Recipe from Vivian Lee (Instagram- @vivayounghealth)

Ingredients:

Dry

1 cup whole wheat flour (BD Provisions Bin #1960)

1/4 tsp pumpkin spice (BD Provisions spice section)

Wet

¼ cup pumpkin puree

¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce

½ cup + ¼ cup soymilk (or preferred non-dairy milk)

1 T ground flax* + 3 Tbsp water (This is equivalent to one “egg”.)

2 T maple syrup (BD Provisions Bourbon Maple Syrup)

1 tsp vanilla extract

Optional toppings: ¼ cup dates, chopped Diced apples Extra soymilk to pour in the “cereal” Optional tool: Icing bottle to form small “pancakes” (otherwise use a regular spoon)

Notes: * Ground flax seeds are a great substitute for conventional eggs. The ratio of ground flax to water is 1:3. One tablespoon of ground flax to three tablespoons of water substitutes for one egg

. Instructions:

1. Prepare the flax egg first. Combine the ground flax and water in a small ramekin or bowl. Mix thoroughly. Set aside.

2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour and pumpkin spice. Mix evenly.

3. In a separate small mixing bowl, combine the wet ingredients first: pumpkin, apple sauce, non-dairy milk (start with ½ cup), maple syrup, and vanilla. Add the flax egg.

4. Fold in the wet mixture into the flour and pumpkin spice in the larger mixing bowl. If the batter is too thick to mix, add the remaining soymilk one tablespoon at a time to smoothen it.

5. Warm up a skillet or frying pan at medium-low heat.

6. Pour the batter into the icing bottle container. This will help you achieve relatively uniform circular shapes more quickly. If you don’t have it, you can use a spoon.

7. On the pan, squeeze out the batter and form circles across the surface of the pan (they should be slightly larger than the size of a quarter). Make sure to space them apart so you have room to flip them over.. Note that this will require some level of dexterity as you flip each of the mini-pancakes.

8. After both sides are cooked, put the mini-pancakes in a serving bowl. Repeat step 7 until the batter runs out.

9. In the serving bowl, you can drizzle maple syrup on your pancakes or pour non-dairy as you would with regular cereal. (Make sure to eat it right away or else the pancakes will be soggy!)

10. Serve with preferred toppings.