Cottage Cheese Protein Bagels (Printer View)

Soft, chewy bagels packed with protein using cottage cheese and self-rising flour for a nutritious start.

# What you'll need:

→ Dough

01 - 1 cup cottage cheese, full-fat or low-fat
02 - 1½ cups self-rising flour

→ Toppings

03 - 1 egg, beaten for egg wash
04 - 2 tablespoons everything bagel seasoning, sesame seeds, or poppy seeds

# Method:

01 - Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
02 - In a large bowl, mix cottage cheese and self-rising flour until a shaggy dough forms.
03 - Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface. Knead gently for 1 to 2 minutes until smooth, avoiding over-kneading.
04 - Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a rope, form into a bagel shape, and pinch ends to seal.
05 - Place bagels on the prepared baking sheet. Brush tops with beaten egg and sprinkle with desired toppings.
06 - Bake for 18 to 22 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
07 - Let cool slightly before slicing and serving.

# Expert Advice:

01 -
  • They're done in thirty minutes, which means breakfast without the usual morning stress or planning ahead.
  • Each bagel packs eleven grams of protein, so you're actually fueling yourself, not just eating carbs and hope.
  • The texture is genuinely chewy and satisfying, nothing like the dense protein-flour experiments that usually disappoint.
02 -
  • Don't knead these like regular bread dough—the cottage cheese mixture is already tender and kneading too much will make them tough and dense instead of chewy.
  • If your cottage cheese is very wet, the dough might feel sticky; a tiny sprinkle of extra flour helps, but just a little because too much changes the whole balance.
03 -
  • If you don't have self-rising flour on hand, making it yourself takes sixty seconds and tastes exactly the same—just mix all-purpose flour with baking powder and salt as noted in the ingredients.
  • Room temperature cottage cheese mixes into the flour more smoothly than cold cottage cheese straight from the fridge, so let it sit for a few minutes if you remember.
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