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Last year, a recipe for cottage cheese brownies became a sensation on social media<\/a>. Swapping cottage cheese, maple syrup, and almond flour for more traditional brownie ingredients like butter and granulated sugar, this viral version quickly inspired a string of cottage cheese recipes<\/a>,<\/span><\/a> like ice cream, biscuits, and banana cream pie. In Australia, so many bakers embraced the TikTok trend that it sparked a cottage cheese shortage.<\/a><\/p>\n

This recent renaissance shattered the decades-old stereotype of cottage cheese as a bland diet food. Once relegated to health food stores, weight-loss cookbooks, and the “diet delights” menu at New York City diners, this soft, cow’s-milk curd cheese now enjoys a reputation as a highly adaptable cooking and baking ingredient.<\/p>\n

Chefs and content creators continue to find new ways to utilize cottage cheese in everything from cupcakes to chocolate mousse<\/a>. Affordable and widely available at most supermarkets, it’s become a popular choice in cookbook recipes, too.<\/p>\n

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Why Bake with Cottage Cheese?<\/h2>\n
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The natural fat in cottage cheese produces cheesecakes with a rich, creamy texture, and ultra-moist breads, cakes, and muffins with a delicate, tender crumb. Like Greek yogurt and ricotta, cottage cheese adds a mild, slightly tangy note, while remaining neutral enough for both sweet (cookies, brownies) and savory (flatbreads, cheese scones) baking recipes.<\/p>\n

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Cottage cheese can replace a range of ingredients, including butter, oil, cream cheese, ricotta, sour cream, and yogurt. In their new cookbook, Honey & Co. Daily<\/em>, London restaurateurs<\/a> Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer use cottage cheese in their recipe for gluten-free cottage cheese and oat loaf. Note the authors, “We\u00a0tried many iterations of this recipe until\u00a0we got to a result that we like: a loaf that is rich and delicious and dense in the right way, with just the right amount of tang from the cottage cheese.” Srulovich and Packer highlight the “lighter, more neutral dairy flavour that…[is] great for baking when yogurt is too sour and cream too rich.”<\/p>\n

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In addition to its flavor and texture benefits, cottage cheese provides a big nutritional boost. “Cottage cheese can be a more nutritious replacement for traditional baking ingredients like butter or oil while still providing creaminess and moisture to\u00a0recipes,” says Registered Dietitian Alexis Jones<\/a>, MS, RD, LD. “It provides calcium to support bone health and is a great source of protein, containing about 13 grams per \u00bd cup, which can help promote satiety, support blood sugar management and preserve muscle mass. Compared to butter, cottage cheese contains significantly less saturated fat, making it a more heart-healthy option.”<\/p>\n

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And cottage comes in several varieties, allowing the baker to further adjust the fat content based on the cheese they select. Notes Registered Dietitian and Chef Abbie Gellman, <\/a>MS, RD, CDN, “Whole milk cottage cheese is roughly 4% [fat] down to 0% for nonfat cottage cheese. Compared to oil, cottage cheese has less calories.”<\/p>\n

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3 Tips for Baking with Cottage Cheese<\/h2>\n