Start your morning off right with easy Greek Yogurt Pancakes! Made with creamy Greek yogurt, this twist on traditional pancakes is packed with protein and guaranteed to keep you satisfied all morning long!
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Why This Recipe Works
Healthy & Delicious: Take your breakfast up a notch with these healthy Greek yogurt pancakes! The Greek yogurt adds protein so that these pancakes are super filling yes still feel indulgent. To make them even healthier, you can opt to use whole wheat flour! Either way, these pancakes are totally delicious and my new breakfast obsession!
Customizable: Sometimes, I’ll add diced strawberries or blueberries to this Greek yogurt pancake batter for a fruity twist. I also love to swap out the vanilla extract for almond instead, sometimes! I love almond flavored pancakes, especially with some warm maple syrup drizzled on top. If you don’t want to use syrup, you can top these off with a drizzle of honey or a simple sprinkling of powdered sugar with fresh fruit. Or, enjoy them with some of your favorite nut butter spread on top!
Easy: Do you have 20 minutes? Then you have time to make these delicious Greek yogurt pancakes. Just throw a couple of common ingredients together, mix, and cook. Easy peasy.
Ingredients
- Flour: I use all-purpose flour but you could also use whole wheat flour if you want to up your nutrient intake!
- Baking powder: Essential for getting those bubbles and a bit of height to your pancakes.
- Sugar: I only use 2 tablespoons of refined white sugar in these pancakes for just the tiniest hint of sweetness, but you can leave the sugar out entirely and they will still be delish!
- Salt: Just a pinch of salt helps bring out all the flavors in these pancakes.
- Oil: The fat in the oil helps make the pancakes moist. I use canola or vegetable oil. You could also substitute liquid coconut oil.
- Eggs: Regular large eggs.
- Vanilla: Give your Greek yogurt pancakes a bit of flavor with vanilla flavoring. Or, if you prefer a bit of almond flavoring, use ½ teaspoon of almond extract.
- Plain Greek yogurt: I’ve used all sorts of brands of Greek yogurt to much the same result (delicious) but I have found that using thicker yogurts results in a thicker pancake. Use vanilla Greek yogurt for an extra vanilla flavor.
- Milk: While I used fat-free half & half, you can use any milk you have.
- Toppings: Just a few suggestions but I like to have on hand syrup, powdered sugar, honey, fruit, and nuts to top off these homemade pancakes!
Here’s How You Make It
Step by Step Instructions
- Preheat & Prep: Preheat a pan or griddle fo 325 (medium heat). Whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. In another bowl, mix oil, eggs, vanilla and greek yogurt. (photos 1-2)
- Combine: Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir. Stir in milk until all ingredients are combined- don’t over mix, these should still be a few lumps. (photos 3-5)
- Grease & Cook: Grease the griddle or pan and pour 1/4 to 1/3 cup batter onto the griddle. Allow to cook for about 2 minutes or until the edges being to look “dry” and bubbles form in the batter. Use a thin spatula to flip the pancake over and allow to cook for another minute. Transfer to a platter to continue the remaining batter. (photos 6-7)
- Serve & Top: Top pancakes with desired toppings such as syrup, powdered sugar, honey, and fruit! Enjoy! (photo 8)
Expert Tips
- If you like Greek yogurt pancakes with a hint of sweetness, keep the sugar in this recipe. If you don’t want any added sugar, you can simply omit the 2 tablespoons of sugar!
- As you are cooking the pancakes, heat the oven up to 200 F and place the finished pancakes on a baking sheet lined with a wire rack and pop them into the warm oven. That way, the pancakes will stay warm as you finish cooking the rest!
- Double or triple this recipe to either feed a crowd or make extra pancakes to freeze for later!
- To reheat pancakes in a jiffy, pop them in the toaster! So long as they’re cooked, they’ll crisp right up in the toaster.
Frequently Asked Questions
In addition to providing a lot more protein per serving than regular pancake batter, Greek yogurt’s creaminess also makes the pancakes super moist. Plus, its slightly tangy flavor is delicious in almost all baked goods, pancakes included. As if that wasn’t enough, the acid in Greek yogurt can help activate the baking soda, which makes the pancakes extra light and fluffy.
If you pancakes turn out dense, you might have flipped them a few too many times. You have to resist the urge to push down on the pancakes or flip them more than once during the cooking process. The air bubbles in the middle are what makes that fluffy texture, so you don’t want to squish them!
Store any leftover pancakes in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week. You can also freeze these pancakes by placing a small sheet of parchment paper between each one and freezing for up to 6 months. You can thaw them at room temperature, or simply pop them in the toaster as you want to eat them!
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Greek Yogurt Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour - (or whole wheat flour)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar - see note
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla - (or ½ teaspoon almond extract)
- ¾ cup plain greek yogurt - (or vanilla greek yogurt)
- ¾ cup milk - (I used fat free half & half)
- topping suggestions: syrup, powdered sugar, honey, fruit, etc
Instructions
- Preheat a pan or griddle to 325 (medium heat). Whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. In another bowl, mix oil, eggs, vanilla, and greek yogurt.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir. Stir in milk until all ingredients are combined – don’t over mix, there should still be a few lumps.
- Grease griddle and pour 1/4 – 1/3 cup batter onto the griddle. Allow to cook for about 2 minutes or until edges begin to look “dry” and bubbles form in the batter. Use a thin spatula to flip the pancake over and allow to cook for a mother minute. Transfer to a platter and continue with remaining batter.
- Top pancakes with desired toppings such as syrup, powdered sugar, honey, and fruit.
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe adapted from Eating Made Easy
I am definitely making these pancakes for New Years day tomorrow! Can’t think of a more delicious (or healthy) breakfast to start 2015 off!
Made these the other day for breakfast and they were SO good! Seriously! They smelled amazing when they were cooking as well! Only thing though was that mine were a lot flatter than yours look in the pictures… Don’t know why but it didn’t affect the taste at all. Will defiantly make again!
OMG!! I needed a quick healthy pancake recipe since I had no dinner
Can I just say YUMMY! I had some greek yogurt I needed to use and this was perfect. My 2 yr old loves them too. The only thing I changed was I used blueberry greek yogurt and I used coconut oil measured out in liquid form. These were yummy with and without syrup. I will be making more of these and freezing them so our son can have some before school in the mornings.
Made these for my family this morning and they are delicious. I used 1/2 AP flour and 1/2 whole wheat. I also added Chia seeds, coconut, craisins and slices of banana. My family loves all the extras. I will make these again and just add Chia seeds and blueberries to keep the fat and calories a little lower. Thanks for the yummy recipe! Oh and, yes breakfast for dinner is a regular meal in our house!
These pancakes truely are the best I ever made. Made them for my whole family at the cottage and everyone raved about them. Made the recipe x6 and Forgot to bring VANILLa. Was worried how it would taste with making which a large batch and no vanilla but it tasted so so good. Next time I will add vanilla just because and see how itll taste but you definitely dont need it. Tried so many pancakes recipes and this for now on with be my go to recipe . Thank you so much !
Way to please the entire family- Dory!! 😉 Glad you all enjoyed this recipe!