Okay, I am giving into peer pressure. I’m posting my first pumpkin recipe of the season. I went through all my recipes to-post last weekend and realized I had a good many pumpkin ones. Posting one now won’t hurt and I still have a ton in my arsenal 😉 I teased you with another mug cake recipe on Instagram last Saturday, but I decided a post on pancakes was called for instead this week. I hope you forgive me!
This was one of the last “new” pancake recipes I made this Summer before I left home. It definitely was one of my favorites. It was part of the chickpea flour bender I went on those last few weeks. I wanted to use it in everything (and I did) and of course chickpea flour recipe creation would not be complete without a pancake recipe. So these were born and I added pumpkin because…well, why not?
I didn’t even realize, but these are grain-free pancakes! They are not paleo, as chickpeas are not, but they are grain-free, gluten-free, soy-free, and vegan of course! Plus, they are so protein packed. There is about 8g of quality plant protein just from the chickpea flour alone in this recipe. I’d say this is a good fueling start to the day (unlike PopTarts and orange cream soda).
And for some reason, these pancakes came out so ultra-fluffy. I was blown away by the fluffiness! I guess it’s from the chickpea flour, but damn! These are some of the fluffiest pancakes I have ever made. Fruit purees can make vegan pancakes dense, so when I tasted these beauties, I was taken aback. Pumpkin + chickpea flour = genius!
So let us see…We have ultra-fluffy, protein-packed, grain-free, gluten-free, vegan, and well…PUMPKIN! These pancakes are a winner in all categories 😉 Plus, they’re pancakes so that just elevates this recipe to a whole other dimension of amazing.
Ultra-Fluffy Vanilla Pumpkin Chickpea Pancakes
Ingredients: (serves 1)
+ 1/3 Cup Chickpea Flour
+ 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
+ 1/4 Tsp Baking Soda
+ 1/4 Cup Pure Pumpkin Puree
+ 7 Drops of Vanilla Stevia
+ 1/4 Tsp Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract
+ 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon
+ 1/4 Cup Water
Vanilla Protein Frosting:
+ 2 TB Vanilla Protein Powder
+ 1/3 Cup Water
Directions:
+ In a mixing bowl, combine the chickpea flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Give it a mix. Then add the pumpkin, vanilla, stevia, and water. Give everything a good mix until all is combined and you have pancake batter.
+ Heat a pan lightly coated in coconut oil over medium heat. When hot, add 1/2 the batter to the pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until bubbles form on the edges. Flip and cook an additional 3-4 minutes. Repeat for the rest of the batter.
+ To make the protein frosting, just combine the protein powder and water (add slowly so you get the right consistency). Stir and set aside.
+ To make the best plate of pancakes here, plate one cake, top with frosting, add the next pancakes and then top that one with the rest of the frosting and a dash of cinnamon. Enjoy!
So with the chickpea flour and the protein powder you can get about 18-20g of protein. That’s crazy…and it is all vegan! Protein myth debunked yet again! I hope you have a happy protein packed pumpkin season! This is only the start of my pumpkin (and squash) recipes to come. Hopefully these can get me to at least tolerate fall and the winter a bit more…maybe.
So tell me:
+ Do you like savory or sweet pumpkin dishes? I think I actually like more savory. I have some killer ones to share that are “dinner” recipes using pumpkin!
+ What’s your best protein packed breakfast (sans eggs)?
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Zach Donald
Wow! Great Post. Sorry for the comment after two years 😀
But, till now count me as an active reader 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks.
Carl smail
These look so good. And the presentation is so cute!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Cindy (Vegetarian Mamma)
Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you share this week! Its LIVE!
Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
jean
Wow I just made these! I got 4 small ones out of this recipe and I just ate 2. Saving the other 2 for tomorrow. I put a little coconut oil on top after they cooked and a little maple syrup! I’m a real big pumpkin lover so this recipe is a keeper for me! Thanks for sharing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I’m so glad you liked them! Enjoy 🙂 XOXO
weatheranchormama
What a great idea. Sure looks yummy. I’m gonna have to give it a try.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks my friend!
Felecia Efriann
I like the idea of experimenting with different types of flours that are gluten free, Is this your favorite blend? I have heard of so many different kinds, I’m not sure where to start as not to get turned off my the different taste of gluten-free flours. Suggestions?
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Buckwheat is my all time favorite flour.
Raia
These sound SO delicious, Rebecca! Thanks for sharing them at Savoring Saturdays!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Raia! XOXO
Stephanie
Can’t wait to try this! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Steph! 🙂
kimmythevegan
I love it when you make vegan, gluten-free & soy-free things. These sound so super delicious – I am so making them this weekend for brunch. Thank you for sharing them over at Healthy Vegan Fridays – this recipe will be featured this week & I am pinning it to our Pinterest Board.
Thank you so much for all of your wonderful recipe contributions Rebecca – you rock!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I hope you do make them! They are so yummy 😉 But then again….when are pancakes not? Hahahaha! 😉
Amanda @ Diary of a Semi-Health Nut
Chickpea flour, huh? I’ve not heard of that one yet ha! These look so lovely girl! Love your bloggy makeover too! (however late to the party I am lol)
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
What!?!?!? Your really out of the loop (foodie wise and blog wise, hahaha!) XOXO 😉
Diane Balch
I’m laughing. I am still holding out on pumpkin until Oct.. but I love it and your pancakes look delicious. Thanks for bringing them to Weekend Bites.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Diane!
Marla
Hi Rebecca,
Just a note to let you know that I have chosen your post as one of my features for this weeks Real Food Fridays that goes live tomorrow (Thursday) @ 7 pm EST. Thanks so much for sharing with all of us.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Marla 😛
purelytwins
love pumpkin pancakes!! we finally got some pumpkin in the house 😉
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Start breaking open those cans 😉
Joyce @ It's Your Life
I’m so going to have to try these, lol I see what you did there with the breakfast comment. Thanks for sharing again on Real Food Fridays love visiting your blog.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Joyce! Hope you do try them 🙂
April Waltrip
Alright, this recipe is right up my alley. My son was just diagnosed with a wheat allergy so we have decided to go grain free altogether. This is perfect timing for much needed meal planning help. Thanks for sharing and for linking up at Merry Monday.
April
http://stampinfool.com/merrymonday/
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Perfect! He’s gotta love pancakes 😀
Brianna @Flippin' Delicious
I am lovin’ all the pumpkin! These look so fluffy and moist.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Me too! I’m now ready for it all!
Jeanine - The Baking Beauties
These pancakes look amazing, Rebecca! I’ve never used chickpea flour before. Thanks for sharing them on Gluten Free & DIY Tuesday!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Jeanine!
O my! You must try chickpea flour!!
Lacy Wade
These look delicious! I’m intrigued by the use of chickpea flour…definitely on my “to try” list. Thank you!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Lacy! Give them a try!
Blair @ The Seasoned Mom
These look delicious! I’ve never used (or heard of) chickpea flour until now, so I had to check out your recipe. I love anything pumpkin right now! Pinned and tweeted! Hope to make these soon!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Let me know when you do! Chickpea flour is an awesome flour to use! It is just so full or protein and it’s grain-free!
Deborah Davis
Hi Rebecca,
With a name like “Ultra Fluffy Vanilla Pumpkin Chickpea Pancakes” who can resist them! Thank you so much for sharing this healthy and delicious recipe at the Plant-Based Potluck Party Blog Hop! I sincerely appreciate it!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, thanks Deb 😉
Janelle @ Run With No Regrets
These look absolutely amazing! I really have to try these sometime! #sitsblogging
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I hope you do! They are delicious!
Julia @ Swirls and Spice
I am so intrigued by these pancakes! Would they be as fluffy if I use another sweetener besides stevia?
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Ha, yea! The sweetener has nothing to do with it 😛
Clotilde/Craftybegonia
Hi, visiting you via Healthy Vegan Fridays, that recipe looks and sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well thank you friend!
Kristine
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe on A Wholesome Bunch! The pancakes look delicious!! Pinned!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Kristine!
Marla
HI Rebecca,
These pancakes sounds delicious and I love them being grain-free. I have saved the recipe and am going to try them. Shared on Pinterest & Twitter. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays blog hop.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks so much Marla 🙂
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table
I haven’t made chickpea pancakes in so long! They were some awesome waffles last week though. Time for a sweet version! Thanks for linking up!!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
One of the best sweet and savory “flours” 😉
Jessica @ConveyAwareness
Great recipe! Nutrient dense and lots of flavor I bet. I may use my own plant protein in place of your recommendation but I had to pin this so I can come back to it later. Found you on “Let’s Get Real” Linky.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
That’s why the recipe just says vanilla protein 😉 Everyone has something different on hand!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life
Yay for pumpkin season! Your pancakes look delicious! I might have to pick up some chickpea flour…I don’t think we’ve ever tried it! Thanks for linking up with us at Foodie Fridays!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yay, new food to try! You’ll love it 😉
Linda @ Fit Fed and Happy
Completely off-topic, but I’m so proud of you for moving on with your blog to getting your own domain! You’re popularity has grown immensely and so has your post quality, did you know that? 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
O, thanks Linda.
Kristy @ Southern In Law
Yum! These look great! I love chickpea flour and as for protein packed breakfasts, protein bakes and pancakes are our must haves!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Kristy 🙂 Bakes and pancakes are always the best 😉
Geri
Stevia upsets my stomach. So how much honey/agave/dry sweetener would you suggest? and since you specified vanilla stevia, should I up the vanilla extract too?
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Just add in any type of sweetener to taste! You don’t even need a sweetener if you prefer! Just taste and go! And don’t increase the vanilla. Normal sugar is fine!
Jamaica | rarax3.com
This sounds amazing. Pumpkin season is underway; I must try these!!
<3 jamaica
http://www.rarax3.com
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes it is! And pumpkin pancakes are the perfect way to celebrate 😉
Brittany @ Delights and Delectables
oh my… can I come over for breakfast??
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes! Bring Baby D and we’ll have a pancake party in my dorm 😉
Linz @ Itz Linz
chickpeas in pancakes? not something i would have done but i love the vanilla pumpkin combo! very creative! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Girl, get yourself some chickpea flour stat!
miche
These look amazing! And I totally agree with you, why not add pumpkin! I might seriously have to make these on Sunday!
Miche from Buttons and Birdcages
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
You should!!!
Kelli @Hungry Hobby
I haven’t tried chickpea flour yet, I’ve gotten on the coconut flour train but struggled with it’s crazy absorbency. I think I’m the only dietitian in the world that struggles to eat beans, but I definitely don’t eat as many as I should! This seems like a delicious way to get them in (and hummus ha ha). I LOVE the protein powder frosting too… that was really creative!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Kelli 🙂
Coconut flour is super…tricky, but once you figure out the ratio, it is okay! I always just use a tablespoon or two when using it in pancakes plus some extra liquid and it usually works!
Sam @ PancakeWarriors
Hi – this pancake is calling my name right now 🙂 LOVE pancakes – love them even more when they are this healthy!! Awesome recipe – will definitely be creating this in the kitchen at home 🙂 Thanks for sharing WIAW!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Pancakes are always healthy! (At least the way I make them!) If I had the time I would make them every morning, haha!
Francesca
So creative and they look great! Can’t wait to try 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Francesca!
Ashley Mason
I actually just did a post on pumpkin spice products the other day! These pumpkin pancakes look delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Pumpkin, pumpkin everywhere!
Thanks Ashley!
Cassie @ Almost Getting It Together
I just pinned these to make this weekend… I haven’t ever used chickpea flour in pancakes before! What a great idea.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
If you make them I want to see pictures 😉 You’ll love chickpea flour!
Abigail
Oh my goodness these look amazing! You had me at pumpkin and then you threw in vanilla and pancakes? I dream about stuff like this. Can’t wait to make these. Thanks for sharing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahaha, I dream of this stuff too…and then I have to make, devour, and share it with you all 😉
Lauren
I made pumpkin protein pancakes a couple weeks ago that were so flat. I’ll have to give this recipe a try next time instead!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
They will blow your mind then!
Bailey K.
Mmm these look good! Vegan AND gluten free…right up my alley! 🙂 I’ve never been much of a breakfast person (even before I went vegan, I didn’t eat eggs that much – they made me nauseous). So I don’t get much protein in the morning, since the only thing I can stomach in the morning is a big fruit/veggie smoothie.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Omg…my appetite is HUGE in the morning! Breakfast is my favorite time/thing/moment/meal of the day, haha! I need FUEL when I wake-up!
(Eggs are gross…they should make you nauseated, haha!)
GiGi Eats
You made a recipe GIGI CAN EAT!!! what what what!! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yay! Grain-free love 😉
Elizabeth
Hmm. I have never used chickpea flour. These do look good though!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Elizabeth! Give it a try!
Sandra Laflamme
Your chickpea pumpkin pancakes look delicious. I have never tried using chickpea flour but have heard that it is a great alternative.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It’s a great grain-free flour! Perfect for a gluten-free diet!
The Food Hunter
I’ve been craving pancakes recently and these sound amazing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks! Give them a try!
Ali the Skinny GF Chef
I make garbanzo bean flour pancakes too, but I haven’t made them with pumpkin! Great recipe and it’s sugar free. I’ll be adding this one to my Pinterest board to try soon. Thanks!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Ali!
I usually just use chickpea flour for veggie burgers and scrambles, but it works so well in pancakes too!
Honest Mum
Love this and will be trying them out-perfect for my healthy, low carb way of eating! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks love! They are a great lower carb option!
Marjory @ Dinner-Mom
I looove chick peas…so I know I’d love these pancakes. As for pumpkin…it’s a toss up. I’m for anything pumpkin, sweet or savory!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Chickpea flour is such a great creation, haha!
It’s weird, but I think pumpkin is better on the savory side. But of course slightly sweet pumpkin pancakes or pumpkin pie are always a win 😉
lindsay
yum! it’s a pancake day for sure. I need to try these, you’ve inspires me to make mine ultra fluffy and with pumpkin!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Fluffy + Pumpkin + Pancakes = Heaven 😉
CARLA
you dont want my favvve morning protein food.
SALMON 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahaha….salmon is good anytime of the day 😉