Almond Croissant Baked Protein Pancake Bowls- great for meal prep and no banana needed!
These Almond Croissant Baked Protein Pancake Bowls are the perfect high-protein breakfast for busy mornings! They’re soft, fluffy, and infused with buttery almond croissant flavors, making them taste like a treat while still being packed with over 30 grams of protein. Plus, they’re great for meal prep—just grab a bowl, heat it up, and enjoy. No banana needed, and you only need a few simple ingredients to whip them up. If you love the idea of pancakes but don’t have time to cook a stack, this is the ultimate solution!
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Servings 3
Calories 475 kcal
Almond Paste
- 40 g almond butter
- 20 g sugar free maple syrup sub for normal maple syrup or honey
- dash of hot water to desired consistency
Pancake Bowl bases (ingredients per bowl, this recipe makes 3 bowls)
- 1 egg
- 50 g yogurt vanilla or unflavoured
- 70 ml milk high protein light milk or soy or almond
- 35 g flour all purpose
- 25 g protein powder vanilla or white chocolate works well. This recipe uses a vegan protein powder, if using whey, use slightly less liquid.
- 5 g zero calorie granulated sweetener or sweetener of choice, 1 tsp
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp almond essence optional
- 10 g flaked almonds for topping
- 1/3 almond paste mixture from above
Preheat oven to 180c or 356 F.
Mix the almond paste ingredients until well combined, then set aside.
Add each ingredient into each oven safe glass bowl and mix well (3 in total).
Evenly divide the almond paste mixture onto each of the pancake bowls and swirl into the batter. Top with 10g flaked almonds on each bowl.
Bake for 20-22 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes.
Serve with a dash of monkfruit icing sugar and sugar free maple syrup and enjoy (or normal icing sugar/maple syrup).
*Note: This recipe makes 3 bowls. I add each ingredient separately to each bowl so that every bowl is equal and is at the same amount of calories/volume.
*My go to protein for this recipe is Caramelised White Chocolate Premium Protein from MacroMike. use my code amb-eliyaeats to save 10%. (I am a proud MacroMike ambassador!)
*Sweetener used: Natvia
Macros for Almond Croissant Baked Oats
Per bowl (3 bowls in total):
Calories: 475 Calories
Carbohydrate: 33g
Protein: 37g
Fat: 19g
Calories: 475kcal
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