Learn how to make these delicious juicy homemade cottage cheese muffins in the oven. In only 40 minutes (including prep time), you will get a perfect healthy sweet dessert that can be also a great breakfast option. With several simple steps to follow, you will have a perfect dish to cook for your family.
The main distinguishing feature of this cottage cheese muffins recipe is the tender and juicy texture of muffins. Moreover, to make them at home you do not have to be a professional chef you simply need to combine the ingredients in the bowl, make sure to get rid of all the lumps and bumps, add the cottage cheese mixture to the pan and bake. So, simple as that!
However, I learned some tricks during the times I have been baking with cottage cheese that I will share with pleasure. First and foremost, silicone pans are the most practical baking forms for baking cottage cheese pastry and cakes. Do not ever use fat-free cottage cheese for baking. It can influence on the overall taste of muffins, and not in a good tasty way. Note that the recipe is a basic recipe for cottage cheese muffins. You can add any filling that you like. From berries, chopped fresh fruits and nuts to chocolate chips, dried fruits, lemon or orange zest and, even, Nutella.
If you have been a regular on FreeFoodTips, you may know how I am obsessed with cottage cheese. I definitely can say that collecting recipes with cottage cheese is kind of an obsession at the moment for me.
Here are my favorite recipes from Baking with Cottage Cheese Compilation:
Healthy Cottage Cheese Muffins Ingredients:
- 130 g cottage cheese;
- 2 eggs, medium size;
- 70 g butter, unsalted;
- ½ tsp. baking powder;
- 150 g sugar;
- 150 g all-purpose flour.
How to bake sweet cottage cheese muffins at home:
- Take butter out of the fridge in advance to get it soft and elastic. We need it at room temperature for the recipe. Combine butter with sugar and blend them into a smooth mixture.
- Beat in eggs and add cottage cheese.
- Continue stirring up the mixture until well combined. I used a hand mixer for the purpose.
- Sift flour and combine it with baking powder. Add to the main mixture.
- I used a spatula to mix it at first but there were some bumps left that I could not dissolve. Therefore, I had to use a hand mixer once more. If you have a food processor, you can combine all the ingredients and process them until you have a nice smooth dough.
- I have small silicone baking cups but you are free to use any muffin pan that you have. Fill them up in half with the cottage cheese dough. I filled 12 cups with the amount of ingredients that were listed above.
- Bake cottage cheese muffins for 25 minutes at 350ºF/180°C in a preheated oven. You can always check the doneness with a wooden pick. For references, cupcakes should be just golden and not overly roasted until the brown color.
- Wait for cupcakes to cool down a bit before taking them out of the silicone pans. Serve them with a layer of powdered sugar on the top. Enjoy with your favorite type of drink!
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I hope that I convinced you that the recipe is pretty easy to make at home and from now on you have a healthy muffin recipe to add to your arsenal. Despite my obsession with cottage cheese, I need to confess that I have never tried to make any savory dishes with it. So, if you have any recipes in mind, please, share your ideas with me. I am looking forward to trying any savory cottage cheese recipe, like salad, pancakes, or even dumplings).
Cottage Cheese Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 130 g cottage cheese
- 2 eggs, medium size
- 70 g butter, unsalted
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 150 g sugar
- 150 g all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Take butter out of the fridge in advance to get it soft and elastic. We need it at room temperature for the recipe. Combine butter with sugar and blend them into a smooth mixture.
- Beat in eggs and add cottage cheese.
- Continue stirring up the mixture until well combined. I used a hand mixer for the purpose.
- Sift flour and combine it with baking powder. Add to the main mixture.
- I used a spatula to mix it at first but there were some bumps left that I could not dissolve. Therefore, I had to use a hand mixer once more. If you have a food processor, you can combine all the ingredients and process them until you have a nice smooth dough.
- I have small silicone baking cups but you are free to use any muffin pan that you have. Fill them up in half with the cottage cheese dough. I filled 12 cups with the amount of ingredients that were listed above.
- Bake cottage cheese muffins for 25 minutes at 350ºF/180°C in a preheated oven. You can always check the doneness with a wooden pick. For references, cupcakes should be just golden and not overly roasted until the brown color.
- Wait for cupcakes to cool down a bit before taking them out of the silicone pans. Serve them with a layer of powdered sugar on the top. Enjoy with your favorite type of drink!
Notes
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