Protein Pumpkin Waffle {93 Calories}
These pumpkin waffles, made with high protein ingredients like egg whites and cottage cheese, have only 93 calories and 8 grams of protein each.
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I’ve been making some variation of this low calorie, high protein, waffle or pancake, over and over. The original pancake with practically the same ingredients is here. The high protein, low calorie waffle can be found here. All three of these are similar (egg whites and oats), with only slight variations.
Once I decided to make a protein pumpkin waffle, I knew I wanted to use the same ingredients, but just add a little bit of pumpkin and pumpkin flavors. So, that’s what I did.
What ingredients are in the protein pumpkin waffle recipe?
So, I used
- Egg whites (I like the liquid egg whites in the cartons from Costco)
- Fat free cottage cheese. (probably could have left this out, and doubled the pumpkin, but I like the boost of protein from the cottage cheese.)
- Oats! Instead of flour, these become gluten free when you use oats. I like to blend the oats in a blender first, to turn it into oat flour. Then, I add the rest of the pumpkin ingredients.
- Pumpkin pie spice. Truth be told, I actually don’t have any of this right now. But I made my own using cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves and nutmeg. Super easy!
How do you lower the calories of the waffles?
Classic waffles can be made with a lot of butter and sugar, making them high in calories.
To keep these waffles sweet, I leave out any sugar, and just add sugar free syrup after the fact.
To keep these waffles high in protein and low in calories, egg whites are perfect.
So, give these protein pumpkin waffles a try, and then also try the pumpkin chaffle if you need a waffle that’s also low in carbs!
Protein Pumpkin Waffles
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup oats
- 1/3 cup liquid egg whites
- 2 tablespoons fat free cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients in a high powered blender, until oats are smooth. I will blend the oats to make oat flour first, and then add the rest of the ingredients and reblend.
- Spray a mini waffle iron with cooking spray (or normal size if you are just making 1 waffle)
- Using 1/4 cup measuring cup, pour half of the batter onto the waffle iron and cook till done. Then, the remaining batter.
- Remove from waffle iron and top with sugar free syrup or whipped topping.
Nutrition
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did I miss the fiber count?
2 g fiber per waffle! (4 grams fiber for the full batch)
Iām making a large batch to freeze and have when Iām wanting a pumpkin waffle. Thank you for sharing!
Pumpkin season is here!! Glad you like these.
Can you use almond flour instead of oats?
Hi Sherry ! I haven’t tried it. But, almond flour might be hard to get the same texture. You could try gluten free all purpose flour.
Going to try these…. I tend to use 2- 647 bread(40 calories each)just mix egg whites, pumpkin extract and put in waffle maker! I think cottage cheese will add more protein! No oats needed because of the bread.
WAIT, WHAT?!?! You’re telling me, it’s like a french toast, but you’re cooking it in a waffle iron!? YOU’RE BRILLIANT!!
Soooooo good!!! I used greek yogurt instead of cottage cheese was perfect!
Great idea!! Glad you liked it!
This is a must-make this fall! Totally irresistible!
What a perfect fall breakfast! Love that they’re full of pumpkin flavor with plenty of protein too.
The perfect healthy breakfast!
I just loved these pumpkin waffles!!
These waffles were so good and had the perfect pumpkin flavor. Thanks!
Perfect for fall! We loved the pumpkin flavor!
Yum! This pumpkin waffle powered me through the day! It was the perfect breakfast!
These were so yummy, I wanted something different for breakfast and these were a great switch.
I love that these delicious waffles have protein. A much more satisfying meal!