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Golden gluten free cottage cheese pancakes with crisp edges, fresh berries, and warm syrup on a white breakfast plate.

Gluten Free Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Fluffy flourless pancakes made with cottage cheese and eggs for high protein breakfast. These gluten free cottage cheese pancakes deliver restaurant quality fluffiness in 20 minutes perfect for weekend brunch and meal prep.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Course: Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine: American
Calories: 285
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the Pancakes
  • 1 cup Cottage cheese Full fat preferred
  • 4 large Eggs Room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract Pure
  • ½ teaspoon Baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 2 tablespoon Honey or maple syrup For sweetness
  • 2 tablespoon Almond flour Optional for texture
  • Butter For cooking
For Serving
  • Fresh berries Blueberries, strawberries
  • Maple syrup
  • Powdered sugar For dusting
  • Extra butter

Equipment

  • 1 High speed blender For smooth batter
  • 1 Large griddle or skillet For cooking pancakes
  • 1 Spatula For flipping
  • 1 Measuring cups and spoons Accurate measurements
  • 1 Mixing bowl If not using blender
  • 1 Wire whisk For manual mixing

Method
 

  1. Add cottage cheese, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, salt and sweetener to blender, blend on high until completely smooth
  2. Batter should be thick and pourable, add almond flour if too thin
  3. Let batter rest 5 minutes for baking powder to activate
  4. Heat griddle or skillet over medium, add butter, test with drop of batter
  5. Pour ¼ cup batter per pancake onto hot griddle spacing apart
  6. Cook 2 to 3 minutes until bubbles form and edges set
  7. Carefully flip when bottoms golden brown and tops bubbly
  8. Cook 1 to 2 minutes until golden brown and cooked through
  9. Transfer to plate and keep warm in low oven while cooking remaining batter
  10. Stack pancakes high, top with butter, syrup, berries and powdered sugar

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.