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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Fluffy, healthy, and incredibly delicious Protein Pancakes are your new favorite recipe.
Start the day off right with a healthy breakfast with these Protein Pancakes! Some more healthy pancake options are our Oatmeal Pancakes or Yogurt Pancakes.
Easy Protein Powder Pancakes
It’s so important to get enough protein in your diet each day. Sometimes it’s hard to find ways to eat your protein.
These High Protein Pancakes are the perfect breakfast recipe to start your day. They take mere minutes to cook, which makes them even better. They are very healthy and will keep you full and satisfied until lunchtime!
Not only are these Protein Pancakes high in protein, but they are also low in calories.
Protein Pancake Mix only has a few ingredients which makes them so simple to whip up in the morning. There is nothing bad about this recipe, which means you have no excuse NOT to make them!
Even my kids go crazy over these Pancakes with Protein Powder. We love making them for a hearty before-school breakfast.
Serve with a little fruit, scrambled egg whites, turkey bacon, and an Orange Juice Smoothie for a complete high-protein breakfast!
How to Make Protein Pancakes
Protein Powder Pancakes are quick, easy, and so delicious!
PREP. Heat skillet to medium heat and spray with butter or coconut oil and let melt.
BATTER. While the skillet is heating up, mix eggs, protein powder, baking powder, and water in a large bowl. Let sit (or rest) for 5 minutes.
BAKE. Pour batter onto the skillet using a ¼ measuring cup. When you can see bubbles forming on the top it’s ready to flip.
You can see by the photos that these pancakes are not fluffy like regular pancakes, however, they should be puffier than Swedish pancakes and Crepes.
Serve with fruit, sugar-free syrup, or butter.
Recipe Tips
Variations. Top with fresh fruit, sugar-free maple syrup, or butter. Try adding raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, or bananas to the pancake batter.
Pancake texture. Different protein powders absorb liquid differently which means even though you follow the recipe to a “T” the pancakes may come out runny or dry due to the protein powder that was used.
Whip up the Protein Pancake batter and cook a test pancake.
- Dry pancake: try adding a little more liquid, mashed bananas, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, pumpkin puree, or applesauce.
- Runny pancake: add a bit more protein powder or instant oats.
Protein powder. I like to use 2 scoops (about ¼ cup) of whey protein powder for this recipe (Premiere or Quest brands have worked well for me).
- Gluten-free, dairy-free, or plant-based protein powder. Note that using a different type can affect the texture of the pancakes.
- Different flavors. Remember that if the powder doesn’t taste good to you then neither will the pancakes.
Variations
- Add extra flavor to the batter with some cinnamon, nutmeg, or vanilla extract.
- Top with pancakes with Buttermilk Syrup, Cinnamon Buttermilk Syrup, Nutella, peanut butter or another nut butter.
- Sprinkle on a few sugar free chocolate chips
Storing Info
STORE leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.
FREEZE. One of the best things about this recipe is how well these protein pancakes freeze! Make a big batch of this Protein Pancakes Recipe, eat a couple for breakfast, and freeze the rest for busy mornings.
- Cool cooked pancakes on a wire rack and place them on a baking tray in the freezer for about an hour.
- Transfer them to a freezer-safe plastic bag.
- They will last about 2 months in the freezer.
Reheat. Just take a couple out, thaw, reheat them in the microwave or toaster, and enjoy!!
For more pancake recipes:
- Chocolate Chip Pancakes
- Strawberry Pancakes
- Oatmeal Pancakes
- Pumpkin Pancakes
- Buttermilk Pancakes
- Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
- Whole Wheat Pancakes
Protein Pancakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 scoops whey protein powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2-4 tablespoon water or almond milk
- cooking spray, butter, or coconut oil to grease pan
Instructions
- Heat skillet to medium heat and spray with butter or coconut oil and let melt.
- While the skillet is heating up, mix eggs, protein powder, baking powder, and water in a large bowl. Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Pour batter onto the skillet using a ¼ measuring cup.
- When you can see bubbles form on the top it’s ready to flip.
- Serve with fruit, sugar-free syrup, or butter.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
It came out dry, you need to add flour to this or you will chock on the pancake.
Thanks for the feedback and for giving the recipe a try!
I am not a pancake expert by any means since I only eat them maybe once or twice a year, but these were very good. However, I’m curious as how you came about the nutritional values. Sodium is what I am watching for my husband and it seems like these are extremely low in sodium for the values of each ingredient. I may be misjudging the serving size, but I added up the values of all the ingredients individually and divided by 6 (servings) and get different values than what is listed for this recipe. All and all, I’m sure these are healthier than a lot of pancake recipes out there, and I will make them again. Also, I use Hain no sodium baking powder which has no sodium per serving. I see the link you listed for the baking powder is for Rumford Baking Powder which shows 50 mg of sodium per 1/8 tsp. A full tsp would be 400 mg. I divided by the 6 servings and get 66.6 mg per serving. What am I missing here ?
You think it would be possible to bake them into muffins? If it is possible, what temp and time would work? 🤔
I don’t think this recipe would turn out very well in muffin form. I’d recommend doing them as pancakes for the best result.
I don’t know If I did Something wrong with this recipe I mean I followed it exactly as it said and these are by far the worst protein pancakes I’ve ever eaten
I’m sorry the recipe didn’t turn out as you had hoped. Thanks for trying it out!
FINALLY, A PANCAKE I CAN EAT WITHOUT THE GUILT!!! I HAVE DIABETES AND AM IN DANGER OF HAVING TO START LOSING WEIGHT TO BRING DOWN MY A1c. A LOT OF FOODS I MISS BECAUSE CARBS ARE OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR ME AND PROTEIN AND VEGTABLES ARE A MUST. ABSOLUTELY “NO” DAIRY PRODUCTS! I AM 72 YEARS OLD AND ALL I CAN SAY IS KEEP THESE RECIPES COMING MY WAY! GOD BLESS YOU!!!
Thank you! I’m so glad you found the recipe! Hope you enjoy!
Made them with my daughter…it felt like it was missing something 😕 would like to play around with the recipe to taste more like pancakes than an omelette.
Thanks for the feedback and for giving the recipe a try!
I hate to be negative in any way but these are the worst pancakes I’ve ever had. They were extremely runny and spongey. I’d suggest using less almond milk and adding some flour. Also let the batter rest for 15 minutes. This helps reduce the spongey texture. I also would suggest adding some cinnamon into the batter. The only thing that made these slightly edible was me putting honey on the top.
Very (too?) Simple recipe for the driest pancakes you’ll ever face.
I don’t mean to dog this recipe too harshly but I need to warn future be in case I ever look at this recipe as a viable recipe again. These are the driest/worst pancakes I’ve ever had/made, I feel guilty having made this to break someone’s fast.
Thanks for sharing your opinion and feedback. Sorry to hear they weren’t a hit for you. Thanks for giving the recipe a try!
What protein powder do you recommend?
There a lot of options for protein powder out there (including different flavors). I like the Orgain Protein, Premier Protein, or Integrated Supplements protein powder. Or to support a smaller business, I really enjoy Clean Simple Eats protein. They have lots of yummy flavors too!
How is this only 5g of protein??
Each pancake has about 5 grams, not the whole recipe. There would be more protein in the full batter, depending on which brand/type of protein powder you use.