How to make a 5-minute protein pancake
You only need five minutes to whip up protein pancakes. It’s true. I’ve been wanting to make protein pancakes for a long time, but was always a little bit intimidated by the ingredients and work required to do so. While doing some research on cooking blogs, I took a survey of all the good-looking protein pancake recipes out there and simplified mine a bit to make it as easy and quick as possible. I knew I wanted to use oats, and I knew I wanted to use egg whites.
What came out is a breakfast that is tasty and filling and has approximately 15 grams of protein per serving (even more if you count the almond butter topping), which isn’t too shabby for a five-minute meal. I’ve had a protein pancake for breakfast twice this week already and see many more in my future, which is a good thing for me as I’ve been looking to add new items to my breakfast repertoire (and you can read more about that on my “What I Ate Wednesday” posts, in which I detail all of my eats).
Minimal ingredients is the way to go
One of the things I look for in a recipe is a short ingredients list. And these protein pancakes only require five ingredients, outside of kitchen utensils and some non-stick cooking spray. I purchased everything I needed from Safeway and Trader Joe’s.
The options for toppings are endless
Outside of the minimal ingredients and minimal amount of time it takes to prepare single-serve pancakes, the options for topping these beauties are endless. While I chose to add almond butter and banana slices on top of my protein pancake, you could also do the following variations:
- Top with maple syrup and light whipped cream like a traditional pancake
- Add cottage cheese to the mixture for thicker pancakes
- Make several pancakes without toppings and bring them as snacks to go
- Use blueberries in place of mashed-up bananas in the mixture
- Use chopped-up apples in place of mashed-up bananas in the mixture
- Kick up the protein by adding your favorite protein powder to the mixture
- Add some pumpkin, because who doesn’t love pumpkin
The preparation is really this easy …
Shown above from the left: Spray the pan, stir the mixture, cook the pancake and enjoy.
I was amazed at how quickly the mixture turned from a mush to a real pancake. I tend to like things on the burnt side, so I let my pancake cook long enough to have a medium brown coloring and crisp.
Here’s what the finished product looks like …
If you’ve ever wondered how to make protein pancakes like I did, now you know it’s a breeze.
And because all of the ingredients are healthy, you can feel good about digging into this breakfast often. It’s a far cry from the frozen flapjacks of your childhood — nothing processed here, folks, just hearty real food.
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Super easy 5-minute protein pancake
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup of oats
- 1/3 cup of egg whites
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1 banana
- OPTIONAL: 1 packet of stevia or natural sweetener
- Non-stick cooking spray
Instructions
- Mix the egg whites and oats into a bowl, and let them sit for one minute.
- Add in the cinnamon, stevia and half of a mashed-up banana.
- Stir the mixture thoroughly.
- Spray some non-stick spray onto a pan on medium heat.
- Pour the mixture onto the heated pan, and using a spatula, shape the mixture into a round pancake.
- Cook until light brown on one side, flip over and finish off. It should take about 1.5 to 2 minutes for each side.
- Serve on a plate, top with almond butter and the rest of the banana.
- Enjoy.
Notes
Questions of the day
Do you like pancakes? What are your favorite toppings?
What are you eating for breakfast these days?
We grew up every Saturday having pancakes! Alas that tradition has gone by the way side but I do love a good pancake breakfast, or lunch or dinner every once in a while! Can’t wait to try this recipe. I have wanted to look into healthier pancakes and 5 mins to make, CAN’T beat that!
I’m a peanut butter and banana/fruit kind of gal, or straight up maple syrup (a mix of Aunt Jemima and real maple syrup) 😉
Have a great day!
Hi Fiona, I hope you try this recipe and use your favorite real maple syrup. Enjoy!
Girl pancakes are my jam! I’ve this recipe. I love the idea of replacing the banana with blueberry. You better believe I’m trying that this Saturday!! Thanks for sharing
Hi Sam, Well as the Pancake Warrior, I hope you would like this! Eat up! And let me know how you like it.
These look delicious and SO easy!
Hi Annmarie, Thanks for stopping by. They sure are. Hope you give them a try!
I love making protein pancakes!! I love this recipe though- seems like it would be nice and dense!
Hi Carrie. It sure is. Enjoy and have a great day!
These look awesome! I’m always on the hunt for great protein pancake recipes!!
It’s so easy too. Thanks for stopping by Ruthie. Let me know if you try these!
Love making these!! I like to add frozen blueberries to the batter too 🙂
Blueberries! Now that’s a great addition. Long overdue response to this comment, right? 🙂 Hope all is well, lady!
LOVE protein pancakes! Especially if they involve pumpkin 😉 Loved your tips and I need to try adding cottage cheese for thickness. Happy Tuesday!
Going back to this recipe and planning to add pumpkin. Thank you! 🙂
Yum! Looks delicious and so easy! I love the combination of ingredients – all very healthy and filling. Can’t wait to give it a try!
Easy and healthy is the name of the game over here. Enjoy!
Those look great, I will definitely have to try them!! My new favorite pancakes are plantain pancakes and I add protein powder to them!
Yummy! I’ve never had a plantain pancake.
Looks amazing!! Pinned!!
Hope your aerials class was fun, I’m interested to hear about it!
Yay! I’ll give a full report soon! 🙂
I can’t wait to try this! I tried your overnight oats as well as your zoats and they were so good! I like changing up my breakfast and this will be a perfect addition! Thanks!
Hi Vanisha!! So glad you’ve tried a few things. Keep up the good variety. Anything else you’d like me to post about other than breakfast foods?? 🙂 I’m here to please.
I always crave pancakes but they’re usually too difficult for busy weekday mornings. But this one looks so easy and delicious, I could whip it up anytime! I love the ingredient list and that it’s packed with protein too. Yum!
It’s a good one!! Not as fancy as your creations of course. 🙂
Hm, I love that you used oats instead of flour! I’ve made similar pancakes with oat flour, but I’ll have to give this version a try! It’s basically my daily egg white oats… just fried up in a pan! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Hi Emily! It sure is. Enjoy:)
I’m hungry just looking at that – ha!
I might have to make one (or two!!) of those after my run this weekend 🙂
Hi Ange! So glad! I hope you try them out:)