Cottage Cheese Protein Cookie Butter Pancakes
These fluffy pancakes bring cozy spiced flavor and a dreamy cookie butter cream. A satisfying stack that makes any morning feel special.
Ingredients
For the Pancakes
- 1 cup Low-Fat Cottage Cheese
- 2 large Eggs
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 tablespoon Cookie Butter
- 1 cup Oat Flour
- 1/3 cup Vanilla Protein Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon Fine Salt
- 1 teaspoon Butter, For Cooking
For the Cookie Butter Cream
- 1/2 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
- 2 tablespoons Cookie Butter
- 1 tablespoon Milk
For the Topping
- 4 Speculoos Cookies, Crushed
- 1 tablespoon Cookie Butter, Melted
Equipment
- blender
Instructions
- Blend the cottage cheese, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and cookie butter until smooth.
- Whisk the oat flour, protein powder, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and salt in a large bowl.
- Stir the blended cottage cheese mixture into the dry ingredients until just combined. Let the batter rest for 5 minutes.
- Heat a lightly buttered nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Cook the pancakes in 1/4 cup portions until bubbles form and the edges look dry.
- Flip the pancakes and cook for 1 to 2 minutes more, then repeat with the remaining batter.
- Whisk the Greek yogurt, cookie butter, and milk together until creamy and smooth.
- Spread the cookie butter cream over the pancake stack, then add the crushed cookies and melted cookie butter.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 374kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 25gFat: 14g