These High Protein Cottage Cheese Oat Pancakes make a delightful breakfast packed with over 30 g of protein from cottage cheese, eggs, and egg whites. No protein powder needed!
Why You’ll Love High Protein Cottage Cheese Oat Pancakes
Pancakes are a breakfast staple. These cottage cheese oat pancakes have the texture and flavor of regular pancakes, yet are high in protein. No need to use protein powder as the cottage cheese, egg whites, and eggs provide plenty of protein.
One serving is 5 pancakes, which has 333 calories, 31.5 g protein, 30 g carbs, 4 g fiber, and 10.5 g fat. You get a well-balanced breakfast that will keep you full and satisfied. Top with fruit for even more flavor and fiber. I love to heat up frozen mixed berries and mash them to make a syrup to pour over top.
Ingredients
- Oats: acts as the flour and provides fiber and some protein.
- Cottage cheese: provides protein.
- Egg whites: provides protein.
- Eggs: provides protein and good source of several nutrients including iron, choline, and vitamins A, D, E, B12, and folate
- Baking powder: makes the pancakes light and airy.
- Vanilla extract and cinnamon: add flavor.
How to Make High Protein Cottage Cheese Oat Pancakes
Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend.
Let batter sit for a few minutes to thicken up. Then, heat a nonstick pan over medium heat and spray with oil. Use a ¼ measuring cup to pour batter onto pan. Cook in batches to allow space between pancakes. Cook for about 3 minutes or until edges form and you see bubbles on the side of the pancakes. Then, flip pancakes and cook for another 3 minutes or until pancakes are golden brown. Remove pancakes. Spray pan with oil and repeat until all batter is cooked.
Add Toppings
Toppings add more flavor and nutrients to your pancakes. Here are some of my favorites:
- Heat up frozen mixed berries, mash, and pour over pancakes like a syrup.
- Greek yogurt mixed with cinnamon and top with berries.
- Heat up diced apple with cinnamon.
- Peanut butter and banana.
Tips
- Use a good nonstick pan or the pancakes will stick and get messy.
- Pancakes are ready to flip when edges form and you see bubbles on the top side.
- Bake in the oven: you can pour the batter into two oven-safe meal prep containers and bake at 425°F for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean.
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High Protein Cottage Cheese Oat Pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup egg whites
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend. Let batter sit for a few minutes to thicken up.
- Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat and spray with oil. Use a ¼ measuring cup to pour batter onto pan. Cook in batches to allow space between pancakes. Cook for about 3 minutes or until edges form and you see bubbles on the side of the pancakes. Then, flip pancakes and cook for another 3 minutes or until pancakes are golden brown. Remove pancakes.
- Spray pan with oil and repeat until all batter is cooked.
- Add your favorite toppings!
Notes
- Use a good nonstick pan or the pancakes will stick and get messy.
- Pancakes are ready to flip when edges form and you see bubbles on the top side.
- Bake in the oven: you can pour the batter into two oven-safe meal prep containers and bake at 425°F for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean. You can also double the recipe and bake in a 9×13 inch pan at 425°F for about 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
These are so yummy! I just ate them plain and they were delicious and the serving size is perfect. Definitely going to be a staple breakfast for me. Thank you!
I am so happy to hear you enjoyed the pancakes! They are a favorite breakfast of mine!
Very good!!
Happy to hear you liked them!
Where do you buy the oven-safe meal prep containers? These would be perfect.
I have bought some from Amazon and Costco. I have these ones from Amazon.
How much batter is “one pancake?” Cup wise or gram wise?
I used a 1/4 cup to measure the batter to make 1 pancake. The recipe makes about 10 pancakes using the 1/4 cup size. 5 pancakes is a serving.