Jack-o'-Lantern Recipe ∞ 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.

Ingredients

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

Cooking Directions

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.
2. Heat a lightly greased griddle over medium high heat.
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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories346.6
• carbohydrateContent52.3 g
• cholesterolContent34.3 mg
• fatContent13.7 g
• fiberContent4.1 g
• proteinContent7.6 g
• saturatedFatContent5.4 g
• sodiumContent464.8 mg
• sugarContent23.5 g