These apple pie cottage cheese pancakes are cottage cheese oat pancakes made with just cottage cheese, an egg, oat flour and mixed spice, topped with warm spiced apples and a drizzle of Greek yogurt. The whole stack has 32g of protein and it’s ready in about 15 minutes.
What I use
Always Pan: The pan I use every day. Nothing sticks, so it flips cleanly.
Whisk set: For a smooth, lump-free mix.
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Cottage cheese pancakes are one of my favourite quick breakfasts. If you haven’t tried cottage cheese yet, ignore how it looks in the tub, because I promise these will convert you. The cheese melts into the batter, so the pancakes come out moist and fluffy, and they taste like apple pie for breakfast.
- 6 batter ingredients, one bowl
- 32g of protein
- Apple pie pancakes without the pastry
What goes into cottage cheese and oat pancakes
Cottage cheese is the base and most of the protein, which is what makes these high protein cottage cheese pancakes. I use low fat cottage cheese. Oat flour keeps them soft and filling, and it’s why I call them cottage cheese and oat pancakes. An egg holds everything together. Mixed spice gives the apple pie flavour, the same warmth as apple cinnamon pancakes. Baking powder helps them rise, and erythritol adds sweetness without the sugar.
An easy apple topping for pancakes
Chop half an apple, toss it with a teaspoon of maple syrup and a pinch of mixed spice, and microwave it for about a minute. It goes soft and syrupy, like apple pie filling, with no extra pan to wash.
A note from your nutrition coach
Leave the batter lumpy. Cottage cheese protein pancakes don’t need blending, and the little pockets of cheese are what keep them soft in the middle. Cook them over a medium heat so they set before they brown, and you’ll get fluffy cottage cheese pancakes every time. That’s the trick to protein pancakes with cottage cheese that never turn rubbery.
For more high protein breakfasts, try my Pumpkin Protein Pancakes, my Spiced Apple Pancakes or the High Protein Recipes collection.
You can see this recipe on my Instagram.
Alex 🙂
Apple Pie Cottage Cheese Pancakes (High Protein Oat Pancakes)
An easy cottage cheese pancakes recipe with oat flour and mixed spice, topped with warm apple pie style apples and Greek yogurt. 32g of protein in one stack, ready in 15 minutes.
Ingredients
Pancakes
Apple topping
To serve
Instructions
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Add the cottage cheese to a bowl and crack in the egg.
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Add the oat flour, baking powder, erythritol and mixed spice.
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Whisk into a thick, slightly lumpy batter.
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Heat a non-stick pan over a medium heat. Spoon in the batter to make 3 pancakes and cook until golden underneath, then flip and cook the other side until golden.
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Mix the chopped apple with the maple syrup and mixed spice and microwave for 50 to 60 seconds until soft.
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Stack the pancakes on a plate and drizzle with the Greek yogurt.
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Spoon the warm apples over the top and serve straight away.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Facts
Servings: 1 ServingCalories:359kcalTotal Fat:9.2gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium:754mgTotal Carbohydrate:38.6gDietary Fiber: 4.6gSugars: 19.2gProtein:32g
Note
- Use certified gluten free oat flour if you need these to be gluten free.
- Any granulated sweetener works in place of erythritol.
- Cottage cheese apple bowls make a great snack too, so make extra topping and spoon it over a tub of cottage cheese.
- To keep the first pancakes warm while you cook the rest, put them in a low oven.
- Nutrition is for the whole stack with low fat cottage cheese, 1 tsp maple syrup and 30g of 0% Greek yogurt.
- Making apple cottage cheese pancakes for more people? Just multiply everything and cook in batches.
