COTTAGE CHEESE PROTEIN BAGELS | easy, healthy, homemade, recipe

cottage cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt adds protein while being lower in calories.

whole wheat flour

🥗Healthier: almond flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Almond flour is lower in carbs, while all-purpose flour is more budget-friendly.

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

In a large bowl, combine 1 cup of unbleached all-purpose flour with 2 teaspoons of baking powder.

Add 1 and 1/4 cups of low-fat cottage cheese to the flour mixture. If the cottage cheese is watery, strain it beforehand.

Using a rubber spatula, mix the cottage cheese into the flour mixture until it resembles wet crumbles.

Flour your hands and knead the mixture until it forms a ball, being careful not to over-knead.

Transfer the dough to a floured cutting board and shape it into a ball, then cut it into four equal pieces.

Shape each piece into a round ball, then flatten it into a disc and create a hole in the center using your thumb and finger, stretching the hole open.

Place each shaped bagel onto the prepared baking sheet.

Make an egg wash by whisking one cracked egg.

Brush the egg wash on the outside of the bagels and dip them into everything bagel seasoning, coating both the top and bottom.

Place the seasoned bagels back onto the baking sheet.

Bake the bagels in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.

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