Blueberry Cottage Cheese Pancakes
These are the most nutritious, full of protein and fruit pancakes you can ever dream!
Calories: 1596kcal
Ingredients
- 1/3 Cup milk
- 3 eggs, the yolks separated from the whites
- 1 ½ Cups Friendship Dairies Cottage Cheese
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1 ½ Teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ Teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ Teaspoons baking powder
- ½ Teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 ½ Cups Wyman’s of Maine Wild Blueberries unthawed
- ¾ Cup all purpose flour
- Butter to grease the pan
- Orange blossom Honey for serving
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together milk, eggs yolks, cottage cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and lemon zest.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg whites until form soft peaks are formed.
- In a medium bowl add flour and blueberries and make sure the berries are fully coated in the flour.
- Add flour mixture to the cottage cheese mixture, and stir to combine without over mixing.
- Add egg whites and fold into the mixture with a spatula.
- Preheat a skillet to medium heat and grease it but butter.
- Pour ½ cup scoops of batter into the skillet and cook until the edges of the pancakes begging to brown and you can see bubbles on the top, around 3-4 minutes.
- Flip the pancakes and cook 1 more minute.
- Serve with honey.
Nutrition
Calories: 1596kcal | Carbohydrates: 274g | Protein: 66g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 553mg | Sodium: 2515mg | Potassium: 1594mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 186g | Vitamin A: 1406IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 728mg | Iron: 9mg