Description
High-protein Cottage Cheese Banana Bread: moist, tender loaf with ripe bananas and cottage cheese for extra moisture and nutrition. Gluten-free option.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 large ripe bananas (1 1/2 cups mashed)
- 3/4 cup full-fat cottage cheese
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Optional: 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F; line 9×5 loaf pan with parchment.
2. Mash bananas; whisk in cottage cheese, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla.
3. Fold in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and chips.
4. Bake 50-60 min until toothpick clean. Cool completely.
Notes
Blend cottage cheese for smoothness. Use ripe bananas for sweetness.
Freeze slices up to 3 months. Toast to refresh.
Gluten-free with almond flour; sub all-purpose if preferred.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 11g
- Cholesterol: 45mg