With just a few ingredients, you can make a fluffy, protein-packed pancake that’s perfect for just one. This pancake has peanut butter, an egg, oat flour and protein powder for a high-protein breakfast option that happens to be gluten-free!
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Perfect single serving: No need to make a huge stack of pancakes if you’re just cooking for one!
- High-protein: A combination of peanut butter, protein powder and egg provide more protein than your average pancake
- Fluffy texture: You’ll get lots of fluff and a slightly sweet flavor that makes for a perfect pancake base for toppings like sliced banana, peanut butter, cacao nibs, or other fruit.
What you’ll need to make these:
- Protein powder: I’ve used Sunwarrior protein powder and love the vanilla flavor. You can use any vanila-flavored protein powder you like!
- Oat flour: If you don’t have oat flour, you can grind oats in a high-powered blender or food processor to make oat flour. Not all oats are gluten-free, so make sure to check the label if you’re sensitive.
- Peanut butter: You can use any nut butter alternative instead such as almond butter, sunflower seed butter or cashew butter. I don’t recommend omitting this as it’s important for flavor and texture in the pancake.
- Maple syrup: If you don’t have maple syrup, you can substitute an equal amount of honey or granulated sugar.
This pancake has a lightly fluffy texture that I prefer above most other protein pancakes I’ve tried. I highly recommend serving this with additional banana and peanut butter!
This pancake was inspired by Kylie’s cookie dough pancake!
Fluffy Protein Pancake
One giant, super fluffy gluten-free protein pancake!
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ½ tablespoon maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons oat flour
- 2 tbsp vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- pinch cinnamon, optional
- ¼ banana optional
Instructions
- Combine all wet ingredients (egg through vanilla), then stir in dry ingredients (oat flour through salt). Slice or lightly crush the banana, if using, and add to batter. Pour batter into a lightly greased, preheated pan and cook over medium heat for 2-4 minutes on both sides until fully cooked.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Jessica Sorensen
I was wondering if anybody’s made these with Bob’s one-to-one flour
Raelynn
I have and they turned out great!
Lacey
I did not love the texture. The taste is pretty good.
Chriristine
I’m so glad I came across this recipe and took a chance on it because it was AMAZING. I’m definitely putting this into my weekly rotation! Thank you so much!
erika
Ahhh so glad to hear it Christine!! Thanks for letting me know you liked it :))
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
1-ummmm I wanna go to your Galentine’s Party. It sounds epic
2-Yay for not being allergic to dairy!
3-THESE PANCAKES-they look unreal. SO delish
Nancy @ gottagetbaked
Phew, so glad to hear you’re not allergic to dairy but sad to hear about the eczema flare ups. My little sister has dealt with eczema all her life and it’s not fun. The silver lining is your discovery of this protein powder and now we all benefit with this amazing pancake recipe. Damn, these photos are screen-licking good. It sounded like you had a fabulous Galentine’s Day, which was well-deserved, my friend!
Erica
Girl. These are POWER pancakes. I totally want one this weekend!!! <3 <3
Katie (The Muffin Myth)
So glad to hear you’re not allergic to dairy! Still, it’s frustrating to not know what is causing your symptoms, so I hope you figure that out. This pancake looks great! I bought a giant bag of protein powder early in my pregnancy to try and boost my protein content, and I’ve hardly put a dent in it. Turns out I just really don’t like protein powder, even in smoothies. But I haven’t tried it in pancakes or other baked goods yet, and I hate throwing things out, so I’ll have to give these a try! And goodness knows I have time for a leisurely breakfast now that I’m on maternity leave and just waiting for the baby to arrive. Thanks for the recipe!
Shikha @ Shikha la mode
Woooo glad you aren’t allergic to dairy – let the even more dessert eating begin!
Jenna
GIRL. Those look amaze. AND they’re nutrient-packed? You shall be pinned to my morning eats board, stat.
Katrina
This big pancake looks awesome! And three cheese for not being allergic to dairy. Very exciting!