High Protein Cookie Dough (with Cottage Cheese!)

A close up look at a jar of high protein cookie dough with lots of chocolate chips on top.

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High Protein Cookie Dough (with Cottage Cheese!)

This delicious edible cookie dough is gluten free, low carb, and high in protein! Make a batch and enjoy as a snack or dessert to increase your protein consumption.

Prep Time10

Cook Time0

Total Time10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: edible cookie dough, high protein cookie dough, keto cookie dough, protein cookie dough

Servings: servings

Calories: 126kcal

Equipment

blender

Ingredients

8 ounces cottage cheese I recommend 0% fat, since this recipe has other high fat ingredients
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons coconut sugar or brown sugar sweetener of choice (sugar free)
1 cup almond flour
1/3 cup allulose or monk fruit sweetener (powdered or granulated)
20-40 grams protein powder (unsweetened) *I use half unsweetened whey protein isolate and half egg white powder
20 grams collagen optional
pinch sea salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips dark chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips recommended

Instructions

Add the cottage cheese, vanilla, and coconut sugar to a blender. Process until a very smooth consistency.
In a mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, sweetener of choice, protein powder, and sea salt.
Pour the smooth cottage cheese mixture into the flour mixture, and stir to combine into a cookie dough.
Fold in chocolate chips.

Notes

Recipe makes 12 2-tablespoon servings (1 1/2 cups total).

*Nutrition facts are for 2 tablespoons, using 20 grams of whey protein and 20 grams of egg white or collagen protein.

LOWER THE CARBS: Omit coconut sugar. Replace with a brown sugar flavored sugar substitute, or additional allulose + 1/2 teaspoon maple extract.

Variations

Choose your Chocolate

Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Chips (for a sugar free/keto cookie dough)
Chopped 85% Dark Chocolate (this also keeps the carbs low enough for a keto snack)
Butterscotch or White Chocolate Chips (ChocZero makes awesome versions of these!)
Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips (if you’re not trying to lower the sugar/carbs these work!)

Other Additions:

Nuts: walnuts and pecans are my favs! Add 1/3 cup chopped nuts to the batter.
Seeds: Layer in some nutrition with 1-2 tablespoons of chia seeds, hemp seeds, sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds.
Coconut: Add 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut if you love the texture like I do!
Dried Fruit: If carbs aren’t an issue, add raisins, dried cranberries, or chopped dried apricots to your cookie dough!
Candy Coated Chocolates: Make a monster cookie dough by adding in some candy coated chocolates! I love Trader Joe’s brand because they use no artificial colors. This is not a low carb or keto friendly option.

Protein Cookie Dough Balls

To make cookie dough balls, first completely chill the dough. Once it’s cold, it’s thicker and easier to work with. Use a cookie scoop to form balls and freeze. I dip the cookie scoop in hot water prior to scooping the dough to help prevent it from sticking.

Adding nuts or shredded coconut to the cookie dough helps thicken the dough to form better cookie dough balls!

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