Banana Cottage Cheese Pancakes

5 from 4 votes

Banana Cottage Cheese Pancakes

These Banana Cottage Cheese Pancakes are soft, fluffy, naturally sweet, and packed with protein for the perfect cozy breakfast.

Prep Time20

Cook Time20

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Breakfast, high protein

Servings: pancakes

Ingredients

¾ cup cottage cheese (2% or 5% will result in more airy pancakes)
½ cup plain Greek yogurt (any fat percentage)
2 eggs
2 teaspoon maple syrup
2 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 spotty banana (about ½ cup mashed)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
¾ cup flour

Instructions

In a high powered blender or food processor, combine cottage cheese, greek yogurt, eggs, maple syrup, olive oil, vanilla extract and banana, Blend until smooth.
Once smooth, pour into a large mixing bowl. Whisk in cinnamon,baking powder and salt.
Add the flour in LAST (this is important), carefully whisking until JUST combined (it’s important to avoid overmixing the batter to ensure fluffy pancakes)- the batter will be on the thicker side.
Heat a large pan or griddle to medium- high heat. Once hot, add butter or oil to the pan. Add approximately ¼ cup of batter per pancake and cook until the edges are dry and bubbles begin to form on the pancake.
Flip the pancake and cook until both sides are brown, (about 1-2 minutes).
If the inside of the pancake is still uncooked (soft to the touch), reduce the heat to low- Add 1 teaspoon of water to the pan and place the lid on to steam the inside of the pancake, the pancake is fully cooked when the middle puffs up and no longer soft to the touch (this step ensures the inside of the pancake cooks while remaining nice and fluffy).
Remove from the heat and enjoy.

Notes

This makes approximately 8 medium pancakes !

The key step to making these pancakes light and fluffy is ensuring you do not mix the batter. We add the flour LAST to ensure there is the least likelihood of it being over stirred. If there is still a small amount of flour around the edges of the bowl- don’t worry!

*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.

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