Everything Cottage Cheese Bagels
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These everything cottage cheese bagels bake up crisp on the outside, soft in the middle, and toast up perfectly. Whether you stack them high with toppings or keep it simple with butter, they’re an easy, tasty twist on a classic.
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It seems like cottage cheese is having a moment these days, and if you want to know the truth, I despise cottage cheese…. on its own. But if I can hide it in recipes like these bagels or cottage cheese pancakes and know that I will feel full longer because of it and not be the wiser I am here for it!
I am obsessed with these everything bagels made with three main ingredients besides the seasoning. Just cottage cheese, all-purpose flour and some baking powder. Simple!
These cottage cheese bagels take about 5 minutes to make and form into rings and then another 30 minutes to bake. They are delicious and keep me on track with my goals of getting back in shape this year. I made a half dozen and my husband and I practically inhaled them that day!
Star Ingredients
- Cottage Cheese – I made mine with 1%, but honestly, any cottage cheese will work fine. I use an immersion blender to make the cottage cheese smooth, so if you don’t have one of these blenders or a blender, look for the creamy cottage cheese varieties that are out now.
- All-Purpose Flour – I find this type of flour holds together better, but you could also use bread flour if you have it.
- Everything Bagel Spice – Optional if you want a plain bagel or something else, but I think everything bagel spice is life and it is my favorite topping.
What is an Immersion Blender?
It is a handheld blender that is great for blending soups like Potato Leek Soup or Lentil Soup, making them smooth while in a bowl or pot. You immerse the blender into the ingredients rather than pouring the ingredients into a traditional stand-up blender to blend.
You just have to be careful, you don’t lift the immersion blender out of the ingredients while blending, or just like any blender, the ingredients will fly all over the place.
Making Cottage Cheese Bagels Step-By-Step.
If You Don’t Eat Them All…
Once the bagels have cooled, I leave them on the counter in an air-tight container for 3 days and have at breakfast or make sandwiches with them. But if I know I am not going to eat them all, I freeze them. They are good frozen for up to 3 months. Then I thaw them in the microwave for about 30 seconds before I eat them.
Don’t put them in the fridge because this causes bread to go stale faster!
Topping Ideas
The road doesn’t have to stop with everything bagel spice. You can top this delicious bagel recipe with lots of great flavors. Here are some variations I often make:
- Shredded cheese.
- Poppyseeds or sesame seeds only.
- Cinnamon Spice – I baste the bagels with butter instead of the egg and mix a little brown sugar into the cinnamon to sprinkle.
- Add some blueberries to the batter and egg wash the bagels without seasoning.
Everything Cottage Cheese Bagels
Equipment
- 1 Immersion blender or blender
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup cottage cheese
- 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp milk or water
- 1 tbsp everything bagel seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add 1 1/2 cups of cottage cheese to a large bowl and use an immersion blender to blend it until smooth.
- Add 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour and 1 tbsp of baking powder to the bowl and use a spoon or your clean hands to mix the dry ingredients into the cottage cheese.
- Cut the dough into 6 equal pieces. Use your hands to form the dough into a disk and then use your thumb to make a hole in the center of the dough that is abut 1" in diameter. Place the formed bagel dough onto the baking sheet.
- Whisk the egg and milk in a small bowl with a fork. Baste the top of each bagel with the egg wash using a basting brush being sure to get inside and outside edges of the bagel.
- Sprinkle the top of the bagels evenly with everything bagel seasoning.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the bagels are golden brown. Remove and let cool before serving or storing.
Nutrition
Notes
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Can you substitute the cottage cheese with plain Greek yogurt?
Hi Rose, I have not tested this recipe for yogurt only as it is a cottage cheese recipe. Let me know if you try it and how it works for you.
Have you used almond flour or some gluten free flour ?
Hi Raechel, I haven’t tried these with almond flour but a 1:1 gluten-free flour will most likely work better.
These were amazing! My kids ate them all up! Just wondering, can I make the dough up ahead of time and leave it in the fridge overnight so I can bake them fresh in the morning?
Hi Aleisha, I am so glad you like them! I haven’t tried doing that yet because they are so quick to make but I don’t think it will be a problem. I would maybe the dough come to room temperature first or let it sit out for maybe a half hour or so before trying to form the dough into the rings because it may be too cold straight from the fridge to work with. If you try this please let me know how they work out.
These are so good! I did add a bit more flour so they weren’t so sticky but they are amazing!!!!
The dough was a little too sticky but the end result was heavenly 👍
The dough is sticky so that is totally normal. I dust them with a tiny bit of extra flour to help me mould them more easily into the bagel shape. So glad you enjoyed them!