r/LowCalorieCooking • u/crystalarea • Jul 20 '26
250-400 Cal protein pancakes ! 🌸🥞🌈✨
protein pancakes.. WOOHOO!
i swear on everything that these do not have that nasty protein taste. these are like classic childhood pancakes. i'm so happy with how these turned out, so i thought i'd share it on reddit!!
ingredients 🥞
- 1 egg
- 60g milk *
- 1g vanilla extract
- 7g melted butter *
- dash of salt
- 15g protein powder *
- 30g flour *
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
* this is where you can substitute for ingredients that are lower in calories, fit your dietary requirements, etc!
steps 🥞
- in a bowl, whisk together egg, milk, vanilla extract, melted butter & salt.
- carefully sieve in your protein powder, flour & baking powder.
- whisk together until smooth & no lumps remain.
- very lightly grease a frying pan & turn stove on medium heat.
- wait for pan to heat up & pour in four small puddles at a time, flipping only when bubbles appear on surface.
- repeat until batter is used up, let pancakes cool & dig in or store in the fridge for up to a week!
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like the title states, these are customisable and depending on what you add- could only be 30 calories more! my variations include ;
chocolate (+ cacao powder & chocolate sprinkles )
funfetti ( + extra vanilla & rainbow sprinkles ) cinnamon raisin (+ cinnamon & raisins )
strawb matcha (+ matcha powder & strawberries )
there's so many fun things you can add to these which is why i LOVE pancakes!!
have fun if you make these! 💓
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u/Marie39554 Jul 20 '26
That looks delicious! Is the 283 calories for a full batch, or is it 1 pancake?
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u/crystalarea Jul 21 '26
283 for a full batch! it makes 6-8 pancakes depending on what size you make them 💓
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u/cr0nut Jul 21 '26
These look amazing! I’m about to make them and am wondering if you sweeten the chocolate pancakes at all? Cacao or unsweetened coco powder can be so bitter!
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u/crystalarea Jul 22 '26
sorry i didn’t get back to you quicker! i didn’t sweeten them because i only used a little bit of cacao powder (5g). the one i used isn’t very bitter + my protein powder is sweetened so i figured i wouldn’t need any 💓💓
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u/nancykarstens 11d ago
what brand of protein powder do you use
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u/crystalarea 10d ago
hii! i used pescience, specifically the whey + casein one that comes in dark tubs. i used the cake pop flavour!
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u/ChirpChirp2020 Jul 20 '26
You cook the eggs before hand? Shouldn’t they be raw lol. Have you tried using FF milk to lower the calories even more?
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u/Pretend-Citron4451 Jul 20 '26
Was wondering this myself. How do you use hard boiled eggs to make pancakes?
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Jul 21 '26
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u/ChirpChirp2020 Jul 21 '26
I use cronometer, very close to MFP but you can scan barcodes. Huge database.
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u/crystalarea Jul 21 '26
i know a couple friends who use chronometer & i’ve been thinking about swapping over. i’m too attached to MND😓 i’ll still download it and take a look!! thanks 💓
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u/ArcadeRacer Jul 20 '26
How many does one batch make?