This easy Cottage Cheese Pancakes recipe is made in a blender using whole foods, and results in healthier pancakes that still taste amazing! Best of all, they contain 5 grams of protein at just 100 calories each. 

Want more pancake recipes? Try Buttermilk Pancakes, Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, German Pancakes, or Strawberry Crepes!

Three easy Cottage Cheese Pancakes on a plate with blueberries and raspberries, drizzled with maple syrup.

We’ve been making these delicious Cottage Cheese Pancakes for years. In love that they’re protein pancakes with the same great taste and texture of regular pancakes, without flour, canola oil, sugar or butter!

Ingredients Needed:

  • Eggs: Adds 12 grams protein.
  • Cottage Cheese: Adds 13 grams protein
  • Whole Grain Oats: Adds 14 grams protein, 10 grams fiber.
  • Baking powder.
  • Water.
  • Olive Oil. You could substitute coconut oil
  • Vanilla extract.
  • Cinnamon.
  • Protein Powder: Optional to add ½ scoop of protein powder to the batter if you’d like.

How to Make Cottage Cheese Pancakes:

Make Oat Flour: Add oats and baking powder to a blender and blend to make a fine powder. 

Two images showing rolled oats and baking powder being blended into an oat flour for the best Cottage Cheese Pancakes.

Blend: Add cottage cheese, eggs, water, vanilla, oil, and cinnamon. Blend until smooth.

A blender with eggs, cottage cheese, water, vanilla, oil, and cinnamon.

Cook: Pour pancakes onto a hot greased griddle then cook until golden on both sides.

Cottage Cheese Pancakes being cooked on a griddle until golden brown.

Serve warm with fruit and real maple syrup.

Three Cottage Cheese Pancakes on a plate with blueberries and raspberries, and maple syrup being poured on the top.

Freezing Instructions:

Allow cottage cheese pancakes to cool, then lay them in a single layer on a plate or baking sheet and freeze for 30 minutes (to help keep them from sticking together). Then place them in a freezer safe container and freeze for up to 3 months. Warm from frozen in the microwave.

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Recipe

Three Cottage Cheese Pancakes topped with blueberries, raspberries, and pure maple syrup.
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 5 minutes
Total 15 minutes
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Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 1/3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup cottage cheese
  • 2 large eggs (or substitue a flax-egg)
  • 1/2 cup water , milk, or dairy-free milk
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • dash of cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat a hot griddle or skillet over medium heat.
  • Add oats and baking powder to a food processor or blender and blend until they're as fine as flour.
  • Add the cottage cheese, eggs, water, vanilla, oil and cinnamon and blend until smooth.
  • Pour about ¼ cup batter onto griddle to form pancake. Cook on one side until bubbles begin to appear on the surface of the pancake. Flip and cook on the other side until golden.
  • Serve with fresh fruit and real maple syrup, or a low sugar syrup.

Notes

Serving size is one pancake.
Yield: Makes about seven, 4-inch pancakes. Feel free to double the recipe if you’re feeding a bigger group.
Protein Powder: The protein richness from these pancakes comes from the cottage cheese (26 grams protein/cup) and oats (10 grams protein/cup, but you could add ½ scoop of protein powder to the batter if you’d like.
Lemon Cottage Cheese Pancakes: Add zest of one small lemon to the batter.
Freezing Instructions: Allow cottage cheese pancakes to cool, then lay them in a single layer on a plate or baking sheet and freeze for 30 minutes (to help keep them from sticking together). Then place them in a freezer safe container and freeze for up to 3 months. Warm from frozen in the microwave.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 101kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 130mgPotassium: 92mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 98IUCalcium: 63mgIron: 1mg

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*I originally shared this post February 2015. Updated January 2021 and May 2023.

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  1. 5 stars
    Made these today and we all LOVED them!! I am particular with pancakes, and this will be our new go-to recipe! Love how easy and quick they are to make, healthy, and that it leaves me feeling energized! My picky kids loved them too!

  2. 5 stars
    We LOVE this recipe, particularly because the protein comes from whole foods. We often substitute milk for water and add lots of cinnamon! Our favorite way to eat them is with applesauce. So good for you and filling.

  3. 5 stars
    A family favorite! Always a hit when I make these! I double the batch and freeze the extras to use for quick school mornings.

  4. 5 stars
    I made a double batch of the Protein Pancakes using fat-free Greek yogurt in place of the cottage cheese and overall, they were very good! It seemed liked they were missing something and I wondered if it was a little salt? My yogurt substitution may have been the problem since yogurt contains less salt than cottage cheese. I will experiment by adding a little salt when I make them again. Thanks for this recipe and many others!

  5. 5 stars
    I have been searching for a “healthy” pancake recipe – until now! I loved these! They had the same great taste as regular pancakes but I could eat knowing they are a healthier. Served with fruit = perfection!

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