Asking for a friend pt. 2

My friend at work is using the following recipe to get to a high protein breakfast his kids will eat.

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

1/2 cup AP flour 1 tsp Baking powder 1/4 tsp Cinnamon 1 cup Cottage cheese 2 large eggs 1 tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp Vanilla extract

He says he is experiencing the following outcomes:

• cold, wet middle of pancakes
• no rise/fluffiness
• too crispy, hard tops and bottoms of the cakes.