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Cottage cheese chocolate chip cookies on a metal cooling rack.
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Cottage Cheese Cookies

These high protein cottage cheese cookies are soft, chewy and made with only 7 ingredients. They're gluten-free, egg-free, low sugar and have 8 grams of protein per cookie.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 15 cookies
Author: Brittany Mullins

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 cup 4% milkfat cottage cheese I used whole milk Good Culture cottage cheese
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup (106 grams) lightly packed almond flour
  • 2 Tablespoons melted coconut oil
  • ½ cup (53 grams) vanilla protein powder I recommend using a plant-based protein
  • ½ cup chocolate chips plus more for topping

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a blender, add the cottage cheese, maple syrup and vanilla. Blend on high until smooth.
    Cottage cheese, maple syrup, and vanilla blended together in a blender.
  • In a mixing bowl combine almond flour and protein powder. Add the coconut oil and cottage cheese mixture. Stir until combined.
    Cottage cheese cookie dough in a large white bowl with a silicone spatula.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips.
    Cottage cheese chocolate chip cookie dough in a large white bowl with a silicone spatula.
  • Scoop dough onto a prepared baking sheet using a medium cookie scoop and use your hands to flatten the cookies just a bit so they’re in a cookie shape. You can also roll the cookie dough into a ball and then use your hand to flatter for a more uniform shape. Add a couple more chocolate chips on top of each cookie.
    Eight cottage cheese chocolate chip cookies on parchment paper, on a baking tray before being baked.
  • Bake for about 15-16 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies are golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet then transfer to wire cooling racks to cool completely. Enjoy!
    Fourteen cottage cheese chocolate chip cookies on a metal cooling rack, with one cookie on a metal spatula.

Notes

  • Measuring: I highly recommend measuring your almond flour and protein powder with a food scale to make sure you're using the correct amount. This will ensure your cookies turn out! 
  • Protein powder: It is key to use a plant-based protein powder for this recipe. It soaks up more moisture than other protein powders (especially whey). If you use whey, your dough will be too wet. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1 cookie | Calories: 124kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 103mg | Potassium: 112mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g