We’re back with the simplest, most reliable pancake recipe you’ll ever make, Protein Scrambled Pancakes! This quick and easy breakfast is not only delicious but nearly impossible to mess up. Perfect for a healthy meal or snack!
On the topic of pancakes, what’s favorite thing to either add into or on top of your pancakes? Drop it in the comments below!
First and foremost, why would you “scramble” a pancake? Two reasons, for me at least:
- It’s easier, takes less time, and is basically foolproof.
- My biggest reason? To change up the texture. You still get the awesome macros but can add the scramble into anything you want which we’ll cover more at the end here!
To start these, we’ll be making some oat flour with 1 cup of rolled oats in either a blender or food processor. Add your rolled oats into whatever you’re using and simply blend or process them until they look like flour. If you already have oat flour, skip this step.
From here, add that homemade oat flour into a mixing bowl followed by 1 scoop of protein powder, some optional sweetener, 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1/4 cup of milk, 1 large whole egg, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1 ounce of a Greek yogurt, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, and a pinch of salt.
Remember that we always have metric conversions for all of these ingredients in the recipe card below!
You can mix and match your Greek yogurt and protein powder flavors here to easily switch up the flavor. Some of my favorite variations?
Protein Scrambled Pancakes
- Chocolate Greek Yogurt with Peanut Butter Protein Powder
- Banana Greek Yogurt with Salted Caramel Protein Powder
- Cherry Greek Yogurt with Chocolate Protein Powder
Give those ingredients a mix until they’re smooth. You don’t want your mix to be too thin. If it appears to be too thick, slowly add in a bit more milk until it thins out. You can see the consistency that I like in the video.
Next, take out a stovetop pan, turn your burner on medium heat, and coat it with some non-stick cooking spray. Let that heat up.
Pro tip? Double or triple the recipe as needed!
Once it heats up, add in your protein scrambled pancakes mix and let it cook for a couple minutes as you would a pancake.
After it rises and starts to bubble like a regular pancake, it’s time to “scramble it” by breaking it up with your spatula. Let it continue to cook as you scramble it until the scramble reaches your desired texture.
This tastes great both cold and reheated (:20-:30 seconds in the microwave) if you’re taking it with you on the go!
Pancake Scramble Bowls
My absolute favorite thing to make with this is a pancake scramble bowl! Today, I added in fresh blueberries, chocolate and sugar free syrup. There are endless variations. Other fun ingredients to add in?
- Nuts
- Peanut Butter
- Honey
- Greek Yogurt
- Cottage Cheese
- Protein Frosting
- Whipped Topping/Cream
- Protein Bar (broken up)
- Granola
- Hemp Seeds
- Coconut Flakes
- and MUCH MORE!
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Protein Scrambled Pancakes
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Ingredients
- 1 Cup Rolled Oats - Turned into Oat Flour
- 1 Scoop Protein Powder - Use a complimenting flavor
- Sweetener - *Optional
- ½ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ Cup Milk - or Milk Substitute
- 1 Large Whole Egg
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Ounce Greek Yogurt - Use a complimenting flavor
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 Pinch Salt
Instructions
- Prepare your homemade Oat Flour by blending or processing your Rolled Oats
- Add all over your ingredients together in a mixing bowl
- Mix them together until smooth (add more Milk as needed to "thin" your mix out if it's too thick)
- Turn your burner on medium heat and coat a pan with non-stick cooking spray
- Pour in your mix once it heats up and let it cook for a couple minutes as you would a "regular" pancake
- After it rises and begins to bubble you can "scramble" it using your spatula
- Let it continue to cook as you scramble it until it reaches your desired "scramble"
Video
Notes
- Calories: 460
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Sodium: 740mg
- Carbs: 44g
- Fiber: 8g
- Sugar: 6g
- Protein: 44g
This worked well, and the scramble concept does give a lot of flexibility. A few notes: I’m a big guy (6’1”, 215lbs) with a big appetite, and this was an intimidating amount of food. Also calories. So with frozen blueberries and a tablespoon of maple syrup, this came in at 676 calories. Good protein, though, at 49g. If I scale it down to maybe 60%, it’ll give more flexibility to add in different toppings and still come in around 500cal, and still be plenty of food.
Great recipe, easy to make. But I like the visual of a stack of pancakes. I will definitely use the recipe again. I topped my scramble with sliced banana and blueberries.
Can I make it the night before and cook in the morning?
Absolutely!
This was great on the griddle and gave me a ton of flexibility. The bowl idea is genius, I can’t wait to make this again.