Name: Pumpkin (or Squash) Pancakes
Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 2 cups pumpkin puree; 1/2 cup molasses or maple syrup; 3-4 tablespoons buttermilk or milk; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, or margarine, melted; 1/2 cup chopped pecans or hazelnuts, optional; Powdered sugar for dusting

Ingredients

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1 16–oz. can pumpkin
3 1/2 cups flour
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 tsp. Baking soda
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 t. salt
2/3 cup orange juice or cider
4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix pumpkin, eggs, oil and juice until well blended.
Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and spices.
Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture; beat until smooth. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured loaf pans.
Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Remove bread from pans and cool on a wire rack.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour

Keywords: breads, pumpkin