Light and fluffy Gingerbread Apple Pancakes made with whole wheat flour, applesauce in place of oil and zero butter! Top with warm spiced apples and drizzle with maple syrup!
There is nothing better than steaming hot pancakes and the smell of apples, cinnamon and nutmeg on a chilly Sunday morning. After an emotionally charged weekend saying goodbye to my brother and watching his bus pull away en route to Afghanistan, these were just the pick-me-up I needed to finish off my long weekend.Made with whole wheat flour, spiced with ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg, and tossed together with some unsweetened applesauce, these pancakes are lightened-up, yet taste sinfully delicious!
So on your next lazy weekend, feel free to indulge!
Gingerbread Apple Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 cups non-fat buttermilk
- 3 Tbsp unsweetened applesauce
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, spices, baking soda and salt and make a well in the center of the flour mixture. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk and applesauce and add to the flour mixture, mixing until just combined. Batter will be slightly lumpy.
- Heat a greased skillet over medium heat and spoon about 1/4 cup batter onto skillet. Cook over medium heat for about 2 minutes on each side or until pancakes are golden brown. Flip over when surface is bubbly and edges are slightly dry.
- Serve warm and garnish with fresh apple slices and a bit of pure maple syrup, enjoy!
Nutrition
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mmmmm… such warm perfect flavors. Delish!
Yum, what perfect fall pancakes!!
Good luck to your brother! Thanks for all that he does for our country.
sooooo good! added a little extra ginger and cinnamon though, the nutmeg was a little over powering for me but love love love love love 😀
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Kelly, no wonder your weekend was emotionally charged. Good luck to your brother – you must be so proud of him! And you can be proud of these fluffy, spicy pancakes. They look wonderful.
Yup Sundays are our pancake day…lately it’s been pumpkin but really the kids will devour any pancake 🙂 Good luck to your brother!!
What a great looking stack of pancakes! These would definitely make a wonderful Sunday brunch in this house!
I need a plate of these now!
Yum!! These sound fantastic Kelly. I made pancakes this past weekend and they were delicious too, but yours sound perfect for a fall weekend.
I’m so glad you liked them! I think the crunchy things might have been the brown sugar clumps 🙂 Best way to fix that is to separate the sugar with your fingers when adding it into your mixture, hope that helps!!
These were sooo good. But there were tiny little hard things I would crunch down on every now and then. Next time I make these (there will be another time) I will try to figure out what that is! 😀