Cottage Cheese Banana Bread

This Cottage Cheese Banana Bread is the ultimate soft, moist and delicious banana bread to make. It’s a gluten-free, made with almond flour and it is lower in sugar and higher in protein compared to your typical banana bread.

PREPARATION TIME:

• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins

• Ingredients:

  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup cottage cheese
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup (adjust to taste if you want sweeter)
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups almond flour**
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • Optional mix-in’s: walnuts, chocolate chips or blueberries are all great

  Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a loaf pan with parchment paper and grease
  2. In a large bowl, mix together the bananas, eggs, cottage cheese, maple syrup and vanilla until smooth
  3. Mix in the almond flour, baking soda and cinnamon until fully combined (depending on the brand cottage cheese you use, it may be chunky – that is ok!)
  4. Pour batter into loaf pan and bake in oven for about 50 minutes, covering with foil after 30 minutes or so if the top is starting to brown a bit
  5. Remove from oven once cooked (I stick a toothpick in to test)
  6. Allow the bread to cool then slice and enjoy!

  7. Notes:

     *Store banana bread in airtight container for 3 days, 5 days in fridge or 2 months in freezer

     NUTRITION:

     • Serving Size: 1 slice
     • Calories: 285
     • Sugar: 10 g
     • Sodium: 176 mg
     • Fat: 20 g
     • Saturated Fat: 2 g
     • Trans Fat: 0 g
     • Carbohydrates: 20 g
     • Fiber: 5 g
     • Protein: 11 g
     • Cholesterol: 64 mg