Breakfast at Night Makes for a Good Morning

I'm a big fan of the pumpkin... for its color, its nutritional value, & its link to my favorite time of year. We like to enjoy it all year long... like in our pumpkin pancakes. I make a big batch of these at night for the next morning's breakfast and freeze the rest for another day. They warm up beautifully in the oven on a pizza stone.

For two batches, I start out with a whole wheat pancake mix then add:

• 1 can pumpkin
• 1/4-1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 chopped apple (skin on)
• couple tbs. ground flax seeds
• cup or so of raisins
• several shakes of various pumpkin pie spices
• a few handfuls of uncooked rolled oats
• handful of crushed almonds

I add this list to oatmeal 2 mornings a week... omit pumpkin & add cream.

A couple of stacks go into the fridge for morning and a couple stacks are wrapped for the freezer. These are good enough on there own if you want to grab a couple throw them at your kids as they buckle their car seats because church starts a 9 a.m. and your running behind.... just saying... But they are best right off the pizza stone with a bit more maple syrup.