another great recipe!
Yes, fresh pumpkin would be so good in these! You’re welcome 🙂
I will have to give these a try! Pumpkin is awesome. They are lovely.
Pumpkin flavored foods are the best 🙂
I love that this has protein powder in them. That is a great way to get my boys to eat more protein.
They’ll definitely love them!
I am going to be the first to admin that I do not get the whole macronutrient thing but your blog posts have been helpful. I try to eat good (not always possible) and you provide good info. I will have my wife try this recipe.
Macro tracking is how I stay consistent with my weight and make sure that I’m eating enough to support my activity level. Check out our post on what is flexible dieting it’ll help you understand so much better. Enjoy the recipe!
I’ve never actually tried pumpkin like this because all the recipes I found seemed hard. I might try this one.
This recipe is really basic and is very macro-friendly enjoy!
I don’t know what macro eating is, but I love a good pumpkin pancake. I love that this recipe only has a few ingredients. (Maybe that’s the macro part.)
Macro tracking is just keeping track of the amount of fat, protein and carbohydrates you eat daily! These pancakes are much more macro-friendly than traditional pancakes due to their high protein quality and low carbohydrates.
Forgive me but what is Macro? Is it a type of diet?
A macro, or macronutrient, is protein, fats, and carbohydrates. For more information you can check out our post on macro tracking here
Haven’t tried pumpkin. Seems yummy and energetic. I will try it too.
You’ll definitely love it.
You know seeing the recipe and the pictures..you totally should have uploaded Bigger pictures to enhance the aesthetic of your post. It’ll help you. Also, I think a non-cook like me can try this one!
You’ll love the recipe.
Wow..IT looks yummyy! You made me hungry. I love that this has protein powder in them.
They’re such a yummy healthy breakfast!
’tis the season for all things pumpkin. I’ve never use it for pancakes though, what a good idea!
Its a great way to get a healthy treat first thing in the morning!
Omg these look so good!! Im seeing pumpkin spice everything everywhere and its making me so happy for fall.
You and me both, Fall is my favorite season!
Nice. Never thought of this combinations. Very interesting and def. will try this one out this weekend. As my kids love pumpkin, this is going to be a real treat to them.
Awesome, I hope your kids really love it!
This pacake recipe is just amazing and sooo appropriate for the season, I’m definitely going to give it a try!
Awesome, you’ll definitely love it – let us know how it works out for you 🙂
Your pancakes looks delicious! I would love to paired it with my favorite brewed coffee 😀
Yum, that would be good – I paired mine with some pumpkin spiced coffee 🙂