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Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies are low calorie, rich and fudgy! These mouthwatering cookies are unsuspectingly delicious, gluten free and healthy. A high protein cookie that is balanced in nutrition. Gluten Free + Low Calorie
Peeps! These aren't just any cookies. These are protein packed Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies that taste like rich, decadent melt-in-your-mouth ooey gooey cheesecake.
This recipe was originally published May 2016 and it's one of the MOST popular recipes on my website. For good reason too! So, if you're skeptical about making cookies with cottage cheese you're gonna have to TRUST ME.
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Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies
Remember those Cottage Cheese Pancakes that are a client favorite? Well, I warned you I'd be putting cottage cheese in ALL THE FOODS after that delicious recipe and I really hope these goodies become your new favorite way to enjoy cookies. In a healthier way, of course!
These cookies are made flourless using oats making them higher in fiber and more nutritious and filling. You could substitute gluten free baking flour or gluten free oat flour too!
The cottage cheese and egg white make them higher in protein which most cookies are lacking. You could replace the egg white with HALF a whole egg. It's always a two to one ratio egg whites to whole eggs in recipes. Remember that substitution means the calories will increase though.
These cottage cheese cookies are also made low sugar using coconut sugar. I love using coconut sugar to keep meals and snacks lower glycemic. I don't like foods too sweet so you can adjust the sugar content as you like.
What You Need
- Low Fat Cottage Cheese
- Egg White
- Vanilla Extract
- Coconut Oil - You must melt the coconut oil before adding to the batter. Simply add to a ramekin or small bowl then melt in the microwave for 15 seconds then cool briefly before adding to the batter.
- Gluten Free Rolled Oats
- Cocoa Powder, unsweetened
- Coconut Sugar
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Mini Chocolate Chips, dairy free
How To Make Cottage Cheese Cookies
Preheat the oven to 375 F then prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper. I definitely recommend using the parchment paper as these cookies are sticky and gooey.
Adds the rolled oats, egg white, cottage cheese, sugar and salt to a blender or food processor and process on high until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients minus the chocolate chips then process again. Fold in the chocolate chips by hand.
Drop one to two tablespoons of the batter onto the prepared baking sheet. I like using a small ice cream scoop for this. Then bake in the oven 10-12 minutes until the center is set. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and transfer the cookies to a wire baking rack to cool. They will cool quickly!
To store, keep them in a sealed container in the refrigerator up to 10 days or in the freezer up to 60 days. Enjoy friends!
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Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil melted
- 1 cup Gluten Free Rolled Oats
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder or Dutch
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips dairy free
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment or slip mat paper.
- Using a food processor or blender, blend together the rolled oats, egg white, cottage cheese, coconut sugar, vanilla extract and salt.
- Then add the baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and melted coconut oil . 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.
- Drop 1-2 tablespoons of the batter onto the prepared baking sheet to form one cookie using a small ice cream scoop. Repeat until you have 12 cookies or all batter is used.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until the center of the cookies are firm and set.
- Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool 5 minutes then eat! Store cookies in the refrigerator up to 10 days or in the freezer up to 60 days.
Notes
- Melt the coconut oil in a ramekin or small bowl in the microwave 15 seconds or so then let it cool a bit before adding it to the batter.
- If you like sweeter cookies, you can add more sugar. These are not sweet cookies. I personally do not like super sweet cookies.
Nutrition
What I Used For The Recipe
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. 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!
Is it one cookie as a serving and 154 calories per cookie?
Yes
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 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
Oh my these look amazing! I haven't seen a recipe for cottage cheese cookies before. I must try them ASAP. 😀
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!
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. 🙂
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.