Cottage Cheese Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 very ripe, heavily speckled bananas
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup full-fat cottage cheese
• 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups almond flour
• 1/2 cup oat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• 3/4 cup toasted walnuts, roughly chopped

Blend the Wet Ingredients Smooth

Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan and line it with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on the sides to use as handles later.

In a blender, combine the ripe bananas, eggs, cottage cheese, dark brown sugar, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Blend on high until the mixture is completely smooth and aerated. There should be no visible curds from the cottage cheese.

Combine Dry Ingredients

In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, oat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Whisking the dry ingredients together first ensures that the leavening and spices are evenly distributed throughout the batter.

Mix the Batter and Bake

Pour the blended wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Use a spatula to fold everything together until just combined. Be careful not to overmix. Fold in the toasted walnuts.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake for ~50-60 minutes. The bread is done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs attached. If the top is browning too quickly, you can tent it loosely with foil for the last 15-20 minutes of baking.

Let the bread cool in the pan for at least 20 minutes before using the parchment handles to lift it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Cottage Cheese Banana Bread

This is a moist, dense banana bread that uses cottage cheese for texture and protein. The key technique is blending the wet ingredients, including the cottage cheese, into a smooth puree before adding them to the dry ingredients. This step is not optional; it prevents the final bread from having a chunky, curdled texture and ensures a uniform, tender crumb.

Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Cooling Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 35 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 2 very ripe heavily speckled bananas
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup full-fat cottage cheese
• 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups almond flour
• 1/2 cup oat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• 3/4 cup toasted walnuts roughly chopped

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 9×5 inch loaf pan and line with parchment, leaving overhang.
• Blend bananas, eggs, cottage cheese, brown sugar, melted butter, and vanilla until completely smooth.
• Whisk together almond flour, oat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in large bowl.
• Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in walnuts.
• Pour batter into pan and smooth top.
• Bake 50-60 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Tent with foil if browning too quickly.
• Cool in pan 20 minutes, then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Ensure cottage cheese is fully blended with no visible curds for best texture.