Cottage Cheese Pumpkin Bread (High Protein)
This Pumpkin Bread with Cottage Cheese is moist, fluffy, and packed with cozy fall flavors. Naturally sweetened and higher in protein, it’s a wholesome twist on the classic pumpkin loaf.
Equipment
- 1 loaf pan
Ingredients
wet
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup +2 tablespoons olive oil I like kosterina - use code avocadoskillet for 20% off!
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup coconut sugar can sub brown sugar
- ¾ cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie mix
dry
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon pumpkin spice
- pinch salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ¾-1 cup chocolate chips you can omit if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add all wet ingredients to a bowl and mix together until smooth. Add in dry ingredients* except for the chocolate chips and mix until smooth. Lastly fold in the chocolate chips.
- Add batter to a loaf pan lined with parchment paper or one that is heavily greased. I like to line mine as it is easier to get out.
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour - until a toothpick comes out clean. Everyone's oven is so different but I baked mine for about 55 minutes.
- Let pumpkin bread completely cool to set and then slice and enjoy. You CAN cut it while its still hot but it will be hard to cut and crumbly.
Notes
Nutritional information is for ⅛ of the recipe - so one slice. To lower the calories you can omit/lessen the chocolate chips or eat a smaller slice.
*I mixed together my dry ingredients in a separate bowl first. If you want to keep this a true one bowl recipe you can skip this step.
Nutrition
Calories: 339kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 6gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 287mgPotassium: 185mgFiber: 1gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 3661IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 2mg
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