Heavenly Cottage Cheese Brownies: The Fudgy Protein-Packed Recipe
Discover these irresistible cottage cheese brownies that blend rich chocolate with protein-packed cottage cheese for the ultimate fudgy texture. Perfect for healthy-ish chocolate cravings!
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese 2% or 4% fat
- 4 ounces dark chocolate 60-70% cocoa
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 8×8-inch pan with parchment paper.
- Blend cottage cheese until smooth in food processor.
- Melt chocolate and butter together. Cool slightly.
- Whisk eggs and sugar in large bowl.
- Stir melted chocolate mixture into egg mixture.
- Fold in blended cottage cheese.
- Whisk dry ingredients in separate bowl (flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt).
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 25-30 minutes until toothpick shows moist crumbs.
- Cool completely before cutting.