If you’re looking for quick and easy high protein and gluten-free snacks, these Cottage Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect choice! You only need a handful of ingredients and less than 30 minutes to make a batch of these cookies.
If you have dietary restrictions or simply looking for healthy low carb and high protein cookies, these cottage cheese cookies will soon become your favorite cookies. They’re extremely easy to make and are perfect for a post-workout snack or as an after dinner treat. If you need a breakfast option, instead, try these delicious Cottage Cheese Pancakes.
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Why You’ll Love These High-Protein Cookies
🌿Healthy Snack: It’s not easy to find delicious and healthy snacks, but these high protein cookies are the best! Each cookie has 6 grams of protein, and you can even increase the amount with some extra mix-ins.
🥚Simple Ingredients: You only need a handful of ingredients to whip up a batch.
🍪Ready in Minutes: From start to finish, you can have cookies on your table in less than 30 minutes.
🙌Easy to Make: You only need a blender to make the batter and it doesn’t need any chilling time.
Recipe Notes
Cottage Cheese: Cottage cheese is the star ingredient for these cookies. Use your favorite brand. Full fat, non fat, and reduced fat options will all work in this recipe.
Maple Syrup: Use high-quality Grade A maple syrup for the best result.
Almond Flour: You can use high quality almond flour or almond meal to make these cookies, or you can finely blend blanched almonds into a powder.
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Substitutions and Variations
This high protein cookies recipe is made with just a few ingredients and without protein powder, but here are some other variations you can try.
Different Flour: Instead of using almond flour, you can try these gluten free cookies with oat flour, spelt flour, or gluten free 1:1 flour. Every flour acts differently; therefore, you’ll need a different amount of flour. My recommendation is to add your preferred flour gradually and mix until a cookie dough consistency is formed.
Different Sweetener: Maple syrup is the best choice for a healthier sweetener, but you can also substitute it with honey, agave syrup, stevia, coconut sugar, or even regular sugar. You may need to adjust the amount if a different sweetener is used.
Low Sugar: For a lower sugar version, you can decrease the amount of maple syrup, use stevia and also skip the chocolate chips.
Dried Fruit: You can also substitute the chocolate chips with dried fruit like raisins, cranberries, or add extra protein with nuts like walnuts, almonds, or peanuts.
More Flavors: Add some orange or lemon zest, or add some spices like cinnamon and nutmeg to give the cookies additional flavor.
Extra Proteins: These cookies are what I like to call them, high protein cookies without protein powder, buy you can increase the protein amount with a scoop of protein powder in the batter. In this case reduce the almond flour amount.
Benefits of Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese is a fresh cow milk cheese with a mild flavor, which makes it perfect for both sweet and savory recipes. It’s low in calories but very high in nutrition, making it an ideal choice in healthy diets for weight loss and muscle gain.
Cottage cheese is very high in proteins but not only. It also has a good amount of vitamins, such as B12, Selenium, and Phosphorus, helping it with insulin resistance, and bone strenght.
How to Make Cottage Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies
In a blender or food processor, combine cottage cheese, egg, maple syrup, and vanilla extract (if using). Blend until smooth.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Add almond flour and baking powder, then mix until a dough forms.
Fold in the chocolate chips (optional) or any other mix-ins of your choice.
Using an ice cream scoop, portion the dough onto the prepared baking tray. Bake for 15-16 minutes, or until lightly golden.
Tips and Tricks
Use an ice cream scoop to make the cookies all the same size.
Make sure to leave enough space between cookies on the baking sheet to avoid them merging together.
If the cookie dough is too runny, add a bit more flour.
Add a few extra chocolate chips on the baked cookies when they’re still warm.
Make Ahead and Storage
You can make the cookie batter ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze until ready to bake. Bake a few minutes longer if you use frozen dough.
You can store baked cookies inside cookies jars or tins for up to 5 days. The cookies are also freeze well, up to 2 months.
Common Questions
Can I reduce the sugar in these cookies?
These cookies are relatively low in sugar, but to make them truly low in sugar and keto-friendly, skip the chocolate chips and replace the maple syrup with 1/4 cup of stevia. In this case, you will need to reduce the amount of almond flour.
How can I increase the protein intake in these cookies?
For more proteins, add chopped nuts like walnuts or almonds, or add a swirl of peanut or almond butter in the dough. Alternatively, you can add a scoop of protein powder to the dough, but then, you need to reduce the amount of almond flour.
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If you're looking for quick and easy high protein and gluten-free snacks, these Cottage Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect choice! You only need a handful of ingredients and less than 30 minutes to make a batch of these cookies.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
In a blender or food processor, combine cottage cheese, egg, maple syrup, and vanilla extract (if using). Blend until smooth.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Add almond flour and baking powder, then mix until a dough forms.
Fold in the chocolate chips (optional) or any other mix-ins of your choice.
Using an ice cream scoop, portion the dough onto the prepared baking tray. Slightly flatten each mound and top with extra chocolate chips (optional).
Bake for 15-16 minutes, or until lightly golden.
Allow the cookies to cool on the tray for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Notes
Different Flour: Instead of using almond flour, you can try these cookies with oat flour, spelt flour, or gluten free 1:1 flour.
Different Sweetener: Maple syrup is the best choice for a healthier sweetener, but you can also substitute it with honey, agave syrup, stevia, coconut sugar, or even regular sugar. You may need to adjust the amount if a different sweetener is used.
Low Sugar: For a lower sugar version, you can decrease the amount of maple syrup, and also skip the chocolate chips.
I made them straight after seeing your YouTube video and loved them! They are exactly the type of cookies that I like, and I can use them instead of store-bought protein bars.
I didn’t add chocolate chips as I prefer low-sugar cookies.
Other than that, I made them exactly as written, and they worked perfectly. Thank you for the recipe!
I made them straight after seeing your YouTube video and loved them! They are exactly the type of cookies that I like, and I can use them instead of store-bought protein bars.
I didn’t add chocolate chips as I prefer low-sugar cookies.
Other than that, I made them exactly as written, and they worked perfectly. Thank you for the recipe!