Healthy Pumpkin Protein Pancakes 🎃🥞
This recipe was created before I started documenting my recipes online, so there isn't a photo or video for it yet. But I've made it, loved it, and wanted to share it with you anyway. 🤎
Fluffy, warmly spiced, and packed with protein—basically fall breakfast on a plate.
Pumpkin pancakes are one of those foods that make an ordinary morning feel a little more special.
These are soft and fluffy with plenty of pumpkin spice, a little sweetness, and enough protein to actually keep breakfast satisfying.
They're just as good with a drizzle of real maple syrup as they are with a big spoonful of Greek yogurt and a sprinkle of pecans.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pumpkin purée
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup gluten-free all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Butter or oil, for the pan
Make It
- In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, eggs, Greek yogurt, milk, maple syrup, and vanilla.
- Add the almond flour, gluten-free flour, protein powder, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and salt.
- Stir gently until just combined. Don't overmix.
- Let the batter sit for 2–3 minutes to thicken.
- Heat a lightly buttered skillet or griddle over medium-low heat.
- Pour about 1/4 cup of batter onto the pan for each pancake.
- Cook until bubbles begin forming on the surface and the edges look set, about 2–3 minutes.
- Flip and cook another 1–2 minutes.
- Repeat with the remaining batter.
Put Some Fall On Top: Try them with real maple syrup, Greek yogurt, chopped pecans, cinnamon, pumpkin seeds, a little butter, homemade whipped cream, or a drizzle of honey.
My Gym Girlies 💪
This is a breakfast where protein is actually part of the recipe, not an afterthought.
The eggs, Greek yogurt, and protein powder give these pancakes a solid protein base, while the pumpkin and flour provide carbohydrates to make breakfast more satisfying.
Want to push the protein even higher? Add more Greek yogurt on top, serve them alongside turkey sausage, or use a little extra protein powder if your particular powder works well in pancakes.
And please eat the maple syrup. Carbs aren't something you need to be afraid of just because you're trying to build muscle. A stack of pancakes can absolutely be part of a balanced breakfast.
My From-Scratch Girlies 🌿
This is where I want you to raid the pantry.
Homemade pumpkin purée? Use it. Homemade yogurt? Absolutely. Real maple syrup from a local sugar bush? Pour it on. Fresh eggs from your backyard chickens? Even better. Homemade vanilla or pumpkin pie spice? Now we're talking.
And if you've preserved pumpkin from your garden or local pumpkin patch, these are a perfect way to use it throughout the fall.
You don't need to make every ingredient yourself. Maybe you're buying the flour and protein powder but using your own eggs, yogurt, pumpkin, and maple syrup. That's still a from-scratch breakfast.
For Both Girlies 🌿💪
I think fall food gets a bad reputation for being automatically "unhealthy."
But pumpkin isn't the problem. Pancakes aren't the problem. Maple syrup isn't the problem.
Your food doesn't need to be stripped of everything enjoyable to support your goals. You can build a strong body and still make a stack of pancakes on a chilly morning.
You can meal prep your breakfast and still use ingredients from your own kitchen. You can be the girl who tracks her protein… and the girl standing at the stove flipping pumpkin pancakes in her pajamas. Both can be you. 🎃🥞