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Cottage Cheese Pancakes With Cinnamon and Maple Butter

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08/24/2026
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Total time: 30 min
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 4
Cottage Cheese Pancakes With Cinnamon and Maple Butter
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Give your pancakes a lift by adding creamy, dreamy cottage or ricotta cheese. This recipe will have you drooling and feeling like you’re on cloud nine, and who couldn’t use a little of that? Start your morning with pancakes made with cottage cheese.

A bonus? This cinnamon and maple butter can be made ahead—just cover and refrigerate. For easy spreading, remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before serving. Try any leftover butter on roasted carrots, in a baked sweet potato, spread on a grilled pork chop or on your morning toast.

 

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Ingredients:

For Cottage Cheese Pancakes

  • 2/3 Cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
  • 4 Large Egg , separated and in room temperature
  • 1 1/4 Cups Cottage Cheese , or ricotta cheese (fat level of choice)
  • 2/3 Cup Milk , fat level of choice
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • Strawberries , or any other fresh fruit
See preparation

For Cinnamon Maple Butter

  • 1/2 Cup Butter , or 1 stick, room temperature
  • 1 Tablespoon Maple Syrup
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
See preparation

Directions:

For Cottage Cheese Pancakes

  1. Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Beat egg whites in a large mixer bowl until stiff (not dry).
  2. Thoroughly whisk egg yolks, cottage cheese, milk and vanilla in a large bowl until well blended. This mixture will not be smooth.
  3. Add dry ingredients; gently whisk together just until blended. Fold in beaten egg whites.
  4. Heat a lightly greased large nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat until hot. Cook in batches, spooning 1/4 cup batter into skillet for each pancake.
  5. When a few bubbles form, the top starts to dry around the edges and the bottom side is golden brown, turn pancakes. Cook until second side is golden brown.
  6. Serve the cottage cheese pancakes with Cinnamon Maple Butter and fresh fruit.

For Cinnamon Maple Butter

  1. Whip butter, maple syrup and cinnamon in a small bowl until blended.

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