Whip up a batch of those fast and simple Protein Bagels with Cottage Cheese for breakfast or lunch in lower than half-hour – they arrive out absolute best!

Protein Bagels with Cottage Cheese

Have in mind my Greek yogurt bagels? They’re so ultimate 12 months! What’s new? Cottage cheese the whole lot and anything else! Cottage cheese is trending this 12 months, and I’ve been the use of it in the whole lot from my cottage cheese scrambled eggs, cottage cheese lasagna roll ups to savory cottage cheese bowls. Those protein bagels are made with simply 5 components, plus toppings! You’ll lead them to within the oven or air fryer (my favourite means!). I principally swapped the yogurt in my bagel recipe for cottage cheese and it’s labored out fantastically. For additonal protein, serve this with egg salad, rooster salad or flip it right into a bacon egg and cheese breakfast bagel!

Protein Bagel Components

• Flour: This recipe works with unbleached all objective flour, complete wheat flour or gluten-free flour combine corresponding to Cup4Cup.
• Baking Powder: For emerging, make certain it’s now not expired.
• Kosher Salt: Additionally is helping flour upward push, I take advantage of kosher salt, for those who use desk salt you are making have to chop in part.
• Cottage Cheese: Use 1 cup 2% cottage cheese (I love Excellent Tradition) and pressure it in a mesh sieve so it’s thick.
• Egg: 1 huge egg or egg white, crushed (to assist the toppings stick) If you’ll’t devour eggs, you’ll overlook and simply press them into the dough.
• Not obligatory toppings: For those who like a undeniable bagel, no toppings wanted. However for those who like seasonings, do this with the whole lot bagel seasoning, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dried garlic flakes, dried onion flakes, and many others.

How To Make Protein Bagels

1. Mix Dry Components: In a big bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt and whisk neatly.
2. Pressure Cottage Cheese so it’s Thick: Upload the strained cottage cheese and blend with a fork or spatula till neatly blended, it is going to seem like small crumbles. For those who don’t pressure it neatly, the dough will probably be sticky.
3. Knead: The usage of your blank fingers, running within the bowl, knead the dough till it comes in combination and is clean, cheesy, however now not sticky, about 2 mins (it must now not depart dough to your hand while you draw back).
4. Shape Into Bagels: Divide into 4 equivalent balls. Roll every ball into 3/4-inch thick ropes and sign up for the ends to shape bagels. (or you’ll make a ball and poke a hollow within the heart then stretch it moderately)
5. Egg Wash: Brush with egg wash and sprinkle all sides with seasoning of your selection. 
6. Air Fryer Way: Spray air fryer basket with oil. Switch the bagels to the air fryer basket in batches with out overcrowding and air fry 280F 15 to 16 mins, or till golden. No wish to flip. Let cool a minimum of quarter-hour sooner than chopping, this step is a should.
7. Oven Way: Preheat oven to 375F. Position parchment paper or a silpat on a baking sheet. If the use of parchment paper, spray with oil to steer clear of sticking.
   Bake at the best rack of the oven for 25 mins. Let cool a minimum of quarter-hour sooner than chopping, this step is a should.

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