Pumpkin Banana Pancakes

Here are the Pumpkin Banana Pancakes I alluded to in yesterday's post.  Thankfully I did not lose the eggs and was able to make them.  It's a good thing too.  I was excited to try a new spin on an old recipe, and Adam absolutely LOVED them!  Similar to Pumpkin Banana Bread, these definitely taste like a cross between pumpkin pancakes and banana pancakes.  Not a bad thing if you ask me!

The recipe made around 50 small-ish pancakes.  I typically make a huge batch for the freezer and package them in groups of 6 (enough for a few days in each bag).  I figured Adam would eat 1 or 2, and I would have the rest to use for pictures during nap time.  Well...that morning he ate 4. Then he asked for another one for snack.  This left me with 1 pancake for pictures.  I couldn't quite take a picture of just 1 pancake, so I decided to do pictures the next day and took out another 6-pack from the freezer.  Of course, what did Adam do the next day?  He ate 4 pancakes!  I feared having fewer, so I made do with the 3 that remained.  I'm just so glad he likes them.  I hope you do too!

Pumpkin Banana Pancakes
Yield will vary - I make about 48 pancakes

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs
1 cup pumpkin puree
2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups milk (whole, skim, 1%, whatever you like)
3 tablespoons canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cooking spray

1. In a large bowl, stir and sift flours, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice.
2. In another bowl, beat eggs with pumpkin, banana and vanilla. Add milk and oil and mix until smooth.
3. Fold pumpkin mixture into dry ingredients. Let sit for 10 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, preheat griddle to medium heat and spray with cooking spray.
5. Drop pancake batter by the generous tablespoonful onto griddle. Cook until bubbles appear (about 2-3 minutes). Flip and cook until set (about 2-3 minutes). Repeat.

Note: These freeze really well. I store them in a plastic baggie in groups of 6, with each pancake separated by wax paper squares. I then put all of the plastic baggies in a freezer bag.  

Adapted from my previous post for Pumpkin Pancakes