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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!
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.
Blend: Add cottage cheese, eggs, water, vanilla, oil, and cinnamon. Blend until smooth.
Cook: Pour pancakes onto a hot greased griddle then cook until golden on both sides.
Serve warm with fruit and real maple syrup.
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.
More Healthy Breakfast Favorites:
- Green Smoothie
- Vanilla Protein Shake
- Chocolate Protein Shake
- 5 Minute Whole Wheat Pancakes
- Breakfast Taquitos
- Skinny Banana Bread Muffins
- Strawberry Overnight Oats
- Easy Healthy Granola
- Instant Pot Yogurt
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
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
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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*I originally shared this post February 2015. Updated January 2021 and May 2023.
I just tried your receipe. Omg, they are so light and delicious. Thank you.
I’m really happy you liked them! They are the best healthy pancakes!! Thanks for coming back to comment 🙂
anyone tried putting this batter into a Waffle Maker? is the consistency ok to try that ya think?
Hi Trisha, I’ve never tried it so I can’t say for sure, but I imagine it should work. They would be a little heavy as a waffle.
I just made these in my waffle iron and they are delicious! Not heavy at all very light and fluffy made recipe as written. One recipe makes 3 waffles.. I put the recipe in MFP for nutrional info for 3 servings 213 cals, 6.9 fats, 12.4 protein, 26 carbs, 2.6 sugars. Love this recipe!
Thanks so much for the great feedback! I’ll have to try them in the waffle iron next time!
What is whole grain oats? Is that like steel cut oats?
Hi Cindy, most oats are whole grain. The typical “Quaker Oats” Old-fashioned Oats are whole grain. Sorry for the confusion!
Well they would have been great if my blender didn’t go on the fritz! Can I use a combination of flour and oats?
Oh what a bummer! I’m sure that would work fine!
I added 1/4 cup ground flax, replaced the water with milk, replaced the olive oil with coconut oil.
Worked great!!
I will freeze and let the kids heat them in the toaster!
Thanks for this!! Love the high protein!
Great substitutions! They freeze great–I love having them on hand for a quick breakfast!
I love this idea to ad in protein. Could this be done in a waffle recipe too?
How many servings? I see it yields 6, but I’m not sure if it is 6 pancakes or what. Thanks!
Hi Tamara, that’s right, it yields 6 pancakes total, so it should serve about 3 people.
do you know the calories/protein per pancake?
Hi Angela, Its’ about 190 calories/10g protein . You can view the nutritional info here: http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Oatmeal-Protein-Pancakes-1030209?columns=4&position=1%2F12
according to the carbs on this. It’s 24g per serving correct?– 6 servings. so one pancake is 24g — 2 pancakes per person **3 people** that’s a lot of carbs for it being diabetic friendly recipe
Do you think the cottage cheese could be substituted with greek yogurt?
Yes, I think that would taste great 🙂
Do you think these would freeze/reheat well? Always looking for something decent other than cereal for breakfast.
Yes! I usually just stick them in the fridge and pull a few out in the morning to throw in the microwave! So nice to have on hand.