Description
These Cottage Cheese Pancakes cook up with crisp, golden edges and a soft, fluffy interior that’s moist and slightly creamy. The blended batter comes together quickly, making them an easy, high-protein breakfast that still feels like a classic stack. Perfect served warm with butter and maple syrup!
Ingredients
Units
- 1/2 cup (120 g) 2% cottage cheese*
- 2 large eggs
- 5-6 tbsp soy milk (or milk of choice)**
- 1 tbsp maple syrup (optional)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp kosher sat
- 1/2 tbsp (8 g) baking powder
- 3/4 cup + 1 1/2 tbsp (100 g) all-purpose flour
- ghee, clarified butter, refined coconut oil or neutral oil, for cooking
Instructions
- Blend the wet ingredients In a personal blender or using a handheld blender, combine the cottage cheese, eggs, soy milk, sugar (if using), vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Blend until completely smooth.
- If omitting the maple syrup, use higher amount of milk.
- Add dry ingredients Add the baking powder and flour to the mixture. Gently fold with a spatula until no dry flour remains.
- Rest the batter (optional): Let the batter sit for about 10 minutes. This helps hydrate the flour and gives you fluffier pancakes.
- Heat the pan: Heat oil in a large pan over medium-high heat (375°F / 190°C). Swirl to coat the surface evenly. Add small cubes of butter and once melted and bubbling, spoon the batter onto the pan to your desired size. Reduce heat to medium (~365°F / 185°C).
- If using ghee, clarified butter or only oil, spoon the batter once the oil is shimmering.
- Cook the pancakes: Cook for about 2–3 minutes (for 3 pancakes, slightly more time for 2 and less time for 4), or until bubbles form on the surface and the bottoms are golden brown. About half way Flip and cook for another 1–2 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.
- Serve: Transfer to a plate and serve warm with butter and maple syrup.
Notes
- *Cottage cheese can be substituted with greek yogurt.
- **The amount of milk you add will depend on the consistency of the cottage cheese and how thick you like your pancakes. Use lesser amount for thicker pancakes and higher amount of thinner pancakes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 330
- Sugar: 3.7 g
- Sodium: 628 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 1.8 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 193 mg