Protein Crepes – Nutritious and Delicious!

I see a lot of recipes for gluten-free protein pancake stacks, but I’ve not seen many a gluten-free protein crepes recipe. Remember crepes? Soft and tender, rolled up with simultaneously delicious crispy edges?  Yeah, neither do I. Well, barely.  Stupid celiac disease.  

Making the decision to indeed be crepeless no longer

My mother used to make us crepes sprinkled with sugar and lime juice.   Significantly, they were amazing (my mother is a terrific cook), but unfortunately not specifically a gluten-free crepes recipe. Other kids in the neighborhood thought we were weird for not eating thick pancakes swimming in maple syrup, but I never liked them that way. So when I got my hands on a box of Gluten Free Bisquik, I wondered:  was this my opportunity to actually eat crepes again? Happily…

…the answer was a resounding YES! 

Furthermore, let’s make them healthy!

Now, as we all know, gluten is a terrific protein that we Celiacs undeniably can’t eat.  So most of our gluten-free substitutions are pretty devoid of protein and mostly just carbs. I love carbs.  But I figured that we could make these not only in a gluten-free crepes recipe, but also a little more meaningful nutritionally.  I was sent a sample from Devotion Nutrition of the Brownie Batter and the Angel Food cake and some Flex Flavors to try. (not an affiliate link.  Just being helpful in case you wanted to try their new samples pack, as this is an older blog post that I am updating!)

Straightaway, I decided to make a gluten-free crepes recipe as well, and this is how it turned out!


DEVOTION KEY LIME PROTEIN CREPES

Gluten-free crepes recipe ingredients

1. 1-  Envelope of Devotion Nutrition “Angel Food Cake” Protein Powder (I only like this brand because it tastes the best, in my opinion (like Angel food cake…really…and has a sweetness and vanilla flavor built-in. Also it blends up quickly by hand with no lumps.  And no, they are not paying me). 

2.  1/2 C – GF Bisquik

3. 1 – small pasture egg (they taste the best and are the least unkind to the chickens)

4.  2 C – Almond Milk (do not use cow’s milk, or the crepes will be surprisingly stiff and cracked)

5.  1 T – vegetable oil (I like avocado)

6.  2 – Key Limes, juiced (they’re sweeter than regular limes but regular limes will work too) 

–  vegetable oil to cook in (I like unscented coconut oil)

– optional:  whipped cream (I like the French Madagascar vanilla one from Costco if you can still find it) and an extra Key Lime or regular limes for garnish on your gluten-free crepes recipe to make them extra indulgent

The Instructions


1. Beat together the Bisquick, egg, protein powder, and vegetable oil until blended. 


2.  Add the Almond milk and beat until smooth and runny.  Yes, runny.   


3.  Put a little oil on a hot pan, and pour on about 1/2 C of batter.  Work fast with this gluten-free crepes recipe!  You might have to add a little extra if you can’t roll your pan around fast enough to make the batter go to the edges.  Use medium heat.

gluten-free crepes
My crepe game was a little rusty at first

4. Don’t flip it too soon.  Let my mistake be your life lesson 🙂 Wait til not only has it bubbled, but the edges start to curl up.  

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looking soooo good!

5. Keep on making them! You should get a yield of three out of this gluten-free crepes recipe.   One side (the first one)  will always be much more browned than the other.  And that’s normal. 

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Soooo good! The gluten free crepes turned out amazing!


6. Roll them paler side out, squeeze with lime juice, and add the whipped cream and extra lime slices.  

These were absolutely delicious.  Like, I would serve them for dessert level delicious.  If you wanted to make a lemon gluten-free crepes recipe version, that would also work.  (Devotion Nutrition has a Flex Flavor sachet in “Lemon Meringue,” so who knows, maybe I’ll use that and make lemon next time with lemon juice on top instead).  

Dessert for breakfast? I say go for it! 

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