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Cottage Cheese Oat Pancakes with Cinnamon Apples

Tender, fluffy oat pancakes with a gentle tang from cottage cheese, topped with buttery, maple-glazed cinnamon apples that stay soft with a little bite.

Cottage Cheese Oat Pancakes with Cinnamon Apples

Ingredients

  • 1 cup226 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • 1 cup80 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 2 large100 gEggs
  • ¾ tsp4 gBaking powder
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround cinnamondivided
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround nutmeg
  • 1 medium180 gApplethinly sliced
  • 2⅛ tsp10 gUnsalted butterdivided
  • 1 tbsp20 gMaple syrup

Steps

  1. Blend or pulse the oats into a coarse flour, then add the cottage cheese, eggs, baking powder, vanilla, half the cinnamon and the nutmeg and blend until mostly smooth. Let the batter rest 5 minutes to thicken.
  2. Melt half the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the apple and remaining cinnamon and cook, stirring, 5 to 6 minutes until tender and golden. Stir in the maple syrup, cook 1 minute more, then move the apples to a plate.
  3. Wipe the skillet, lower the heat to medium-low and brush with the remaining butter. Pour in about 1/4 cup of batter per pancake.
  4. Cook 2 to 3 minutes until bubbles form and the edges look set, then flip and cook 2 minutes more until golden and cooked through in the center, 160°F (71°C). Repeat with the rest of the batter.
  5. Divide the pancakes between two plates and spoon the warm cinnamon apples and their syrup over the top.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Milk, Egg. Some brands contain gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 19, 2026.

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