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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.
Can I use yogurt instead of cottage cheese?
I haven’t tested it but I think a thicker Greek yogurt would be fine.
I just made these pancakes and are delicious especially with maple syrup. Thank you for the re I’ve.Can you freeze them?
I’m happy you liked them! Yes, they will freeze well!
Can I waffle these?
I’ve never tried that. Let me know if you try.
We just waffled it and it is delicious! Thank you!
We just waffled it and it is delicious! Thank you!
Sure, I think that would work fine 🙂
I have tried different pancake recipes and this is my favorite! I substituted non fat Greek yogurt for the cottage cheese, delicious!!
I love that substitution idea! Thanks for sharing.
Delicious. We make them all the time. I usually add a mashed ripe banana which really enhances the flavor and adds a little bit of sweetness.
any way to lower the fat grams in these? Really want to try.
Hi Susan,
The recipe is pretty lean as it is. You could find a substitution for the cottage cheese but it’s also contributing to the 5 grams of protein in each serving! 3 grams of fat doesn’t seem too high a price for 5 grams of protein and 1 gram of fiber per serving – seems pretty good to me for a pancake :).
Tried these this morning when I realized I didn’t have enough kodiak pancake mix. They were delicious and easy. Wish I would have doubled the recipe!
Thanks friend <3 I'm so glad you liked them!
Can I use oat flour instead of processing my oats.
I’m confused. They’re called Protein Pancakes. Is there supposed to be protein powder in the recipe?
Hi Cindy, the protein source is from the cottage cheese (cottage cheese has 25 grams of protein in one cup!) and the whole grain oats (oats have 10 grams of protein per cup). Hope that helps!
Also, you can add protein powder to the batter, if you want 🙂