Jump To Recipeby Liz Thomson
July 10, 2023This post may contain affiliate links.
These cottage cheese bagels are made with just 3 ingredients, and they’re a delicious, high-protein breakfast! Try this simple recipe when you need a quick and easy snack!
I’ve been making so many recipes with cottage cheese, and I’ve loved how this versatile ingredient can add protein to some of my favorite snacks. So I decided to try using cottage cheese to make bagels, and it worked like a charm! All you need is self-rising flour, blended cottage cheese, and an egg. The egg is just used for an egg wash, so if you want to skip it, you can.
Ingredients & Substitutions
Self-Rising Flour- If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can use all-purpose flour. Use one cup of all-purpose flour mixed with 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
Cottage cheese– You can use low-fat or full-fat cottage cheese; either one works great. You can use plain Greek yogurt if you don’t have cottage cheese.
Egg– This is optional, but using an egg wash on the bagels gives them a nice crust and a golden brown exterior.
Seasoning– This is optional, but I used everything bagel seasoning to turn these into everything bagels. Feel free to use sea salt and rosemary or other herbs.
How to Make Self-Rising Flour
If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can make your own! The ratio is one cup of all-purpose flour mixed with 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. This makes slightly more than one cup of self-rising flour, which is all you’ll need for this recipe.
How to Make Cottage Cheese Bagels
originally posted July 10, 2023 (updated August 19, 2023)by Liz Thomson categories:Breakfast66 comments
I’ll admit, I was skeptical. How could this recipe only list three ingredients and be delicious? Well, I don’t know the details but wow! These were fab and I love that they are full of protein too.
Just made these! Wow, they are so good! It’s so nice to be able to eat something like this now that protein is involved; wasn’t worth it before. The dough is very sticky though and hard to work with but I know the more I do it the better I’ll get at it. Thanks so much for this recipe and I am looking forward to trying all your other cottage cheese recipes as well. A game changer!
These cottage cheese bagels are so delicious. I recently made this, and my husband loved it too! This recipe is a must-try!
A delicious flavor and the fact that they were made with only three ingredients (that i had on hand!!) was true perfection.
These cottage cheese bagels are perfect with green tea! My mom super loves them! And these are so easy to make!
I’ll admit, I was skeptical. How could this recipe only list three ingredients and be delicious? Well, I don’t know the details but wow! These were fab and I love that they are full of protein too.
Can’t believe how easy these were, love the extra protein boost too from the cottage cheese. Such a treat for breakfast!
I love these! The cottage cheese is delicious and the bagel is so soft. I like to eat them with my kids for breakfast.
I love bagels. I have not tried to make them at home. Cottage cheese is such a great ingredient to work with. I will be making some this week.
Can you use alternative flours such as oat or almond?
Just made these! Wow, they are so good! It’s so nice to be able to eat something like this now that protein is involved; wasn’t worth it before. The dough is very sticky though and hard to work with but I know the more I do it the better I’ll get at it. Thanks so much for this recipe and I am looking forward to trying all your other cottage cheese recipes as well. A game changer!
Looking forward to making this recipe. Â Â Okay to substitute ricotta cheese ffor the cottage cheese?
Thanks for your wonderful recipes!
NancyÂ
That’s a good question! I haven’t tried it with ricotta yet but I think it would work! I have done it with Greek yogurt and that worked great.