Ultimate Protein Pancakes... omg.

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Just made these this morning and they were great! Thanks for the recipe.

I'm bumping this. I've made them several times and they are delicious. So far I've used chocolate protein powder, vanilla Greek yogurt and added some chocolate chips and syrup. Typically 40ish grams of protein and keep me full for hours (my protein powder is only 21g per scoop and 1/4 cup is less than a serving). So much better than regular pancakes! I use a whole egg though. Can't wait to try with vanilla powder and blueberries at some point.

My first ones were a bit dry, but adding a bit of milk helped. This time I'm putting less flour.

These will be my Saturday morning breakfast! Thanks for sharing

Perfect recipe! I can halve it and eat it over two days. Thank you for working your healthy kitchen science to develop these ultimate protein pancakes!

So I tried with whole wheat flour and vanilla protein powder this time (still with whole egg, a little bit of milk, chocolate chips and vanilla Greek Yogurt, with maple syrup). I suck at making them so they were burned but still absolutely delicious. 630 calories this time (I lost half of one that got stuck to the pan the first time), and kept me full for 5 hours.

LaurenAOK is the original poster... see her gorgeous photos on the first topic page...just recopying here for convenience. I have made these and they are FANTASTIC. It's Sunday morning, and I'm about to make them again.

Lauren's Post:

Pancakes are great. Protein pancakes are even better. For about a year now I’ve been trying to find the perfect pancake recipe; one that’s healthy, packed with protein, and amazingly delicious. I came pretty close with the original greek yogurt pancakes recipe, but I wasn’t satisfied with the high carb content. All the other lower carb/higher protein recipes I found online just didn’t taste as good.

Finally, an idea struck me. I decided to combine the greek yogurt recipe with a protein powder recipe, by replacing some of the flour in the greek yogurt recipe with protein powder. The result is a pancake recipe that has less carbs, more protein, and tastes even better.I swear, these taste better than the pancakes my mom used to make. I would eat those by the dozen, and they were about 1238484720 times less healthy than this.

Okay, here we go.

Ultimate Protein Pancakes

You’ll need:

6oz plain greek yogurt
1 large egg white
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (about 2/3 scoop) vanilla whey protein powder
1 tsp baking soda
Anything else you’d like to add for flavor (I like adding in strawberries and vanilla extract)
In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients (protein powder, flour, and baking soda), and mix with a fork until well combined. In another bowl, combine the wet ingredients (egg white and yogurt) and mix until well combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet, stirring as you go. The batter should become thick. Add in any extras for flavor, and keep mixing until everything is totally combined.

Heat a skillet over medium heat and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Drop batter by the spoonful into the pan. Pancakes will expand as they cook, so don’t put them too close together. When little bubbles start to form all throughout the pancake, it’s time to flip it. Flip it a couple of times until it’s thoroughly cooked. Transfer pancakes to a plate, and top with whatever you’d like. They’re plenty flavorful on their own, but adding a couple tablespoons of syrup made them even better!

Makes 6 large pancakes. Nutritional information:

Calories: 314 | Carbs: 34g | Fat: 1g | Protein: 43g (!!!)
Edited by LaurenAOK On May 17, 2013 5:33 am

Does anyone have any tips on cooking these? Mine started to burn, and then when I tried to flip them they just gooped up! Help :sad:

Should I add more water? Lower heat? Wahhhh.

Even my burnt ones were good though...

Yes my burnt ones are always good LOL.

I'd lower the heat. I have to put mine on medium pretty much. But yeah when I turn them they get a bit messy too, but it doesn't seem to matter, it's still delicious.

Does anyone have any tips on cooking these? Mine started to burn, and then when I tried to flip them they just gooped up! Help :sad:

Should I add more water? Lower heat? Wahhhh.

Even my burnt ones were good though...

Yes my burnt ones are always good LOL.

I'd lower the heat. I have to put mine on medium pretty much. But yeah when I turn them they get a bit messy too, but it doesn't seem to matter, it's still delicious.

Thanks! I'll think it will be trial and error, which is gunna be fun

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