Protein Pancake Recipe Mix | Make This a Pantry Staple

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This protein pancake recipe mix may just become your new household pantry staple!

For several years I’ve been buying Kodiak Power Cakes pancake mix (chocolate chip is our favorite) on the regular. I like having a quick, protein packed, hot breakfast at the ready for my kids and me when time is a bit crunched (or I just don’t feel like cooking).

With prices climbing at the grocery store and my inclination for more homemade food, I realized I could probably make a decent Kodiak protein pancake copycat. And damn, I succeeded! I know they are fantastic as my ridiculously picky 8 year will eat these pancakes cold, straight from the fridge. That’s how good they are!

Pancakes and Pancake Mix

This recipe works in 2 ways. You can make a batch from start to finish and have a delicious chocolate chip protein packed breakfast. You’ll find that recipe first, below.

Or, you can make a large batch of protein pancake mix using the second recipe below. Then you have pancake mix at the ready, just like you would a prepackaged pancake mix. When you need a quick breakfast, scoop out what you need, add some milk and a dash of vinegar, and poof. You’ve got a hot breakfast in minutes!

It’s genius! And so much more affordable than a store bought mix.

How to Make a Protein Pancake Recipe Mix

Luckily this is pretty straight forward. The bulk of the ingredients are whole wheat flour and oat flour. Simply weigh out your ingredients on a scale like this one. It’s cheap and mine has worked for years.

Most of these ingredients you should probably have in your pantry already. If you don’t, these protein pancakes are worth making the ingredient list staple items.

Start by grabbing a medium bowl, pop it onto a scale and weigh the whole wheat flour directly into the bowl.

For oat flour, simple weigh your oats in a blender and blend. I like to stop it, shake it a little, and blend again. I keep doing this until the oats look just like flour. Then add the oat flour into the bowl with the whole wheat flour.

I’m using coconut sugar for the sweetener in this recipe. You could use a different one if you do so desire.

Vital wheat gluten may be a new ingredient for you. It’s used as protein for meat substitutions and is used in whole wheat recipes to help the texture of more dense recipes. I order mine from Amazon as I’ve never seen it in the store. If it seems weird to you, just know it’s in Kodiak pancakes, too. You’ve already been eating it!

You can use any vanilla whey protein you’re used to. I get mine from Clean Simple Eats.

The last ingredients in the dry mix are baking soda and baking powder.

You have the choice to add the chocolate chips to the mix, or directly to your batter when making the actual pancakes. For this recipe, I’m using Enjoy Life (vegan) mini chips. I add them directly to the mix. When I use dark chocolate (regular size) I add the chips to the pancakes when they are on the griddle. I feel like the big chips sink to the bottom of the mix.

The liquid portion of this recipe (to be added to the dry ingredients when you’re ready to make pancakes) is just milk and white distilled vinegar.

I’m using Fairlife 1% milk as it’s high in protein and lactose free. If you haven’t tried it, give their chocolate milk a try. It’s amazing!

The vinegar quantity is so small you may feel inclined to skip it. Don’t! That little drop of vinegar is what activates your baking soda. I like to measure out my dry mix, then pour on the milk. Then I’ll measure my 1/4 tsp of vinegar and drop it onto the milk (not the dry mix) to ensure it mixes evenly. You can actually see the batter growing. It’s so cool!

Make sure your pan is preheated at medium low. That’s in between low and medium. Not medium! You want the middle to cook without burning the outside. And we don’t want raw insides. So cook for about 1 minute on each side.

You can tell it’s time to flip when the edges are just starting to form and you see a couple little bubbles forming. Remember, medium low! Don’t heat it too fast or you’ll have a hard pancake. Not delicious!

An option here is also to whisk an egg into the batter. That makes for an even fluffier pancake. We have an egg allergy here so eggs are a pancake topper for me, and non existent for the littles.

Try it both ways and see what you like!

If you’ve ever tried a Kodiak pancake and like the ease and simplicity of a protein pancake in a box, give this protein pancake recipe mix a try. It’s totally worth it!

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