Cottage Cheese Bread – Supergolden Bakes

June 6, 2024

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Cottage cheese bread is a scrumptious excessive protein sandwich bread made with cottage cheese, eggs and bread flour. It has a agency crust and tender crumb and tastes completely heavenly toasted and is ideal for open-face sandwiches.

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close up on slices of cottage cheese bread

Cottage Cheese Bread – I do know, it doesn’t precisely sound tremendous appetizing. And why would anybody need to make bread with cottage cheese?

Properly there’s a number of causes my pals. Before everything, cottage cheese is a trending ingredient proper now (even the Guardian wrote an article about it). It’s excessive in protein and low in fats making it a wholesome, albeit somewhat bland, meals hero.

The surge in reputation may be traced to TikTok, the place cottage cheese bread, and flatbread, have been garnering a number of likes and feedback.

I used to be very curious to leap on this foodie development myself, principally as a result of I LOVE baking and consuming bread. If I can bake a bread that’s greater in protein but nonetheless scrumptious, effectively why not?

THE TASTE TEST

To my absolute astonishment cottage cheese bread tastes completely scrumptious! Additionally it is easy to make, stays recent for a number of days and is ideal for making sandwiches, toast and croutons.

You’ll not detect the cottage cheese “style” within the bread nor does it style eggy, regardless of containing fairly a number of eggs. My favourite approach to serve it’s as a tuna soften or with smashed avocado for breakfast.

toasted slice of cottage cheese bread with butter, stack of bread slices behind it

COTTAGE CHEESE BREAD INGREDIENTS

This bread accommodates solely a handful of substances and as you may guess cottage cheese is the primary merchandise on our checklist. We additionally want eggs, salt, bread flour, speedy rise / prompt yeast and just a little sugar (or Sukrin sweetener which is what I used).

I additionally added just a little Every little thing Bagel Seasoning (as a result of it makes every little thing tastier) however you may go away this out if most well-liked. Lastly we are going to want just a little oil, simply to grease the bowl whereas the bread is proving.

HOW TO MAKE COTTAGE CHEESE BREAD

Full measurements and directions may be discovered on the printable recipe card on the backside of the web page. Please check out the steps and video earlier than trying this recipe!

Add the cottage cheese, eggs, sweetener and salt to a blender or meals processor and blitz till easy.

Measure the bread flour and speedy rise yeast in a big bowl, stirring collectively to mix. Add the contents of your blender and stir collectively to make a shaggy dough (I used my Danish dough whisk for this function). Depart the dough alone for 5 minutes to permit the flour to soak up the moist substances.

Knead the dough for 3-4 minutes on low pace utilizing a hand mixer fitted with dough hook attachment (or a stand mixer). You can even knead along with your arms however it would take just a little longer!

kneading bread dough in a bowl using a hand mixer

Place the dough in a oil-greased bowl, cowl and permit the dough to rise for 60-90 minutes till nearly doubled.

Tip the dough onto a clear worktop and gently stretch out to kind a rectangle. Fold the sides in (letter fold) or roll right into a log, pinching the seam collectively to seal.

collage showing how to shape cottage cheese bread loaf

Place the dough right into a lined loaf pan and canopy with greased plastic wrap. Proof the bread for half-hour and within the meantime preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).

loaf of cottacge cheese bread proving in a loaf pan

Brush the loaf with just a little overwhelmed egg or cream and rating the highest utilizing a pointy knife or bread lame. Sprinkle with the seasoning, or seeds, if utilizing.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or till the cottage cheese bread is effectively risen and sounds hole when tapped on the underside. Cool on a wire rack earlier than slicing with a serrated bread knife.

slices of high protein bread made with cottage cheese, stacked, on a cutting board

STORING AND FREEZING

The bread stays recent for 2-3 days saved in a bread bag however one of the simplest ways to retailer it’s to slice it after which freeze it. You possibly can toast the slices from frozen everytime you fancy!

RECIPE NOTES

Relying on the dimensions and weight of your eggs you’ll need 6-8 eggs. Medium eggs within the UK are the equal of huge eggs within the US. One of the best ways to find out the burden is to make use of digital scales.

Alternatively you may evenly beat the eggs first then measure utilizing a cup. Any additional may be stored to make use of as egg wash for the highest of the bread. You can even use simply egg whites (from a carton) as a substitute of complete eggs.

cottage cheese bread in a loaf pan prior to baking

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