Description
Moist, protein-rich banana muffins cottage cheese for a healthy breakfast or snack. Sweet bananas, creamy cottage cheese, and pantry staples create fluffy muffins everyone will love.
Ingredients
1 cup overripe bananas (mashed)
1 cup cottage cheese (full-fat preferred)
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
2 large eggs
½ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup melted butter or oil
Optional: ½ tsp cinnamon, ½ cup nuts, or chocolate chips
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin.
2. Mash bananas until smooth.
3. Add cottage cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and melted butter. Mix.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
5. Fold dry ingredients into wet until just blended.
6. Fold in nuts, chips, or mix-ins if using.
7. Divide batter among muffin cups, ¾ full.
8. Bake 18–22 min until tops are golden and toothpick is clean.
9. Cool in pan 5 min, then transfer to rack.
Notes
Use very ripe bananas for best flavor.
Store muffins airtight 3 days or freeze 1 month.
Swap regular flour for gluten-free blend as needed.
Great with extra cottage cheese and honey.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Breakfast, Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 145
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 34mg