Copycat Kodiak Pancake Mix with Fresh Flour

If you love protein pancakes as much as I do but want to make it yourself at home to control ingredients, you’re in the right place! This Copycat Kodiak Pancake Mix recipe uses freshly milled wheat & oats, milk protein, and buttermilk powder to recreate the delicious storebought mix without any questionable ingredients.

It’s no secret I love the Kodiak Cakes Pancake Mix, and I use it to make my delicious protein waffles and protein pancakes. It’s expensive, but large boxes of Kodiak Protein Pancake mix at Costco are priced fairly. My kids love these pancakes, too!

High-Quality Clean Ingredients

This mix is made from high-quality clean ingredients, including:

Freshly Milled Wheat Flour – I used hard white wheat berries, you can also use hard red. Feel free to try your favorite grains in this recipe, just be careful when adding water. Different grains absorb different amounts of water, so go slow and assess the thickness of the batter along the way.

Soft white wheat is also another popular choice for pancakes, though I find the pancakes spread a little thinner with soft white if you don’t reduce the water a bit.

Freshly Milled Oat Flour – I just milled some sprouted oats in my Mockmill, but oats are easy to grind in a blender, so you can make oat flour even without a mill.

Milk Protein Powder – Isolated Milk Protein Powder is a unique blend of different dairy proteins found in milk. Isolated milk protein consists of 80% casein & 20% whey protein. I prefer this protein powder because casein protein cooks nicer than whey. Cooked whey can get dense and tough, whereas casein can help retain a fluffier texture. I recommend unflavored protein powder to keep your mix versatile.

Buttermilk Powder – A standard ingredient in many pancake mixes. I prefer to use this buttermilk powder because it is 100% sweet cream cultured buttermilk solids.

Coconut Sugar (or sweetener of choice) – Just a small amount for flavor.

Other Ingredient Options

I believe in “good, better, best” when it comes to nutrition (also bad, worse, & worst I suppose!) It is not necessary to be the “best” in everything–you can still be healthy by choosing “good” options.

If you want to make your own Kodiak Cake mix and cannot mill fresh flours, use store-bought whole wheat flour and it will still save you a lot of money and give you a delicious mix made of clean ingredients!

How to Make Protein Pancake Mix

If you are using whole wheat berries and whole oats, you will need to mill them into flour. I use my Mockmill grain mill, but you can use a blender or food processor. If you don’t have a grain mill, I recommend using soft wheat berries – you will get a finer grind on the soft wheat.

To make the mix, you simply combine the fresh whole wheat flour, oat flour, milk protein, buttermilk powder, coconut sugar, baking powder, and salt into a mixing bowl and whisk together.

This recipes yields about 2 cups of mix, or 4 total servings.

Store mix in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer. It will stay fresh in the fridge for about one week–for long-term storage, use the freezer.

We refrigerate or freeze mixes made with fresh flour to preserve nutrients and prevent oxidation. If using store-bought flour, it is likely old flour already, so not much to preserve in that sense. You can store the dry mix made with store-bought flour in your pantry.

Cooking the Pancakes

To turn the mix into a single serving of pancakes, use 1/2 cup of the mix and 1/2 cup of water. Mix together and scoop out 1/4 cup portions onto a greased griddle heated to medium (medium-low if your stove runs hot like my induction stove does).

If you wish to add anything to your pancakes, you can do that right after pouring on the griddle. We like to use frozen wild blueberries or mini chocolate chips.

When the pancakes start to bubble and pop, carefully flip them over for the other side to cook for another minute or two. Do not try to flip them too early, or they will break and make a mess!

Top with butter and maple syrup, then enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Below are the macros per serving, which is 1/4 of the total batch. Each serving is 211 calories, 13 grams of protein, 1 gram of fat, and 39 grams of carbs (5g fiber).

Related Recipes

Once you have this mix made, you can use it to make even HIGHER pancake & waffle recipes! Check out my favorite ways to do that below:

Other Healthy Breakfast Recipes

Want some other tasty & high-protein breakfast recipes to try?

• Hawaiian Loco Moco – The Loco Moco is a savory delight that can be made in an extremely healthy way. Nutrient dense eggs and grassfed beef pack this dish with protein while the rice provides plenty of carbs to energize you in the gym.
  
• Protein French Toast Casserole – A great way to use up some whole grain sourdough that may be going stale! Great for meal prep, too.
  
• Healthy Blueberry Breakfast Crumble – This is delicious on top of a bowl of Greek yogurt for an even bigger protein boost!
  
• Healthy Biscuits & Gravy – This healthy, homemade gravy is made with lean ground pork and packed with tons of flavor while being lower in fat. Paired with homemade whole grain drop biscuits, this breakfast surely hits the spot!
  
• Fresh Milled Banana Muffins with Chocolate Chips – The perfect kid-friendly breakfast treat packed with whole grains, healthy fats, and tons of nutrients!

Enjoy This Homemade Protein Pancake Mix!

You’re going to love whipping up a batch of protein pancake mix for a fraction of the price of the boxed stuff! Give it a try and let me know what you think in the comments below–I love to hear from each of you.

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