High Protein Cottage Cheese Soft Pretzels
These High Protein Cottage Cheese Soft Pretzel are a delicious healthy snack recipe.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour*
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 egg** - beaten for an egg wash
- flaky salt to taste I used about 1 teaspoon
- 1-2 tablespoons melted butter optional but recommended
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Add cottage cheese to a food processor and blend until smooth. You can use a blender for this but it is much easier to blend it up in a food processor.
- Add flour, salt and baking powder to a bowl and mix together. Pour in cottage cheese and mix again. Knead with your hands until everything is fully combined.
- Wash your hands so they aren't sticky and add a little flour to a cutting board. Roll out the dough into a long rope about 12 inches long. Cut the rope in half.
- Shape each rope into a U, cross the ends over each other, and press them down at the base of the U to form a pretzel shape.
- Add pretzels to a baking sheet lined with silicone or parchment paper. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle over salt. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until pretzels are golden brown.
- Brush pretzels with butter. Serve with mustard, your favorite dipping sauce, or enjoy as is.
Notes
Nutrition information is for one pretzel or ½ of the recipe. To cut the calories just eat a smaller portion, these pretzels are pretty big and very filling!
*If you have self rising flour you can use this instead and leave out the salt and baking powder.
** You will have leftover egg. I scrambled mine and ate it, no need to waste it!
Nutrition
Calories: 382kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 18gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 1858mgPotassium: 179mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 322IUCalcium: 275mgIron: 3mg
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