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Lemon Pancakes are light and delicious thanks to cottage cheese and egg whites and have the perfect hint of lemon.
I’m a pancake lover. If there are pancakes on the menu, I order them and they are always my first choice for breakfast at home.Â
Since becoming empty nesters, one of our favorite things to do is go out for breakfast on Saturday mornings.  Lately I have been playing around with flavored pancakes and trying to replicate some of my favorite restaurant pancakes. Last week it was lemon. Yes, lovely lemon pancakes!
Ingredients
- Flour, whole wheat and all purpose
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Sugar
- Lemon, zest and juice
- Milk
- Cottage Cheese
- Egg Whites
- Vanilla Extract
How to Make Lemon Pancakes
- Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- Combine sugar and lemon zest in a small bowl and rub together with fingers.
- Add the lemon sugar to the dry ingredients and mix to combine.
- Mix together the milk, cottage cheese, egg whites, extract and lemon juice.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir to combine. It will be lumpy, don’t over stir.
- Heat a large skillet or griddle and spray with cooking spray
- Add about 1/4 cup batter to pan.
- Cook until edges of pancake begin to set up and it bubbles in the middle.
- Flip and continue to cook until brown on both sides.
Tips for perfect Pancakes
- For perfect pancakes, mix your wet ingredients together and dry ingredients together separately before combining them.
- Only stir the batter enough to combine the ingredients, over stirring causes tough lemon pancakes. It’s o.k. to have lumps in your batter, so don’t over stir!
- Use a large cookie scoop or a measuring cup to scoop your batter, this will give you even sized pancakes.
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Lemon Pancakes
Lemon Pancakes are light and delicious thanks to cottage cheese and egg whites and have a subtle hint of lemon.
Prep:10 minutes
Cook:5 minutes
Total:15 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 lemon zested and juiced
- 2/3 cup 2 % milk
- 3/4 cup small curd cottage cheese
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a small bowl combine sugar and lemon zest and rub together with fingers.
- Add the lemon sugar to the dry ingredients. Mix together.
- Mix together the milk, cottage cheese, egg whites, extract and lemon juice.
- Pour into dry mixture and stir to combine, it will be lumpy. Don’t over stir.
- Heat a large skillet or griddle and spray with cooking spray
- Add about 1/4- 1/3 cup batter to pan. Cook until edges of pancake begin to set up and it bubbles in the middle.
- Flip and cook on other side.
Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 69kcal (3%) Carbohydrates: 11g (4%) Protein: 4g (8%) Fat: 1g (2%) Cholesterol: 3mg (1%) Sodium: 165mg (7%) Potassium: 122mg (3%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 3g (3%) Vitamin A: 40IU (1%) Vitamin C: 5.7mg (7%) Calcium: 53mg (5%) Iron: 0.5mg (3%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Sarah D says
Yum Yum Triple Yum. I have just called my daughter over to the computer to show her the picture of the pancakes and she is now begging me to make them for her. I have rashly told her I will give it a go – thanks for the recipe – this will be the first time I have ever attempted pancakes and so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that they come out even half as good as the picture here.
Nervous mum,
Sarah D
Tayna says
These look positively delish! Can’t wait til I can get fresh blueberries at my store to give these a try.
Donna D. says
Thank you for sharing these sound and look so good. I love blueberries. Real near where I love we can pick wild blueberries and they are so good. NOy real big but very good.
Our 4 grandchildren love it when we make pancakes at our home they look forwards for them. No one can make them as good as nana and papa.
MelanieL says
These look delicious and one of my firsts thoughts was the blueberry compote would be good served over ice cream as well! A hot blueberry sundae:)
Kara says
Oh yum! I love blueberry and lemon together, so these sound fabulous!