Easy Soft Cottage Cheese Pancakes
These pancakes are unique, both in texture and flavor, as cottage cheese has curds, a lot of moisture from the whey and can be a tad salty depending on the brand you use. The batter comes together in a few minutes, and the hotcakes are wonderful eaten with the usual suspects: syrup and butter, fresh fruit or sauces.
Servings 10 pancakes
Ingredients
Dry ingredients:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Wet ingredients:
- 1 cup cottage cheese at room temperature. I like full-fat small curd cottage cheese, but you can also use lowfat cottage cheese.
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- ½ cup milk at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
Extras:
- unsalted butter for cooking the pancakes
- fresh strawberries (or other berries), maple syrup, honey or butter for serving
Instructions
- Sift 1 cup all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and ½ teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and stir to mix.
- In another bowl, lightly mix 1 cup cottage cheese, 2 large eggs, ½ cup milk ½ teaspoon vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon butter, melted and warm. Don’t beat, but integrate well. There will be lumps from the cottage cheese.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones, stirring with a whisk, fork, spoon or spatula just until they integrate. Don’t beat or whisk energetically. The batter should have small lumps, besides the ones from the cottage cheese, and that is fine.
- Let the batter stand for 15 minutes.
- Place a pancake griddle or non-stick skillet over medium-low heat. Add an extra dab of unsalted butter and cook the pancakes until bubbles appear on one side. Flip and cook until done.
- Serve immediately with fresh strawberries (or other berries), maple syrup, honey or butter.
Notes
Do a test run: Try a couple of small pancakes to test if the batter is thick enough and the griddle is at the right temperature. Sometimes cottage cheese has too much whey, and it's better to reduce the milk in the recipe a little, maybe a tablespoon or two.
