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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!
Natasha Kravchuk
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My husband and I love this recipe!! I’ve made these three times now the past week!:) I love the combination of the apple in it! Yum thank you so much.
Now you have me craving them. I think I’ll make them for breakfast tomorrow morning. Thanks Angela! 🙂
Made these for our family dinner tonight and we ate them all and kids were asking for more. Yummy!
Thank you for a great review Mila, we tend to have the same dilemma 🙂
My kids love these! They stay good all throughout the day. Thanks!
That reminds me of growing up in my Moms house 🙂 she’d make a big batch of pancakes and we munched on leftovers thorough out the day 🙂
I am so in love with these! I make them all the time, so delicious! Even my husband likes them and he’s not a big fan of pancakes, this recipe is truly a keeper!
Thanks so much for the awesome review! I’m so happy you and the Mr. enjoyed these pancakes 🙂 They are also one of my favorites!!
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Talk about a picture is worth a thousand words! These ones are beautiful…so making these for breakfast this week while my kids are off school for a half-term break. Yum!
Thank you so much 🙂 I re-photographed them today since I was making them for brunch 🙂
I’ve done the same with some of the early recipes and it was so worth it, a sudden traffic boost to posts that were completely ignored. Photos are so powerful! 🙂 Just love yours!
Thank you! I still always beat myself up over them; always trying to make them better… Maybe I spend too much time looking at food on pinterest? Anyway, thanks for the compliment!
I found it too that cheese goes with an apple very well.
Cooked or raw! 🙂
Trying this tomorrow, looks delicious. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Hope you love them! I think I need to make them again tomorrow! Thanks for the reminder 🙂
Can u make this recipe except without the apples? My husband has been asking me for straight-up cottage cheese pancakes…would it work?
Ps. I absolutely LOVE your recipes!
The apples make up about 50% of this recipe so I don’t think you’ll be able to leave them out. Have you tried them with apples and he didn’t like the apples? Have you tried the tvorog pancakes? They are cheese pancakes without any fruit and oh so delicious! https://natashaskitchen.com/2012/02/16/ukrainian-syrniki-recipe/
do you drain the cottage cheese? it is watery which might not be easy for frying…. thanks!
No need to drain the cottage cheese. I didn’t drain it and it turned out perfect 🙂
Any blog named “Slodka Babka” is pretty awesome!
Love that you have become my go to blog when I’m looking for something new to try 🙂 these look great
Thank you Kasia :).
What a brilliant recipe! I love the taste of these pancakes! 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Yum Yum Yum!
I’ve made these twice now. The first time I followed directions exactly, except I was lazy and didn’t separate yolks from egg whites. They turned out delicious but not as fluffy. Yesterday, I made these again with the following changes: used 1 apple and 2 pears (because that’s all I had) and subbed cottage cheese with GREEK YOGURT (for those of you asking about what else you could use in place of it). THEY WERE AWESOME! I have a great pancake recipe that uses greek yogurt so I knew it would produce great results in this recipe as well. Thank you Natasha! Keep up the great work!
You are welcome Alya and great job on improvising :).
these are my favorite, perfect combination, I love them, and my kids enjoy them like a special breakfast. Thank you so much. I am definitely giving 5 stars.
Thank you Veronika for such a great review. You are awesome!
I made these for dinner this evening–scrumptious! A hit with the whole family.
Oh I haven’t thought of making them for dinner. That’s a great idea! Thank yo!
I’ve made these a few times now and absolutely love them, as does my 2yo and hubs.
Thank you for posting!
Music to my ears 🙂 I’m so glad you enjoy the recipe!
🙂 all the best to you.
Natasha, you have the BEST recipe website I have EVER been on!!! I am telling ALL my family and friends about it! The pictures, the ease of making the recipes into PDF’s…and of course, THE RECIPES! I am Polish so these are all like being home! Just like my mom makes! Thanks for all these AMAZING recipes and instructions!!!
I love getting comments like this :D. Thank you very much Paulina.
Hi Natasha,
Using whole wheat flour, would they turn out differently? Mine would burn and not not be fully cooked inside. I think whole wheat flour was the issue.
It may be. Whole wheat flour doesn’t rise as well so they wouldn’t be as fluffy. Also try cooking on a little lower heat with a tad more oil. I’d recommend regular flour for this recipe.
These are soooo good!!! Thank you natashka!
Making these as i type right now 🙂 they’re turning out very nice and yummy! thank you Natasha.
Awesome :), great breakfast dish.