These keto-friendly cottage cheese pancakes are the perfect healthy breakfast. They are packed with healthy fats from almond flour and eggs, and proteins from cottage cheese. These pancakes are low in carbs and gluten-free.
No refined sugar, gluten-free…..pancakes. What a dream!
I admit, I was thinking a lot lately about jumping on the Keto diet bandwagon, but I can’t say goodbye to my pasta and pizza yet, so I decided that I will try to implement some keto-friendly meals into my diet little by little and see how it goes. So pancakes were the first thing on my keto list that I wanted to nail, and I think I did quite well after a couple of failures.
HOW TO MAKE KETO-FRIENDLY COTTAGE CHEESE PANCAKES?
Super easy! First, you need to place all ingredients into a bowl and blend everything together using an immersion blender or a hand blender if you will. If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can use countertop blender or food pressor instead!
Preheat your skillet over medium-low heat and grease it with a little bit of butter. Measure out ¼ cup of batter and pour it into the skillet. Spread it gently using a teaspoon or a specular.
Cook the pancakes for about 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
IS FULL-FAT COTTAGE CHEESE KETO-FRIENDLY?
As long as you use cottage cheese that doesn’t contain added sugars, it is keto-friendly! The cottage cheese that I used in this recipe is KESO 4% fat, and it has just 1,7g of carbs per 100g.
IS ALMOND FLOUR LOW IN CARBS?
First, we need to understand what almond flour is? Well, it is simply finely ground almonds and almonds are naturally high in fats, protein, and fiber but low in carbs. 100g of the almond flour contains only 8-9g of carbs compared to 70g in all-purpose flour. That’s a huge difference!
NOTES:
I used regular maple syrup in this recipe! Replace it with zero sugar sweetener of your choice to reduce the amount of carbs!
I suggest you cook not more than 3 pancakes at a time (if you are using 10-inches skillet). This way, you won't have problems flipping them.
KETO-FRIENDLY COTTAGE CHEESE PANCAKES
Ingredients
- 80 g almond flour finely ground
- 100 g cottage cheese full fat
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbsp melted butter unsalted
- 1 tbsp sweetener of your choice, I use Sukrin (for Pale version use 1 tbsp pure maple syrup)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat a skillet over medium-low heat.
- Place all ingredients in a bowl and blend together using an immersion blender. If you don’t have one, you can use a countertop blender or even a food processor instead.
- Grease the preheated skillet with the butter.
- Measure out ¼ cup of batter and pour it into the skillet. Spread it gently using a teaspoon or a spatula.
- Cook for 2 minutes or until bubbles start to form on the surface. Flip and cook the other side for 2 more minutes or until your pancake turns golden brown.
- Repeat the process with the remaining butter.
- Serve with toppings of your choice. In my case, I used apples with cinnamon, roasted coconut flakes, and maple syrup. If you follow the ketogenic diet, you can use butter and some sugar-free maple syrup instead.
Notes
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Very tasty! There is no need for sugar, the maple syrup makes it sweet.
Oh, I'm so glad to hear that!
what does your gram measurements convert to cups?
Hi Bonnie! 80g of almond flour = 1 cup minus 1 tbsp and 100g of cottage cheese = 1/2 cup.
A M A Z I N G !!!!! easy recipe, easy to cook. I've been making flourless cottage pancakes for a while now, sans recipe and mine can be tough to flip - these showed the same cooking signs as regular pancakes and were even easier to flip! Absolutely wonderful!!
Forgot to leave rating - sorry! 5 out of 5 !!!
Yay! I'm so happy you liked them!
Love it. I added one tablespoon of psyllium and 1/4 cup water for more fiber. Pancakes were fluffy and looked just like a regular pancake.... and taste even better. Thank you.
You're welcome, Maria! I'm so happy to hear that you liked my recipe!
Awesome👍 Im glad I found your recipe for pancake using cottage cheese. I was wondering if I can use the recipe to make waffles too.
Thank you for your comment, Ponch! I'm glad that you enjoyed my recipe. I haven't try to use this batter for waffles but I think they will be way too soft. If it's not a problem for you, I would say go for it. There are also a couple of tricks that you can try to make this batter work for waffles. 1. Add an extra 1-2 tbsp of melted butter. 2. Separate the eggs and beat the whites to stiff peaks, then fold them into the batter immediately prior to putting the batter in the waffle iron. If you try to make it work, please let me know how it went!
These are sooo yummy I don’t even put any syrup on them!!!
Awesome!!!
I measured batter to 1/4 cup each. This recipe only made 5 pancakes. What did I do wrong?
I'm sorry, but I don't know what you did wrong. If you measure all ingredients correctly, you should end up with 10 or at least 9 pancakes. Maybe converting almond flour and cottage cheese to cups will help you; 80g of almond flour = 1 cup minus 1 tbsp and 100g of cottage cheese = 1/2 cup. I hope you'll succeed next time you try my recipe!
Delicious! I put some raspberries in the microwave and made a delicious coulis. I omitted the syrup and they were a fantastic Keto meal.
Thank you, Neal! I'm glad that you liked it!
Loved these! Much easier than other flat keto pancakes; although I too only made 6 and measured perfectly 🙂 I even weighed vs measured for almond flour BUT I think I will just make em smaller next time. Texture was super and flavour really delish! thank YOU
Thank you for your comment, I'm so happy to hear that you loved my recipe! Did you use 1/4 cup to measure butter for each pancake as it's specified in the recipe?
Very nice! Just made these.
I'm glad to hear that you liked my recipe! Enjoy!
My sister and I enjoy these pancakes a couple of weekends a month - they taste just like the full-flour version! Yummy with a little more butter on top and sugar-free syrup!
I'm so happy to hear that you and your sister liked my recipe! I also enjoy these pancakes with some extra butter on top!
So delicious. Best recipe by far. Thanks
Thank you, Lili!
I've tried a few recipes for keto pancakes but this
Worked really well
Fluffy & good pancake love texture
I did add a bit of psyllium &
lemon zest for added flavour
Thank you
Hi Alison, lemon zest in pancakes sounds so delicious. I should try it too!