These fluffy peanut butter cottage cheese protein pancakes are protein packed with cottage cheese and peanut powder and made straight in the blender for easy mixing. Meal prep this easy protein pancake recipe to freeze and reheat for quick breakfast, brinner, or pre/post workout fuel.
The BEST Peanut Butter Protein Pancakes.
You guys… using cottage cheese in pancakes are LYFE. Because hello, creamy, fluffy and protein packed cakes.
Each protein pancake has 5 grams of protein! If you do a short stack of 3 pancakes– you’d get 15 grams of protein for only 225 calories of pancake yumminess.
ANNND if you’re feeling a little extra, top on some cottage cheese or peanut butter for an even bigger protein boost.
We love pancakes over here. And we don’t discriminate, from peanut butter pancakes, cottage cheese pancakes, greek yogurt pancakes to gluten free pancakes– oh my!
And I know you do too because pancakes are some of the most popular recipes on my site.
In fact here’s a recent reader comment on my Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes
“I was blown away by this recipe! It turned out 10x better than I expected! absolutely delicious! They were perfect! Even though they are gluten free, they are the perfect texture and are so sweet/moist that they just melt in your mouth. I am definitely going to use this recipe more than once!” – Emma
You guys when you send me comments like this on my recipes or make one of my recipes and tag me on Instagram @loveandzest #loveandzest, I’m over the moon thrilled. It makes my day knowing that you and your family are enjoying recipes (like these protein pancakes) that I’m sharing from my kitchen to yours.
Flour substitutions for protein pancakes.
This recipe for peanut butter protein pancakes is made with white whole wheat flour, but you can sub in gluten free or regular all purpose one for one in this recipe.
I have not tested these with coconut flour or almond flour, either. And I’m not sure how they would turn out. This recipe doesn’t call for as much wheat flour because of the peanut powder used acts like a flour. YIPEE!
Whole wheat flour was used this recipe for protein pancakes because we wanted the end result to be light and fluffy, but still highly nutritious and packed with protein.
Can you taste the cottage cheese in protein pancakes?
I’m not one of those people that wants to eat cardboard-like pancakes or a “egg-y” or straight “cottage cheese-y” pancake. YUCK.
I know some people eat protein pancakes that taste like cardboard in the name of eating healthier, but not this mama.
Oh and you should know if I’m going to eat pancakes there are some flexible rules, like…
1) Pancakes must be fluffy.
1-b) crispy edges get bonus points in my book.
2) All pancakes must have a butter spot. My son hates the butter spot– you know that spot on the pancake that’s pooling in warm butter. Yeah, he always wants me to move that off his plate and onto mine. #momwin!
3) I must have a drizzle of maple syrup on all pancakes. I mean I’m cool with other toppings too, but real maple syrup is a must.
If you agree with me on pancake perfection, I hope you give these Peanut Butter Protein Pancakes a try!
And some of my other favorite easy pancake recipes on the blog!
Paleo Banana Coconut Flour Pancakes
Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cashew Cream Frosting
Mint Chocolate Chip Blender Pancakes
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Pancakes
Eggnog Pancakes with Eggnog Whipped Cream
Tart Cherry Greek Yogurt Pancakes with Tart Cherry Maple Syrup
Best Pancakes Ever, Seriously {Gluten Free Buttermilk Pancakes}
See what I mean…. we love us some pancakes around here.
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Peanut Butter Protein Pancakes
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 8 pancakes 1x
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These fluffy peanut butter protein pancakes are protein packed with cottage cheese and peanut powder and made straight in the blender for easy mixing. Meal prep these peanut butter protein pancakes to freeze and reheat for quick breakfast, brinner, or pre/post workout fuel.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup 4% fat cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup peanut powder
- 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
Instructions
- In a blender, add cottage cheese and almond milk and blend until smooth.
- Add eggs, vanilla, maple syrup, and baking powder to blender and pulse just until mixed.
- Add peanut powder and flour to blender and blend until fully incorporated, taking care not to overmix batter.
- Heat non stick pan over medium-low heat; coat with butter or coconut oil.
- When butter starts to bubble, pour batter into pan. Flip when surface of pancake starts to form bubbles; cook until both sides are golden; remove from heat.
- To freeze pancakes, stack pancakes with wax paper in between layers and place in freezer safe bag.
- NUTRITION: {per pancake} 76 calories, 3 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 49 mg cholesterol, 74 mg sodium, 7 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g sugar, 5 g protein, 2% vitamin A, 4% calcium, 3% iron
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pancake (1/8 recipe)
- Calories: 76 calories
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 74mg
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0mg
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 49mg
Keywords: protein pancakes, cottage cheese pancakes, peanut butter powder, easy, kid friendly
Hi I’m Kristina LaRue, registered dietitian and millennial mom of two active and hungry boys. Here on Love & Zest, you’ll find (mostly) healthy recipes to fuel the whole family and real life stories of modern motherhood. I’m all about veggie-filled breakfast meal prep recipes, healthier sweets, and easy weeknight dinners made in the Instant Pot or sheet pan.
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