Perfect fall mornings start with fluffy Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes! Made with good stuff – oats, pecans, maple syrup, pumpkin, spices. Vegan and gluten-free!
Serious question: How have we been breakfast-ing for (almost) all of October without these pancakes?
Excuse me, time – may I request a do over? I did fall mornings all wrong. I should’ve made these pancakes on repeat every single day. I see my mistake. I learned my lesson. Now can you help a girl out with making up for lost pancake eating time? Please and thank you.
The madness stops here…and the Pumpkin Pecan Pancake feasting begins.
Pumpkin pancakes have been highly requested, but I kept pushing that idea to the bottom of the list because I didn’t want to post just another vegan pumpkin pancake recipe. I wanted them to be subtly unique, to have an addition or twist that makes them just a little extra.
Pecans ground up as part of the “flour” to infuse nutty fall flavor into every single pancake piece? YES.
Bonus points for keeping these pancakes beautifully moist but still oil-free.
2x bonus points if you toast your pecans first (YUM).
3x bonus points if you make them in the shape of pumpkins and grind your own pecan butter and infuse your own cinnamon maple syrup for for drizzling on top. Or if you treat yourself to pancakes on a non-weekend day just because you deserve it.
It’s not even that pancakes are that hard per say. It’s just giving yourself permission to slow down enough before 10am on a busy weekday to wait for food to cook on the actual stove. Because if you break it down – one bowl, 9 ingredients, 2 minutes of mixing and 3-4 minutes of cooking – very weekday doable. And very very weekday worth it.
But I get it. Mornings are my most mind = 1000mph time too.
So even if you wait for a Sunday, Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes will be there waiting to make it extra autumn-y special for you. All you need to bring is the extra chopped pecans for topping and maple syrup for soaking drizzling and fork for devouring.
Excessive levels of fluffy breakfast coziness this way…
Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 pancakes 1x
- Category: breakfast
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: american
Description
Perfect fall mornings start with fluffy Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes! Made with good stuff – oats, pecans, maple syrup, pumpkin, spices. Vegan and gluten-free!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup (150g) rolled oats
- 1/2 cup (60g) pecans (raw or roasted for extra flavor)
- 1/2 cup (120g) pumpkin puree
- 3/4 cup (180g) nondairy milk
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Grind the oats and pecans to a fine flour in a high speed blender.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, non-dairy milk, maple syrup, and vanilla.
- Add the oat/pecan flour, baking powder, spices, and salt.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Drop about 1/4 cup of batter onto a pan or griddle over medium-low heat. Cook for 2-3 minutes per side. Repeat until all the batter is gone (makes 6-8 medium sized pancakes).
- Serve with chopped pecans and maple syrup. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 pancakes (1/2 the batch)
- Calories: 506
- Sugar: 15g
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 68g
- Fiber: 11g
- Protein: 11g
Keywords: vegan, gluten-free, fall, pumpkin spice, easy, brunch, breakfast
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Could these be put on parchment paper and baked in the oven? 🙂
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Hmm I don’t know, never tried that, but you could certainly give it a shot!
Hold on juuuuuust a minute — you own a PANCAKE IRON?!?! That’s a THING?!?! Mind. Blown.
Also, thank you thank you thank you for giving me a pumpkin pancake recipe! Hallelujah! I am absolutely obsessed with pumpkin. And pumpkin pie spice. And oat flour. And PANCAKES! YAY!
Hahaha well it’s really just my waffle maker but it came with pancake plates so I thought I’d give them a shot! I’m not THAT fancy😂 But I hope you love these pancakes and they make for a most cozy fall morning🤗🤗
Could you tel me what waffle maker you use? Thank you!
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This one: https://amzn.to/2D2Zm0P
Woah! October may be almost over but November is just beginning so these will be my November breakfast of choice =) Pecans are seriously the best and I’m very tempted to make a pecan butter caramel to drizzle over these because pancakes are made to be covered in delish toppings and maple syrup & pecans are BFFs. Cannot wait to dig into a tall stack of these fluffy cakes!
I feel like November means I should lighten up a little bit on the all the pumpkin all the time…but then again maybe not😆 Ugh pecan butter…SO GOOD. But I’m totally with you, toppings are half the pancake eating fun🤗
Hi Natalie, I thank you for all the amazing
recipes, you are so creative and your pictures are awesome.
Can you please let me know what kind of Vitamix you recommend.
Thanks
Honestly any of their models are great and can do SO much! I personally use and love the A3500 the most right now, but I’ve worked with many and while they vary on controls and built in programs the actual functionality is pretty consistent across all of them. And if you are looking for one on the cheaper side, check out their certified reconditioned ones too!
Thanks for the information I appreciate your kindness
How long last in the refrigerator?
Hmm they really are best fresh, but they’d be okay for a few days in the fridge 🙂
There are so many things I love about these pancakes! EVERY single ingredient is ones I love and the fact that you put tiny chopped pecans inside pancakes with pumpkin spice and maple syrup just sounds way too dang delicious! I bet these bad boys are so buttery and delicious and bursting with flavor. I make pancakes pretty much every Saturday and Sunday for my family and if Olivia didn’t hate bits of nuts so bad in stuff, I would totally make these for her tomorrow morning! I may just have to save them for my own weekday breakfast when she’s in school, LOL! I love how thick they are and they look totally hearty and FILLING. With all those lovely pecans, you know they are going to keep you nice and full for a good while, which is important to me with breakfast. Awesome recipe Natalie, I’m seriously drooling!
I almost just stirred in chopped pecans, but actually I agree with Olivia and I don’t like chunks of stuff in my pancakes either (expect blueberries, those are a special exception haha) so I like them ground up with the oats much better! Plus brings out all that butteriness😋😋 Pumpkin + pecan is just too good, I can see why these are your fave nuts especially in fall recipes. I’m so lazy in the mornings so I’m more of a pancakes for dinner person, but there’s no wrong time for pancakes right?🤗 Happy weekend Brandi!
I made these today and they are amazing!!! Super easy to make. Love the simple staple pantry ingredient list. Bravo!!!
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YAY I am so happy to hear it Caroline! I hope the rest of your sunday is just as nice and cozy😊😊
Looks delicious! How would you replace pumpkin spice? I don’t think I would find it in Munter country (Same with pumpkin purée but I guess it works the same with homemade purée)
Just plain cinnamon would be fine here in my opinion, or if you want to make your own pumpkin pie spice here’s a recipe with the ratios: https://simpleveganblog.com/make-pumpkin-pie-spice/
Just made these the other day and they were delicious. I only had a few pecans on hand so instead of grinding those I used almond meal and saved the pecans to chop and add to the batter. I followed everything else! Great, simple recipe Natalie!
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So smart, I almost used almond flour here too before the pecan idea hit me so good to know that worked just as well! I am so happy you liked them Katie🤗
Love the idea of grinding oats plus pecans together for the base! Sounds like a delicious combination; cannot wait to try! 🙂
It worked so deliciously well! I almost used almond flour instead, but pecans go so well with pumpkin😋🎃
Making this tomorrow. 🙂
YAY!! It’s gonna be a good morning😋
Natalie, what other fruit or veg could I replace the pumpkin with? Everyone, except myself and my son, loathes Pumpkin with a hell fury. 😂 They are such weirdos, but they are my weirdos!! Would applesauce work and swap pumpkin pie spice for apple pie spice? Thanks for your advice!
Haha their loss though tbh🙄😂 But yes, applesauce will be just fine and I love the idea of apple spice too…you’ve just created apple pie pancakes I do believe! Hope they are a hit😊
Anyone tried this with sweet potato?
Not that have reported back, but it should be fine! Sweet potato tends to be a little bit thicker/drier than pumpkin so add an extra tablespoon or two of milk if necessary 🙂
I tried it with sweet potato, I don’t like pumpkin.
It is delicious!
I made it more than once,ussually we make it in the weekend, and eat one in the morning before going to the gym, gives an extra boost of energy.
Great to know, thanks for sharing Andra!
I tried it with sweet potato, I don’t like pumpkin.
It is delicious!
I made it more than once,ussually we make it in the weekend, and eat one in the morning before going to the gym, gives an extra boost of energy.
Did you use more milk?
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Can we use walnuts instead of pecans?
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Yep, absolutely! Hope you enjoy 🙂