Reviewed: May 12, 2012

This is my favourite pancake recipe. I love it. It makes wonderful pancakes and waffles. I leave out the pumpkin and alter the spices for variations. I have never had anything less than perfect results.

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Piques

Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2012

The best I've tasted. I love the spiciness. I did add an extra 1/2 tsp of cinnamon and heaped the other spices as I love extra spice.

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TX Shorty

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Austin, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2012

We really loved these!I made them for Valentines breakfast. I did have to use at least a half a cup more milk. I used buttermilk instead of the lemon and milk. Also I had pumpkin pie spice so I used that in place of all the spices. fabulous recipe! Oh also I used white whole wheat flour and I recommend these to everyone!!!

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Georgie S.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lompoc, California, USA

Living In: Tehachapi, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2012

I substituted pureed carrots for the pumpkin, and it turned out just wonderful!

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SayadaR

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2012

Sorry Chef John, love your other recipes but really dissappointed in this one. Was really looking forward to making this as I love pumpkin and pie spice. However, they were too spicy and overwhelmed the flavor of the pumpkin. I am sure I could make another iteration of this recipe reducing the spice amounts but don't want to waste the ingredients experimenting. The only reason I gave it as many stars as I did was I am sure the basic pancake recipe is good.

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april

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Living In: Tampa, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2011

This recipe is absolutely fabulous. I used orange zest and juice instead of lemon. I definitely played around with the spices and added quite a bit more of each. Also added a bit more pumpkin and milk and they turned out perfect! :)

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jenthevegetarian

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2011

Next time I am going to add more pumpkin, more milk and maybe even more spices.

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marcirogen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Spokane, Washington, USA

Living In: Kirkland, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2011

Pretty good pancakes. I would definitely recommend more milk...I used 2c and they were still pretty thick. Also, I forgot to add the oil to the batter, but it didn't seem to make a difference. They still turned out really good w/o the oil.

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rockymt house chef

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2011

My family loved this recipe! I didn't have a lemon so I used buttermilk instead of the milk and lemon. The batter was thick but made a very nice moist and fluffy pancake with very nice flavor. Thank you for sharing your recipe!

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terristreats

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2011

I tried this recipe today and got rave reviews from some very serious pancake critics in my family. My sons loved them! Excellent for Christmas morning brunch and very light and fluffy!

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