Moist and fluffy blueberry muffins made with cottage cheese, flour, eggs, and pantry staple ingredients. Perfect for a midday snack or breakfast on the go.
1/2cupcoconut sugaror light brown sugar (fine cane sugar works too)
1cupcottage cheeseused 4%
1/4cupmilk of choiceused 2%
2large eggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonground cinnamon
1 1/4cupfresh blueberries1 cup tossed in 1 tbsp flour
juice and zest of half a lemon
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a muffin tin pan with parchment paper or cooking oil spray.
Add the 1/4 cup coconut oil, 1/2 cup coconut sugar, 1 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup milk of choice, 2 large eggs, juice and zest of half a lemon, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a blender. Blend until smooth. (mixed with hand in video)
Next, in a large bowl add the 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Mix to combine.
Pour the blended cottage cheese mix over the flour mixture. Using a spatula, mix to combine.
Add the 1 cup blueberries (from the 1 1/4 cup fresh blueberries) coated in flour into the batter and gently toss to combine.
Divide the batter equally into the muffin tin pan.
Top with the remaining 1/4 cup blueberries and bake for 24-26 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Allow it to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Video
Notes
Any flour of your choice will work. The best options are whole wheat, white flour, gluten-free, or oat flour.
You can use frozen blueberries if you do not have fresh.
Large curd cottage cheese will work too since you will be blending it. I used 4% milk-fat small curd cottage cheese.
Lemon and zest give it a nice flavor, if you prefer to skip it, you can just use vanilla extract.
Do allow these to cool before handling.
If you want to use almond flour, you can. Keep in mind it will be very moist. I would start with 2 cups of almond flour and keep adding 1-2 tablespoons as needed until you get a thick consistency for the batter.
Note: In the video, I didn't use a blender to mix the cottage cheese and egg mix so you see how to make it without a blender for those that don't have one.