Heidi Bakes for Joe: More Fall Things (Savory Pancakes and the U.P.!)

My last post was a little bit of a downer, with the whole unemployment thing… so I wanted to post a few things I’m excited about. Savory pumpkin pancakes and a trip to the U.P.!

Do you like my dining room table centerpiece? I do :)

I’ve posted 2 pumpkin recipes recently, but they were sweet recipes. Time for a savory one. I’ve been dreaming about pumpkin pasta dishes and pumpkin soups. When I came across this recipe for savory pumpkin, cheddar and rosemary pancakes I was pumped because I had all the ingredients on hand. Minus the rosemary, sort of. I only had dried rosemary, but it was delicious.

It was one of those recipes you are thinking about the night before and can’t wait for breakfast to come tomorrow. Does anyone else do that? I am planning out my meals and treats the day, sometimes 2 days before. Weird? Maybe a little, but hey. That’s me.

The goods:

1 tablespoon olive oil

¼- ⅓ cup diced onion- depends how much you like onion (I used a yellow onion)

1 garlic clove minced (I often used garlic powder in recipes when I don’t have the real thing, but I did this time!)

1 tsp minced fresh rosemary (or a couple dashes of dried rosemary)

½ cup flour

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp baking powder

⅛ tsp baking soda

⅛ tsp pepper

1 egg

¼ cup pureed pumpkin

1 Tbs honey

1 Tbs apple cider vinegar

3 tablespoons milk (I use 1%)

⅓ cup shredded cheddar cheese (sharp would be best)

canola oil

Directions:

Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the onion until it starts to brown and become tender. Add the garlic and rosemary and cook for another minute and you can smell the garlic. Remove from heat. Set aside for now.

Whisk the flour, salt, powder, soda, and pepper together in a bowl. Add the egg, pumpkin, honey, vinegar, milk. Don’t overmix. Just until combined. Over mixed batter results in thin pancakes. We want fluffy :) Fold in the cheddar

Heat a skillet and coat with canola oil. Drop the batter into the heated skillet by ⅛ cup fulls. Spread the batter out just a little. Cook both sides until golden brown.

I topped with a little maple syrup, but to keep it more savory you could use sour cream or whatever suits your fancy :)

OK, so I am also excited about a trip Joe, his brother and his brother’s wife, and I just went on to northern Michigan. The Upper Peninsula. Joe’s brother planned out the weekend trip to Tahquamenon Falls. It is so beautiful, especially right now with all the fall colors. Check out some sweet pictures!