Cottage Cheese Apple Pancakes

This recipe is from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home. These pancakes are high in protein and very delicious. Keep the pancakes small, around 4 inches, because they are difficult to flip if they are any bigger.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4-5
• Yields: 16 4 inch pancakes

Ingredients

• 2  apples or 1 1⁄2 cups  grated apples
• 1  cup small curd cottage cheese
• 4  large eggs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2  tablespoons maple syrup
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  tablespoons butter or 2  tablespoons  oil

Directions

1. Peel, core, and grate the apple into a mixing bowl.
2. Thoroughly mix in the cottage cheese, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup, and salt.
3. Sprinkle in the flour and baking powder and stir well.
4. Butter or oil a heavy griddle and place it on medium low heat.
5. For each pancake, ladle 1/4 cup of the batter onto the skillet.
6. When bubbles form on the tops and the bottoms are browned, flip the pancakes over and brown them on the other side.
7. Serve topped with maple syrup or sour cream and fruit.