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We were so happy to discover this new Polish apple and cottage cheese pancakes recipe. Or at least we think they are polish. We found it on a blog called Slodka Babka (isn’t that a cute blog name?).
The blog was written in Polish so we did some figuring and we determined they were likely Polish. It was interesting to find out what a “dag” was. It doesn’t convert to grams like Google translator would like to make you believe. If you were really curious, 1 dag = 10 grams. Any-who, what you have here is a darn good breakfast recipe.
What I love about these pancakes (besides being delicious), is they’re so quick and easy to make. There’s no yeast, no baking powder or baking soda, and there’s no waiting around for the batter to rise, yet it’s fluffy. I don’t think I would have ever thought to make them like this. It’s genius. Read on to find out the easy and wonderful little secret.
Pancake Ingredients:
4 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
3 medium apples peeled, cored and grated
1 cup small curd cottage cheese
1 Tbsp honey
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 pinch salt
Grape seed or extra light olive oil to saute
Powdered sugar for dusting, optional
How to Make the Apple Cottage Cheese Pancakes:
1. In a large bowl, mix 1 ¼ cup of flour, 4 egg yolks, 3 grated apples, 1 cup of cottage cheese, 1 Tbsp of honey, ¼ tsp cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Mix until evenly blended.
2. In a separate, clean bowl (in case you like to use dirty bowls I guess; sorry, that was a duh) beat egg whites 1.5 minutes on high speed with a hand mixer until foamy and soft peaks form. Fold the egg whites carefully into in the rest of the mix using a spatula.
3. Add 2-3 Tbsp of grape seed or extra light olive oil to a large nonstick skillet and preheat it to a med/high. Drop a tablespoon-full of the mixture onto the hot oiled skillet and press it down slightly. Saute for 3-4 minutes per side until golden on each side.
Dust with powdered sugar if you want to pretty it up and serve with sour cream or your favorite jam. Enjoy:D
Apple and Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Ingredients
- 4 eggs, whites and yolks separated
- 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 3 medium apples peeled, cored and grated
- 1 cup small curd cottage cheese
- 1 Tbsp honey
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- Grapeseed or extra light olive oil to saute
- Powdered sugar for dusting, optional
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix 1 ¼ cup of flour, 4 egg yolks, 3 grated apples, 1 cup of cottage cheese, 1 Tbsp honey, ¼ tsp cinnamon and a pinch of salt, stir until blended.
- In a separate, clean bowl, beat egg whites 1.5 minutes on high speed until foamy and soft peaks form. Fold the egg whites carefully into in the rest of the mix with a spatula.
- Add 2-3 Tbsp oil to a large nonstick skillet and preheat it to a med/high. Drop a tablespoon-full of the batter onto the hot oiled skillet and press it down slightly. Saute for 3-4 minutes per side until golden on each side.
- Serve with powdered sugar, sour cream or your favorite jam. Enjoy!
These look awesome! I am Polish – & these are a spin on the traditional apple pancakes. Thanks for linking up to the original blog too! =)
I like to give a credit where it belongs 🙂
Wow!! Love the new format Natasha://
Thank you Natasha.
ahhh I need to make these ASAP! Love the new format.
Thank you Olviya, I just love how simple they are :).
Love the new version! The page is so cute with the picture and everything, it’s going directly into my cookbook/binder 🙂 Also, I love how this recipe requires everything that I have on hand every day 🙂
Thank you Mary. That’s what I love about this recipe as well, I can make it any day of the week 😀
I love your print option!!! I will defiantly try this yummy recipe tomorrow. Please let me know how to make this print option for my blog:-)
Thank you Lea. Print option plugin is designed for WordPress. Try to research different print plugins available for blogspot, I hope you find it.
These look soooo good! I am trying though to eat less wheat these days. Any idea which flour I can use as a substitute?
I only used regular flour so far. Click here to read about alternatives to wheat flour, hope it helps.
In a hurry one day, I just added cottage cheese and diced apples rolled in cinnamon to a “store bought boxed batter”…Guess what? It was very good~
Really!!…Great fix on a school morning when time is limited:))
Nice!! That’s awesome. Do you mean pancake batter?
Those look delicious, and I have lots of apples in my orchard.
Looks like you have some cooking to do Victor 🙂
I loveee the new layout!! Your recipes are amazing!! Keep up the wonderful work. Your bright personality resonates through your words and pictures love it! 🙂
Thank you very much Tanya, new layout makes my cooking easier and I hope it will make yours too 🙂
Hi Natasha,
I like the new print version. I usually don’t print recipes but just bring my laptop into the kitchen. The new print version means I no longer have to scroll up and down with sticky fingers.
Thank you Inna, I feel the same way :).
Love the new format, don’t have to jump up and down the page. Plus I like having a printed copy to keep in my recipe binder in the kitchen. Can’t wait to try this recipe. Like another blogger said, “you are my new cookbook” and my favorite cookbook. Thank you 😉
Thank you so much Vera, this means a lot to me :).
This is great printer friendly format, I’ve actually never commented before but I LOVE the recipes you have, I have tried ALOT of them :o) love love love the tres leche cake AMAZING! seriously though thanks for sharing these recipes and in very detailed instructions and posting new ones so often! awesome!
Thanks again and many blessings to you and your family :o)
Thank you so much Lena, your comment made me smile 😀
Looks delicious. .and probably is ! Will have to try this!
Thank you, I hope you love it as much as we do 🙂
Oh and I can’t believe I was right about the egg whites. I thought I’d be wrong cause I couldn’t imagine frying beaten egg whites. Learned something new!
I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to spoil the surprise!! Your husband and son just stopped by and tried some new muffins. 🙂
Oh, I’ll have to ask them about it. We were busy with something when they came home, so I didn’t get a chance to ask what they did. I know Noah loved stopping by to play with David, though.
Ok, I’m seriously making these today, as I have both apples and cottage cheese. Along with an apple sharlotka and pumpkin spice cupcakes in the plans, and the plum pie I just finished! I’m totally into fall baking (frying in this case) right now–how am I ever gonna lose this baby weight??
You are on a roll!! Wow! I probably wouldn’t get that much done with a new baby. Good job!!
love love all your recipes! My new cook book (;
Thank you Maria 🙂
This looks yummy!! Can’t wait to try! 🙂
The new recipe layout is great. I especially love when measurements of ingredients are repeated in the directions portion, since I often get lost trying to figure out the next step while going back to the ingredient list to see how much of what is needed. Unfortunately when it comes to cooking, I am not as organized as I wish to be, and instead of everything measured out and ready to go, I have boxes, cans, canisters of needed ingredients and one measuring cup 🙂 This recipe layout will definitely make my cooking experiences easier. Great Job!
Thank you so much. I did it that way because I don’t like to keep jumping back and forth between the instructions and the ingredients list. Glad it makes your cooking easier 🙂
I totally agree with others! Your way of repeating all the measurements in the instructions makes everything so much easier! Non of other bloggers do that. Way to go, Natasha!
Love the new format. Great job
Thank you. Thank you. 😉
I love this new version. I’ve tried several of your recipes and even my mom commented that she didn’t know I could cook/bake. You’re my little or not so little secret.
Oh your comment brought me some joy today. Thank you! 🙂
Oh Natasha! As of right now, I am printing this recipe and running to my kitchen to try it! HA! I just LOVE the new way you have set up to print recipes! It is sooo convenient! THANK YOU, DEAR!
Ok, that’s one vot YES 🙂 Thank you Liana. I’m always happy to hear from you.
Liana and I think ALIKE, because we are sisters! I also just printed the recipe out. We always have cottage cheese around and i just bought couple bags of apples. Looking forward trying these pancakes this morning! thank you!
You’re welcome Angelina, let me know what you think once you do a taste test 🙂