Cottage Cheese Pancakes
on Jan 08, 2023, Updated Jan 11, 2024
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These naturally gluten-free cottage cheese pancakes will get you out of bed in the ☀️ morning, excited for breakfast. They’re everything you want to start your day, from their high protein count and easy steps to their high nutrient density and 💦 fluffiness. You’ll be throwing out those pre-made mixes you have in the pantry once you see how easy these are to make and how much better you feel after eating them!
Why You’ll Love Cottage Cheese Pancakes
You’ll love these cottage cheese pancakes for their quick preparation, wholesome ingredients, and perfect texture. For those of you looking for a 🍳 breakfast option with more protein, I think you’ll find that the combination of cottage cheese and eggs results in a higher protein count than your typical pancakes. But you won’t lose out on moistness or fluffiness! Not to mention, these ❄️ freeze really well, so they are perfect for meal prep.
How to Prepare
🥚 Combine eggs, cottage cheese, salt, vanilla extract, and oat flour in a food processor. Then, process until well combined (about 20-30 seconds).
🔥 Heat a pan on the stove with avocado oil or butter.
♨️ Cook pancake batter on medium-high heat for a few minutes on each side.
🍯 Serve these cottage cheese pancakes with honey, maple syrup, berries, or enjoy plain.
Nonna’s Tip
You can purchase oat flour at your local health food store (or any grocery store) or simply make your own by blending organic rolled oats into flour in your blender.
Cottage Cheese Pancakes Variations and Substitutions
Remember, these variations can be mixed and matched to suit your preferences, dietary restrictions, or any ingredients you have on hand. Feel free to get creative and customize these cottage cheese pancakes to make them your own!
- Instead of oat flour, you can use almond flour, 🥥 coconut flour, or gluten-free flour, depending on what you have on hand.
- If you don’t have cottage cheese, you could try this recipe with ricotta cheese.
- For those with a sweet tooth, you could add a sweetener such as maple syrup, agave nectar or 🍯 honey.
- Feel free to experiment with adding spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, or cardamom.
- If you want a protein boost, you could add a scoop of protein powder to increase the protein content of the pancakes; just be aware that this may affect the final texture.
- You could mix in some diced fruit such as 🍌 bananas, blueberries, strawberries, or apples.
- Definitely get creative with toppings such as 🥜 chopped nuts, shredded coconut, or even a dollop of yogurt.
Best Served With
- Some Greek yogurt
- Fresh berries 🍓 or other fruit
- An egg dish like my Zucchini Egg Bake or copycat Starbucks egg bites
Similar Recipes
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup cottage cheese
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup oat flour, you can blend organic rolled oats and make them into flour
- tiny drizzle of oil or butter for the pan, I use avocado oil
Instructions
- In a food processor or blender, add the first five ingredients, and process until combined. I processed for about 20-30 seconds.
- In a pan on the stove, add a touch of avocado oil or butter, and cook the pancakes on medium-high heat for a few minutes on each side.
- Serve these cottage cheese pancakes with honey, maple syrup, berries, or enjoy plain!
Nonna’s Notes
- Flour options: Instead of oat flour, you can use almond flour, coconut flour, or gluten-free flour, depending on what you have on hand.
- Cheese substitution: If you don’t have cottage cheese, you could try this recipe with ricotta cheese or your favorite dairy-free cheese.
- Sweeteners: For those with a sweet tooth, you could add a sweetener such as maple syrup, agave nectar, or honey.
- Spices: Feel free to experiment with adding spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, or cardamom.
- Protein powder: If you want a protein boost, you could add a scoop of protein powder; just be aware that this may affect the final texture.
- Add-ins: You could mix in some diced fruit such as bananas, blueberries, strawberries, or apples.
- Toppings: Get creative with toppings such as chopped nuts, shredded coconut, or even a dollop of yogurt.
My Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Common Questions
These pancakes are perfect for meal prep, because you can make them ahead of time or freeze them as well.
You can purchase oat flour at your local health food store (or any grocery store) or simply make your own by blending organic rolled oats into flour in your blender.
You can also use 1/3 cup of quick-cooking rolled oats for this recipe instead of oat flour, but I do enjoy the fluffiness and texture of oat flour more.
You won’t be able to taste the cottage cheese in these cottage cheese pancakes, so don’t worry. I have tried this recipe with yogurt too, but it does not work as well.
I use Redmond Real Salt. Please note that depending on the salt you use, your dish may be less or more salty. Salt is to taste, so please always taste and adjust as you cook.
Made these again, and they are SO GOOD! Gonna be making these on repeat!
Simple and delicious! My kid loves them too!
These turned out great! Staying on my breakfast rotation for sure!
Came out really good! Thanks for sharing.
I’m so happy to hear! Enjoy! ❤️
Yum! So delicious and satisfying. I used Kodiak Buttermilk in place of the oat flour and they came out great.
Great substitution Darlene 👏
I’m making these today! I’m so fucking excited to be able to make these and blow my friends mind! 🤯