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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.
These were amazing and very healthy, but I would not suggest using so much oil in the pancakes. It made it taste kind of greasy. Otherwise it was great!
Tried these this morning and really enjoyed them. I love that there is no added sugar and that they are a good way to get some protein in the morning. And they are kid approved, even my 1 year old loved them!
Made these pancakes tonight and they were a big hit with the family! Easy and delicious! I used oat milk (unsweetened) and these pancakes are light and fluffy but not sweet, so you definitely need some maple syrup or fruit to top them. I sprinkled mini chocolate chips on some before flipping over, and that was sweet enough for our taste. These will be my go-to pancakes since I have been trying to avoid wheat.
Made the cottage cheese pancakes today! Love the ingredients list: oats, cottage cheese, and eggs are the primary ones. Whipped up in the blender and served with pranut butter, strawberries, and maple syrup. None of us adhered to the “one pancake per serving” suggestion 😂
Honestly, these are better than normal pancakes! I thought my kids may fight me a bit, but they gobbled them right up! The cleanup using the blender was fast and simple. This will be my new go-to for pancakes!
I made his pancakes this morning and they are absolutely delicious. Even my picky 4 year old wanted more. Thanks for sharing this great recipe
Omg, I thought I hated cottage cheese but in these pancakes it made them so light and fluffy it’s hard to believe they are good for you!!! I think I’ve found my new go to pancake recipe!!!!
Love this recipe which is an easy and enjoyable way to enjoy pancakes without the usual guilt.
I do like the lemon ricotta version also but I always have cottage cheese on hand and it is less expensive than ricotta. Another TBFS hit in my house.
We loved these pancakes! Light and fluffy, creamy and hearty! A tasty recipe!
Light and fluffy, but hearty and tasty!