Cottage Cheese Banana Bread is soft, moist, and downright delicious. Made with cottage cheese instead of butter and oil, this banana bread gets a protein boost from cottage cheese and almond flour. It's also gluten-free and made with maple syrup instead of refined sugar.
Love banana bread? Also, try my Blueberry Banana Bread and Honey Cinnamon Banana Bread Muffins.
Cottage Cheese Banana Bread recipe
I am obsessed with this Cottage Cheese Banana Bread. It's made with a blend of gluten-free almond flour, maple syrup and cottage cheese to make the most rich and decadent healthy bananas bread you will try. You'll surprise anyone you serve it to that this isn't a sugar and butter loaded loaf. I gave this to my twins and they gobbled it up in a day, while asking me to make it again.
If you aren't baking with cottage cheese yet, you have to give it a try. It gives recipes like this Cottage Cheese Banana Bread and my Cottage Cheese Brownies a rich, moist texture without adding butter or oil. Once it's baked into a recipe like these, you cannot taste it at all. It not only makes the recipe taste great but it adds protein and vitamins that you don't get from other ingredients. Cottage Cheese has 24 grams of protein a cup!
This fuss-free quick bread loaf comes together with just 5 minutes of prep and makes your house smell amazing too. With no yeast and easy prep, this is the kind of baking that even non-bakers can tackle too.
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Why You'll Love this Cottage Cheese Banana Bread...
- This Cottage Cheese Banana Bread is higher in protein and sugar than traditional banana breads.
- It's naturally gluten-free made with nutrient rich almond flour, instead of regular flour. You will never realize it though!
- It's easy to make even for non-bakers.
- Kids and adults love it.
- It's a great way to use those bananas that are past their prime.
Ingredients:
Here's an overview of what you'll need to make this Cottage Cheese Banana Bread, but keep scrolling for the full recipe amounts.
- Bananas: When baking with bananas, you want to use the ones that are super ripe with brown spots o them. When bananas get spotted and even turning brown, they naturally are sweeter and softer making them better for baking. The natural sweetness is the highest when they don't look the best. You should be able to easily mash them with a fork and if you are having trouble, they probably aren't ripe enough.
- Cottage Cheese: Cottage Cheese is the magical ingredient for this bread, giving it a lot of moisture without butter or oil. You can use full-fat cottage cheese or low fat depending on your diet. Full fat will the banana bread more flavor, but both will work.
- Eggs: Eggs bind everything together. You'll need 3 large eggs.
- Maple Syrup: Instead of using traditional sugar, I like to use maple syrup in this. If you are trying to make this lower sugar, you can reduce the maple syrup.
- Vanilla Extract: Vanilla balances out the flavors.
- Almond Flour: Almond flour is basically ground up almonds. It's It gives recipes a nutty and fluffy textures and is gluten-free. It is not a 1:1 substitute for other flours, so you will need to adjust the amount of flour if trying to make this with regular flour. It's available in most stores near the regular flour, or you can buy it online here.
- Cinnamon & Nutmeg: Cinnamon and nutmeg is a key flavor for banana bread.
- Baking Soda & Baking Powder: Helps with the baking magic! You will need both and make sure yours aren't expired, if they are your loaf will not rise correctly.
- Optional: Chocolate Chips
Instructions:
This is an overview of the instructions to make this Cottage Cheese Banana Bread, but the full detailed printable recipe is below in the recipe card.
Step One: Make the Batter
- Start by prepping the bananas by mashing them with a fork.
- Start with the wet ingredients. In a food processor or blender blend the cottage cheese until smooth. Add the eggs, maple syrup and vanilla to the food processer an mix together. Stir in the mashed banana by hand.
- Next mix the dry ingredients. In a large bowl, mix together by hand the almond flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and baking powder.
- Add the cottage cheese and banana mixture to the flour bowl and mix until combined. If desired, fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into a loaf pan.
Step 2: Bake the Cottage Cheese Banana Bread
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray or line it with parchment paper.
- After the batter is made and poured into the pan, bake for 45-50 minutes or until the center is cooked and toothpick comes out clean.
- Let the bread cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing.
- Slice and serve.
Variations
I love this Cottage Cheese Banana Bread as written, but here are some fun add ins your can try.
- Fruit- Blueberries or strawberries
- Nuts- walnut, pecans or peanuts
- Coconut Flakes
- Dried fruit
- Seeds- hemp hearts, flax seeds, or chia seeds for a nutrition boost
FAQ
Storage & Leftovers
Store any leftover wrapped and put in an airtight container on the counter at room temperature for three days. If keeping longer than that, store in the fridge for up to five days.
Freezing
Freeze any leftovers in individual slices in an airtight container or a freezer-safe bag the freezer for up to three months.
Can you use cottage cheese in banana bread?
Cottage Cheese is a great swap for butter and/or oil in baking banana bread. It gives the banana bread lots of moisture and tenderness without adding the fat and calories. It's a fabulous ingredient to bake with because it's low in calories and high in protein. You cannot taste it when it is baked into a dessert or bread.
What does cottage cheese do in baking?
Cottage Cheese gives baking recipes moisture and substance without adding butter or oil. It's a healthy swap, much like using apple sauce. I like it more than apple sauce because it is higher in protein, probiotics and calcium.
Cottage Cheese Banana Bread
This Cottage Cheese Banana Bread is so delicious. It's one of those recipes you will make again and again because of how tasty it is and how easy it is to make. Plus, you have to love the added protein you get from the cottage cheese. And no, you seriously can't taste it. So even if you aren't on team cottage cheese, give this a try!
Serve this without the chocolate chips as breakfast or with them as a healthy snack or dessert. Either way it's delicious. I hope you enjoy this as much as my family did.
Cottage Cheese Banana Bread Share on XMore Banana Bread Recipes to Try:
- Healthy Blueberry Banana Bread
- Honey Cinnamon Banana Bread Muffins
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Bars
- Clean Eating No Bake Banana Bread Bites
More Cottage Cheese Recipes to Try:
- Cottage Cheese Egg Bake
- Cottage Cheese Egg Salad
- Cottage Cheese Eggs
- Cottage Cheese Alfredo
- Cottage Cheese Toast Ideas
- Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowls
- Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough
- Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip
- Cottage Cheese Queso
- Cottage Cheese Pizza Bowl
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Cottage Cheese Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- ½ cup cottage cheese, blended
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups almond flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray or line it with parchment paper.
- In a food processer blend the cottage cheese until smooth. Add the eggs, maple syrup and vanilla to the food processer an mix together. Stir in the mashed banana by hand.
- In a large bowl, mix together by hand the almond flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and baking powder.
- Add the cottage cheese and banana mixture to the flour bowl and mix until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into a loaf pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until the center is cooked and toothpick comes out clean. Let cool at least 30 minutes before slicing.
Notes
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