Keto pancake muffins are an easy and healthy grab-and-go breakfast. Enjoy the best of both worlds with this high protein make-ahead recipe. Perfect for keto beginners!
Struggling to decide between pancakes or muffins for your first meal of the day? Well now you don’t have to! Pancake muffins are the perfect blend of breakfast foods.
Surely you know by now how much I love keto muffins. And I have an abiding affection for keto pancakes too. So why not marry the two together? Why not, I ask you! Then I don’t ever have to face that wrenching breakfast dilemma.
Crisis averted! Now off to dip them in some keto maple syrup!
Why you will love this recipe
This recipe has been on my website since 2015 and was badly in need of an update, with new photos, tips, and information. I tweaked it a bit to add more protein as well. So now they really help fuel you for busy mornings.
What hasn’t changed is how easy they are to make. These pancake muffins take a handful of keto ingredients and about 30 minutes of your time. And they really do have the taste and texture of pancakes. But they’re so much more portable.
If you’re looking for a make-ahead breakfast, this recipe can’t be beat. You can whip up a batch and store them in the fridge or freezer, so they’re ready whenever you need.
With 9.1g of protein and only 5.9g of carbs, you can feel good about adding these muffins to your daily routine.
Ingredients you need
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- Yogurt: I recommend full fat Greek yogurt for the best consistency and the highest protein content. You can also use higher protein yogurts like Two Good.
- Almond flour: Finely ground, blanched almond flour works best.
- Protein powder: I added some unflavored whey protein to up the nutritional content. You could use egg white protein as well.
- Sweetener: These muffins are not overly sweet. I used just 1/3 cup of Swerve Granular. See the Expert Tips for more sweetener recommendations.
- Eggs: Large eggs give the muffins the right pancake/muffin consistency.
- Berries: I use a combination of frozen blueberries and raspberries in these pancake muffins. But you could do nuts or chocolate chips too!
- Kitchen staples: Butter, baking powder, vanilla, salt.
Step by Step Directions
1. Blend the wet ingredients: In the jar of a blender, combine the yogurt, eggs, sweetener, butter, and vanilla extract. Blend briefly to combine.
2. Add the dry ingredients: All at once, add the almond flour, sweetener, protein powder, baking powder, and salt. Blend until smooth.
3. Add the berries: By hand, stir about two thirds of the berries into the blender jar. Do not blend them up!
4. Fill the muffin cups: Divide the batter evenly among 12 silicone or parchment muffin cups. Top each with a few more berries.
5. Bake the muffins: Bake at 350ºF for 20 to 25 minutes, until the muffins are golden brown and just firm to the touch. Remove and let cool in the pan.
Expert Tips
These are not meant to be very sweet muffins. Rather they taste like baked pancakes, and are meant to be spread or drizzled or dipped. I really like them with a little butter and homemade syrup or a little allulose maple syrup. They’re also delicious with a smear of peanut butter or my homemade Sugar Free Nutella.
They will rise quite a bit and then sink after baking. This is normal and simply a product of how pancake batter bakes in a muffin tin.
Sweetener Options: The consistency does not rely on the sweetener, so you are free to use what you like best. Do keep in mind that allulose will make them brown much more quickly so keep your eye on them.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can use another batter for these Keto Pancake Muffins but the results may be different. I tweaked this recipe to make it a little less rubbery and more fluffy, so I think it works best.
This low carb pancake muffin recipe has 5.9g of carbs and 2.3g of fiber per muffin. That means each serving has 3.6g net carbs.
These muffins are quite moist so they are best stored in the fridge in a covered container for up to a week. You can also freeze them for several months.
Keto Pancake Muffins
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (150 g) plain Greek yogurt
- 3 large eggs
- 3 tbsp butter, melted
- 1/3 cup (60.67 g) Swerve Sweetener
- 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (224 g) blanched almond flour
- 1/3 cup (36 g) unflavored whey protein powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup (80 g) frozen blueberries and raspberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line a standard muffin pan with silicone or parchment liners.
- Add the yogurt, eggs, butter, sweetener, and vanilla to a blender. Blend quickly to combine.
- Add the almond flour, protein powder, baking powder, and salt. and blend until the batter is well combined.
- Stir half of the berries into the batter by hand. Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups and then place a few remaining berries in the top of each.
- Bake 18 to 25 minutes minutes, until the muffins are golden brown and just firm to the touch. Remove and let cool in the pan.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.
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SO GOOD! I actually blended the berries completely and it was delicious. Just a suggestion maybe, since I’m currently making everything you upload haha, but is it super hard to also give the actual weight of things, in grams or ounces? Not sure what your process looks like. Since I have GD (just emailed you, hi again!) I weigh everything for every recipe I make to keep scrupulous count of the carbs, so I can connect higher values to what I’m eating and avoid all medications. I mean, like I said, I end up weighing it all, but its amazing how different 1/4 of almond flour measures each time you do it! I often wonder if your stuff tastes a little differently than mine! The frozen berries in this recipe is really what I was thinking of. I bet those measurements can vary a lot! Maybe it doesn’t affect the taste that much and my type A/OCD is showing 🙂
Anyway, loved these! they’re so moist. I love having stuff like this to grab in the mornings.
These are AMAZING. So simple and so delicious! I think these are going to become a weekly staple, with maybe so chocolate chips being added in as well. I used sour cream like some others did above because I always have it handy and I used mixed frozen berries so there were some blackberries and strawberries as well. Divine! Didn’t need any additional sweetener, but I couldn’t say no to some extra butter! Thanks for another winner! 🙂
I’ve done raspberries and chocolate chips. Those were popular with the kids!
You need to verify your carb count on this one. I uploaded this recipe into MyFitnessPal and with 8 muffins, they come out to 32 NET CARBS per muffin!
No, actually I don’t have to. I make it very clear on my blog that I do not count the carbs in erythritol, as they do not raise my blood sugar one little bit. Most low carbers don’t either. Hope that info helps!
Actually, now that I look at the recipe, it only takes 3 tbsp of Swerve. I know these ingredients do NOT add up to 32 g per muffin so I think either MyFitnessPal has lost its mind or you entered something incorrectly. Believe me…my software (MacGourmet) pulls from the USDA database of nutrition so something is off in your calculations, not in mine. 🙂
So… this was really bugging me because my family said they were awesome but I decided not to try them. Yet, could NOT figure out how MFP calculated the way it did. 🙁
Dug into it a bit deeper. Lo & behold, the “food” it grabbed when I imported the recipe was listed as 225 grams sugar!!! What!?!??! Let’s just say I quickly fixed that baby!! Whew…
I enjoyed one for breakfast today & am looking forward to “leftovers” tomorrow!
Thanks! 🙂
yes, I asked about this on Facebook and a reader said that when she imported it, it turned 3 tbsp of Swerve into 3 CONTAINERS (full containers!) of stevia. Not sure what is up but MFP is really not reliable. When you see a big discrepancy like that, be sure to check each individual ingredient.
Can these be made with out a blender?? Just use a spoon to mix them ?? I have seen foil liners, and will look for parchment liners. ? ?
Yes, they can be. A little more work but it shouldn’t be a problem. Make sure to mix your dry ingredients first, then add the wet ingredients.
Thanks
I used an electric hand mixer with no problems. Just dumped everything in sans the berries. Worked – and turned out – great!!
These are super easy and DELICIOUS! Eating some right now. They baked up lighter than I expected. My picky 12 yo is eating one right now. He loves it and said “It doesn’t even need butter!” Thank you for sharing this. I will be making this again. Just a note, I used Greek Yogurt for mine.
Made a double batch this morning. Came out delicious. My only issue is that they stuck to the paper liners horribly. I ran out of paper and greased some, and I have to recommend skipping the paper and just greasing. So delicious.
I always, always recommend the parchment paper liners to avoid this issue. If you want easier clean up, make sure you grab some!
I often grease (spray with coconut oil spray) my liners so they don’t stick as much.
Made a batch of these delicious muffins this morning and I have to say it was incredibly hard to stop at only 1. Thanks again Carolyn, for the amazing recipes.
I just made a double batch of these. They’re very good! I ended up getting 24 mini muffins and 12 regular muffins out of the double batch. The mini one I tried is slightly dry, but the the flavor awesome. I used 3 T Swerve plus some liquid stevia and did everything else as written. They’ll be great with some butter or cream cheese.
U should say these look amazing Annie AND Carolyn! 🙂
These look incredible Carolyn – the texture and crumb looks amazing! I’ve not seen anything low carb turn out like that. I’ll be giving them a whirl for sure!
PS about an 1/8 tsp of lemon oil really brings out the flavor
Do these freeze well?
They should. In my experience, all muffins like this freeze well and I’ve frozen similar ones, although not these in particular.
Yes! I bake them up and freeze them then set one out in the morning when I get up. When I’m ready..it’s ready!
I have made these twice, once with chopped apple instead of berries and once with frozen wild blueberries. They are delicious and the texture is great. I made these in my blender and did have trouble with the batter gunking up around the blades but I don’t have a high powered blender. The next time (and there will be a next time) I’ll probably use my kitchenaid mixer. It’s so nice to have an alternative to eggs for breakfast.
I tried these for the first time and LOVE them! I did make some substitutions based on what I had available. I kept them dairy free by using coconut oil instead of butter and coconut yogurt instead of regular yogurt. I make my own almond milk 3-4x/week, so I always have some pulp left that I dehydrate & grind down to a flour. Extra fiber, and they have been pre-soaked so no chance of phytase. Since I did use the “almond meal” I had to add in 1/2 cup of almond milk till it was muffin consistency. This also led me to have to cook them twice as long! No problem, I just kept testing and putting them back in. So, approx. 30 minutes later @ 350degrees they tested done and were FABULOUS!!
Thanks so much! I hope my substitutions can help anyone else who is dairy free and frugal!
Thanks for another great LC recipe! Will be making these again and again. I used sour cream in place of the full milk yoghurt because that’s all I had. Added an extra tbsp of erythritol (Now brand, sorry haven’t tried Swerve yet but I will the next time I need to buy it). I made one batch with the berries and another batch with Lily’s LC chocolate chips ~ both turned out yummy!
These turned out absolutely delicious. And I mean flipping delicious!!! Thank you for a grain/sugar free recipe that actually tastes like food.