Description
These are the perfect healthy blender pumpkin pancakes that both you and your little will love. It’s a quick and healthy breakfast to make for toddlers. A perfect Fall breakfast idea! Plus these pumpkin pancakes are low sugar and loaded with superfood ingredients, like oats, hemp seed, greek yogurt and of course pumpkin.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of rolled oats
- 2 bananas
- 1–2 dates, depending on your sweetness preference
- 1/2 cup of plain or vanilla greek yogurt
- 1 cup of fresh roasted pumpkin or canned pumpkin
- 1/4 cup of hemp seeds — we absolutely love the Manitoba Hemp brand
- 1/4 cup of chia seeds
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- Pinch of cinnamon — completely optional, but does add a really nice Fall flavour!
- Pinch of nutmeg — also completely optional
Instructions
1. Add all ingredients to a high powered blender, such as a Vitamix. Break bananas in half for easy blending. Remove pitts from dates.
2. Cover blender with lid and slowly begin to blend, increasing speed gradually. Continue blending on high speed until batter is smooth. The texture should resemble a thick custard. Add additional oats if batter is too wet or more yogurt or pumpkin if too dry.
3. Heat a large, non-stick skillet to medium heat. Add in a few teaspoons of cooking oil. I use coconut for a sweet flavour!
4. Gently spoon batter onto the hot skillet. For mini pancakes, use about 1 heaping tablespoon. For large pancakes, use 2-3 tablespoons. Use the back of your spoon to smooth the batter into a circle.
5. Fry on medium-high heat for 4-6 minutes per side. Be cautious not to burn. Lower heat if outside is cooking faster than the inside.
6. Once fully cooked, remove and transfer to a cooling rack. If inside of pancakes are still mushy, put in the oven at 175° for 10 minutes or so.
7. Serve with butter, maple syrup, fruit, nuts or peanut butter.
Enjoy!
Notes
These pancakes freeze well. Just place in a single layer on a baking sheet and place in freezer for a few hours. Then transfer to an airtight container and return to freezer. This will ensure they don’t stick together.
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