Last updated on September 10th, 2017 at 09:11 am
Healthy Whole Wheat and Oats Pumpkin Pancakes – super healthy pumpkin pancakes, no oil, no fat, no guilt whole wheat and oats pancakes.
I finally finished watching Gilmore Girls and am I ever disappointed with the ending. By the way, spoiler alert, if you haven’t watched the show, and want to, you might not want to read this. Well I was sort of disappointed, Luke and Lorelai eventually end up together, Rory ends up single with the job of her dreams, Lane has twins and Sookie is pregnant again after Jackson supposedly had a vasectomy. I feel I was robbed, I wanted more on Luke and Lorelai’s relationship, after all I felt like the entire show was about the relationship between the two of them and how Luke was always there for Lorelai and Rory, and not about the other men in Lorelai’s life. And Rory, I wanted her to end up with Jess, I always felt like they were meant to be together.
But even though I’m disappointed I still loved the show and have my favorite scene from it. I love love love it when Lorelai sings to Luke ‘I will always love you’, wow that scene was amazing. And Luke, there’s something sexy about Luke, and the way he looks at Lorelai as she’s singing, oh my, reminds me of Richard Gere in Pretty Woman. Love that scene, so I want to share it with you, my friends, in case you’re Gilmore Girls fans.
But enough about the Gilmore Girls. Though I do feel saddened that it is now over and didn’t get the ending I wanted. Can we have a Gilmore Girls movie?
Anyway, here I am still making pumpkin recipes. But hear me, imagine these super healthy pancakes with whole wheat flour and oats, no oil, no fat, no guilt, on Thanksgiving morning. After all you need to make room for all the turkey to come. And I know you, there will be lots of turkey, lots of pie and other goodies, and you will be stuffed, like a turkey. So my strategy is to start with something healthy.
This is where these puppies come into play. Whole wheat flour, rolled oats, replace the oil with apple sauce, a bit of brown sugar and lots of buttermilk and of course let’s not forget the pumpkin. Do you know what you get when you put all these ingredients together? The ultimate healthy and most delicious pancakes. Seriously!
Then if that wasn’t enough, I doused them with maple syrup, a bit of butter and of course pecans. And there you have it, that’s how I roll healthy style.
If you guys love this recipe, and most importantly make it yourselves, please let us know. Take a picture and tag it #jocooks on Instagram so we can see it. I always love to see what you guys come up with!
Healthy Whole Wheat and Oats Pumpkin Pancakes
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pumpkin spice
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, brown sugar, applesauce, buttermilk and pumpkin together until smooth. Add in vanilla, baking powder, salt, pumpkin spice, rolled oats and flour and whisk well.
- Pour about half a ladle onto a medium hot griddle and cook for 3 minutes, until the edges start to firm up. Flip the pancakes and finish cooking for 1-2 minutes on the other side.
- Serve hot with maple syrup, butter and pecans.
Notes
Nutrition
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I found your pancakes on Pinterest and we makes these almost every weekend for months now! They are perfection! I use 2 teaspoons baking soda tho, is 2 tablespoons a typo? I’m finally going to branch out and try some of your other recipes. Thanks for the much sought after perfect pumpkin pancake recipe!! Oh and I do a sub for buttermilk using whatever milk I have on hand (almond milk, non fat milk, etc) and use vinegar which thickens it. Works perfectly
Not a typo, I like mine nice and fluffy! So happy you’re enjoying my recipes!
There is a Gilmore Girls sequel on Netflix now!
I know, I watched it already the day it came out! 🙂
Can the batter be made the night before or will it affect the texture?
No it should be made the day you use it due to the baking powder etc.
Hi Jo,
These look beautiful, I am not a pancake fan but I want to try these. Here in Australia I can only get Pumpkin Pie Spice thru our USA Food store but they have run out & not looking at getting any in anytime soon!
I have tried mixing up my own but seems different, do you have a pumpkin pie spice recipe I could try?
Many thanks, Jo
Hi Jo,
From my understanding there’s cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice. I’d go with 4 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp of ginger, 1 tsp allspice and 1 tsp nutmeg.
here in brazil we dont have Buttermilk nor Applesauce. what can i use instead?
another question, what is the diference between buttermilk and whey?
You can make buttermilk with regular milk or cream/ half and half. Just add 1 -1 1/2 T lemon juice to the milk and let it sit for 5 minutes. If you have access to apples, you could make applesauce or you could just use oil, maybe 1/4-1/3 C oil?
you could use any fruit sauce that is not too strong like pears or bananas. they usually have fruit cups for kids in the supermarket, you could use those and for buttermilk just add a tsp or so to a cup of milk to sour it, it will look curdled but that is the way it should be so don’t worry. I used cashew milk but watered it down a little as it is thicker than reg cows milk. My Dad LOVES these pancakes! good luck!
If oats are not used, should more flour be added? If so, how much?
Would love to try these. What can I use instead of eggs? Any luck with making pancakes without eggs?
I noticed on this recipe that it does not include baking soda to use with the buttermilk. Is that a typo, or is there something else in the recipe which takes its place?
No typo, no baking soda needed in this recipe.
These look amaaaaaazing!!!!! Love your beautiful pictures and what an awesome recipe. Good stuff!
Thank you so much Melissa 🙂
Pancakes—-I love them. No guilt ones—–oh I can use that. I would like to eat them more often and MORE of them. Ha!