Protein-Packed Cottage Cheese Brownies
These Protein-Packed Cottage Cheese Brownies are a must try for brownie lovers. They're fluffy, cakey and incredibly easy to make. These brownies are also gluten-free and have no refined sugar.
Ingredients
Scaled from 9 servings
- ⅔ cup cottage cheese blended
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup almond flour
- ⅓ cup cacao powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ⅓ cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet, dark chocolate or milk chocolate)
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 350°F and line an 8×8-inch baking dish with parchment paper or grease it well.
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Add your cottage cheese to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. It should look like a thick yogurt consistency. Set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla extract, coconut sugar, and maple syrup. Stir in the blended cottage cheese until fully combined.
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Add in the almond flour, cacao powder, and baking soda. Mix until you have a smooth, brownie batter.
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Fold in your chocolate chips, saving a few to sprinkle on top if you want that bakery-style chocolate puddle situation.
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Pour the batter into your prepared baking dish, spread it evenly, and sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips.
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Bake for about 24–26 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean with a few moist crumbs (we want fudgy, not dry!).
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Let the brownies cool in the pan for at least 15–20 minutes before slicing. They’ll continue to set as they cool.
Nutrition
Per serving
| Calories | 159 |
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| Fat | 5.3 |
| Saturated fat | 2.3 |
| Trans fat | 0 |
| Cholesterol | 43.3 |
| Sodium | 108 |
| Carbohydrates | 20.4 |
| Fiber | 1.8 |
| Sugar | 16.4 |
| Protein | 5.2 |