Rich & decadent Double Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies! These mouthwatering cookies are unsuspectingly delicious, gluten free and low calorie. A high protein strange, but good snack! Gluten Free + Low Calorie
The bad news is, it’s Monday. BOO…. But the good news is I made you COOKIES!!! Nothing better than a good ‘ole cookie brighten up a Monday. Okay so maybe a muffin would do too. Or maybe anything with chocolate for that matter, but that’s besides the point!
Peeps! These aren’t just any cookies. These are protein packed Double Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies that taste like rich, decadent melt-in-your-mouth ooey gooey cheesecake.
Remember those Cottage Cheese Pancakes a few weeks ago? I warned you I’d be putting cottage cheese in ALL THE THINGS after that deliciousness and I’d like to say these Double Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies were just about the best idea ever. I’m thinking cottage cheese is the new Greek yogurt!
But before we get all mushy on chocolate-y cheesecake goodness cookies, I wanted to tell you guys I’m seeing a new hip surgeon today about my surgery. A triathlete at my gym recently had a replacement done by this doctor who does the surgery anterior (in the front) with a robot.
I’ve with a lot of doctors and have begged every one of them to consider a different surgery method for me given how young I am and the high probability that I’ll need multiple revisions throughout my life.
Traditional hip replacements are done anterior aka through the big bad butt. The problem with this method is there are a lot of muscles damaged during the surgery making the healing process very long. It’s extremely invasive and I’m young. I don’t have it in me to sit around for six weeks waiting for things to heal then working for months after that to regain my strength.
I’m praying this doctor will help me. It makes me sad that many doctors are unwilling to treat patients differently. I’m not a 60 year, inactive person here doctors! Honestly I’d like to just ignore the fact that I need a hip replacement altogether because it is so UNFAIR. But I’m also tired of living my life with limitations.
So *fingers crossed* I get good news today. While you’re praying for me, feel free to devour all these cheese-y chocolate-y unsuspectingly strange but good Double Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies. Did I mention they’re only 154 calories? That means you can surely eat two!
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Double Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 cup Gluten Free oat flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder or Dutch
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips dairy free
- optional 2 tbsp powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment or slip mat paper.
- Using a food processor or blender, mix together the egg white, cottage cheese, vanilla extract, salt & coconut oil.
- Then add the baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and oat flour. Blend until the ingredients are fully combined.
- Transfer the batter to a mixing bowl, add the chocolate chips and fold them into the batter to disperse them.
- Using an ice cream scoop, drop scoops of the batter onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees F or until the center of the cookies are firm and set.
- Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool 5 minutes. While cookies are cooling, sprinkle powdered sugar on top to set. Devour!
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What is something you’re dealing with now that seems unfair?
Definitely have my fingers crossed for you! There are so many new procedures, but unfortunately it isn’t the doctors that are always dictating the type of surgery–it is the insurance companies who don’t want to shell out for the new procedures, and doctors get caught in the middle.
Yeah, I get the insurance part. The whole health care thing is just a mess.
I hope you can find a less invasive option. My mom had a hip replacement a couple years ago and it definitely took her a while to heal, but she is so happy she did it. What a neat concept to use cottage cheese in your cookies!! Definitely going to have to give these a try!
Thanks for sharing about your Mom. I can’t tell you how much relief it is to hear that people are happy they did it.
Best of luck to you with the surgery, I can see where that is just overwhelming and something you’d want to avoid, but you’re doing all the right things advocating for yourself for the best treatment and outcome. Hopefully good new today 🙂
I would just rather not have to deal with it at all, but after talking to the surgeon today I feel much better. He’s definitely the one!
YUM!!!! Other than making egg muffins I haven’t tried baking with cottage cheese but these might be my first adventure!
You will L-O-V-E!
Mmmmm…these cookies sound amazing!! Cottage cheese is kind of like Greek yogurt — a healthy cooking wonder!
Fingers crossed for good news from the surgeon!
I know! It’s fun to mix it up every now and then.
Oh man wishing you luck. Let us know what happens! I just came back from the dentist and I have to get 3 cavities filled 🙁
Must be all those donuts haha
OMG…hopefully I didn’t jinx you. But the donuts you eat are kind of worth it I’d say.
Arrowhead Hospital does the makoplasty method if I remember. I think they were the only ones in Phoenix but not sure is the Banner or Honor Health facilities have started doing them now. Good luck with the consult!
This doctor does anterior replacements with a robot in a private surgical center in Scottsdale. It will be outpatient surgery. WOOT!
Wow! Fab recipe!
I haven’t make cookies with cottage cheese before, must try! Thanks Megan.
Oh, and good luck at the docs. Fingers crossed!
Thanks Neil! You will love the cookies and the doctor news was good. 🙂
COTTAGE CHEESE…IN COOKIES?! This is legit GENIUS girlfriend. I eat cottage cheese every single day, but just mixed with protein powder. I am all about a recipe that gets my protein and cookie fix in ONE. LUHHHHVE!
Oh my these look amazing! I haven’t seen a recipe for cottage cheese cookies before. I must try them ASAP. 😀
Is there really no sweetener of any kind in these? Maybe I have a bigger sweet tooth than I thought but when I sampled the batter, I felt it was in desperate need of some sweetness. Am I the only one who needed to add about an 1/8 cup of honey???
BUT with the honey, these were REALLY good!
There really is no sweetener and no one else has said anything. Everyone has a different desire for sweetness. Since most people are eating a lot of hidden sugar these days, it may not seem as sweet to them as someone like me who drastically reduced their sugar intake for my autoimmune disease. As a result, I am now very sensitive to sugar which is why I am currently posting a lot of low sugar or sugar free recipes.
I added some coconut sugar 🙂 Just the cocoa is a bit too bitter for me still
Thanks for the recipe <3
how would this come out if i used coconut flour instead of the oat flour?
I haven’t tried it and I don’t know that it would work. Coconut flour is ultra absorbent.
Is it one cookie as a serving and 154 calories per cookie?
Yes
Hi. The first batch of these is in the oven now with slight modifications. I add a packet of instant cinnamon roll oatmeal into the blender for the oat flour and a half cup of ground flax. And instead of vanilla, we had coconut extract. The cocoa flavor and smell was immediately intensified! Last modification was Lindt 90% dark bar chopped instead of dairy free chocolate chips. Can’t wait to try them!
I know this is an older post but the nutritional facts per cookie are incorrect. Coconut oil has 14 grams of fat per tbsp..
The recipe cards were converted awhile back and the nutritional data on this one never was updated. The system calculates them, it’s not a manual calculation. I updated it now. Thanks for the heads up!
Hi Megan! This recipe looks great, can’t wait to try it this weekend! Quick question – I don’t have an icecream scoop so how much batter would each cookie be? Maybe something like 2 tbsp?
Hi! Yes about 2 large tablespoons would be right!