I rounded up 20 cottage cheese breads, from soft dinner rolls, bagels and cinnamon rolls made with flour to low carb cloud bread, chaffles and crackers with no flour at all.
Most have short ingredient lists. My crispy cottage cheese chips need just one ingredient, the bagels need two, and several are ready in 30 minutes or less.
Bake them for breakfast, lunch sandwiches, pizza night or an easy snack, with low carb and classic options for each.
You'll also love my cottage cheese high protein recipes and these low carb cottage cheese recipes.
Why I Bake with Cottage Cheese
There's always a tub of cottage cheese in my fridge. I eat it plain to boost the protein in my meals, and I blend it to make sauces creamy.
I bake with it for two reasons. It adds protein, and it cuts the fat in many recipes when it takes the place of sour cream, whole milk, heavy cream or butter.
I've been developing low carb recipes since my husband started keto in 2018. That's why 8 of these 20 breads are low carb, with no wheat flour.
How Much Protein Is in Cottage Cheese Bread?
It depends on the recipe and how much cottage cheese goes in. Half a cup of 4% cottage cheese has about 13 grams of protein, and that gets spread across the whole batch.
On this list, protein runs from 3g in one cracker to 18g in a serving of the soft pretzels.
The highest protein picks are the soft pretzels (18g), my Cottage Cheese Flatbread (14.5g), my Crispy Cottage Cheese Chips (13g) and the cinnamon rolls (12g).
How to Make Cottage Cheese Breads Turn Out Right
- Drain it. Extra liquid makes a wet, gummy batter, so pour off any liquid sitting on top of the cottage cheese.
- Blend it for soft breads. Dinner rolls and cinnamon rolls call for cottage cheese blended completely smooth.
- Use small curd when the recipe calls for it, like the 2 ingredient bagels.
- Let loaves cool all the way. Cottage cheese loaves slice cleaner once they've cooled completely.
- Good Culture makes the highest protein cottage cheese on the market (but it's also the highest price). Daisy brand and Whole Foods make a great alternative to keep the cost down, and they still provide a good amount of protein per serving.
With Flour or Without?
The recipes with flour taste like classic bread, rolls and bagels. Many use baking powder or self-rising flour instead of yeast, so there's no rising time.
The low carb ones swap the flour for eggs, almond flour or coconut flour. They're softer, more like a wrap, muffin or chaffle.
Making bread for the whole family? Bake a batch of rolls or bagels for everyone, and keep the cloud bread or chaffles for anyone cutting carbs. Same fillings, two kinds of bread.
20 Easy Cottage Cheese Breads
1. Cottage Cheese Flatbread
Just cottage cheese and egg, with pesto, spinach or sun-dried tomato versions. Each serving has 161 calories, 14.5g protein and 3.8g carbs.
2. Simple Cottage Cheese Bread
A no yeast loaf made with cottage cheese, eggs, flour and baking powder. Each serving has 145 calories and 6g protein, and it's ready in 50 minutes.
3. Crispy Cottage Cheese Chips
Just one ingredient: cottage cheese, baked until crisp. Each serving has 110 calories, 13g protein and 4g carbs.
4. Easy Cottage Cheese Flatbread (with Flour)
Four ingredients and 15 minutes. Each serving has 145 calories and 8g protein.
5. Easy Cloud Bread with Cottage Cheese
Made with cottage cheese, eggs and cream of tartar. Each serving has 40 calories, 4g protein and 0.5g carbs.
6. 2 Ingredient Cottage Cheese Bagels
Just self-rising flour and cottage cheese, with no yeast. Each bagel has 181 calories and 9g protein, and you can make them in the oven or the air fryer.
7. Cottage Cheese Chaffles
Made in a waffle maker with almond flour and cheddar, each chaffle has 90 calories, 5.9g protein and 1.7g carbs.
8. Cottage Cheese Dinner Rolls
These are classic yeast rolls with blended cottage cheese in the dough. Plan on about 2 hours from start to finish, including rising time.
9. Cottage Cheese Crackers
Made with almond flour and fresh chives, each cracker has 84 calories, 3g protein and 2g net carbs.
10. Cottage Cheese Banana Bread
A cinnamon swirl banana bread sweetened with maple syrup. Each slice has 233 calories and 5g protein.
11. Fluffy Cottage Cheese Biscuits (Coconut Flour)
These low carb biscuits use coconut flour and sharp cheddar. Each one has 138 calories, 6g protein and 2g net carbs.
12. Cottage Cheese Pizza Crust
The dough is cottage cheese, flour, baking powder and olive oil, with no yeast and no rising time.
13. 90 Second Keto Cottage Cheese English Muffin
Cook it in the microwave for about a minute. Each muffin has 115 calories, 9g protein and 3g net carbs.
14. Cottage Cheese Cinnamon Rolls
No yeast here either: the dough uses blended cottage cheese, all-purpose flour, oat flour and baking powder. Each serving has 12g protein.
15. Almond Flour Cottage Cheese Bread
A low carb sandwich loaf made with almond flour, coconut flour, psyllium husk and chia seeds, with no wheat flour.
16. High Protein Cottage Cheese Soft Pretzels
The highest protein bread on this list, with 18g protein and 382 calories per serving.
17. Cottage Cheese Blueberry Muffins
Made with oat flour and almond flour and sweetened with banana and maple syrup. Each muffin has 137 calories and 6g protein.
18. Cottage Cheese Focaccia
A quick focaccia with no yeast, just flour, baking powder and cottage cheese, topped with olive oil and rosemary.
19. Flourless Cottage Cheese Bread Loaf
Rolled oats take the place of flour in this loaf, made with eggs, cottage cheese and olive oil.
20. Cottage Cheese Cornbread
Ready in 35 minutes, with 373 calories and 11g protein per serving.
How to Store Cottage Cheese Breads
Keep them in an airtight container in the fridge, since they're made with cottage cheese and eggs.
Check each recipe card for how long that bread keeps and whether it freezes well.
Cottage Cheese Breads FAQs
Can you bake with cottage cheese?
Yes. It works in yeast rolls, quick breads, bagels, biscuits and even crackers. Blend it smooth for soft breads like rolls, or use small curd when a recipe calls for it.
Does cottage cheese bread taste like cottage cheese?
Not much. Once it's mixed into the dough and baked, you get a mild bread. The flavor comes from add-ins like everything bagel seasoning, garlic, rosemary or cheddar.
Which cottage cheese breads are low carb?
The cloud bread, chaffles, crackers, coconut flour biscuits, 90 second English muffin, almond flour bread, my Cottage Cheese Flatbread and my Crispy Cottage Cheese Chips are all made without wheat flour.
Can I make cottage cheese bread without flour?
Yes. The low carb recipes above use eggs, almond flour or coconut flour, and the Flourless Cottage Cheese Bread Loaf uses rolled oats.
What kind of cottage cheese is best for baking?
Use the kind the recipe calls for. Small curd mixes in more easily, and draining off the liquid on top keeps the batter from getting too wet.
It's a Whole Lotta Yum!
More Cottage Cheese Recipes
- Cottage Cheese High Protein Recipes
- Low Carb Cottage Cheese Recipes
- Cottage Cheese Breakfast Recipes
- Cottage Cheese Snacks
- Cottage Cheese Pasta Recipes
- Blueberry Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bake
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