Chocolate Chip Cottage Cheese Muffins
Chocolate chip cottage cheese muffins are soft chocolate chip muffins made with cottage cheese. These muffins can be made in less than 30 minutes and make a great breakfast, lunch box treat, or snack.
Servings 12 muffins
Calories 259kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup full-fat small curd cottage cheese at room temperature
- ⅓ cup milk at room temperature
- 1 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
- Coarse sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F. Grease or line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk the sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla together until combined.¾ cup granulated sugar, 2 large eggs, ¼ cup canola oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add the cottage cheese and milk, and whisk in until combined.⅔ cup full-fat small curd cottage cheese, ⅓ cup milk
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt just until combined.1 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour, 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- Fold in the chocolate chips.¾ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin tins.
- Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Bake for 5 minutes.
- Without removing the muffins, decrease the oven temperature to 350F and continue baking for about 10-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Neutral oil: I like to use light olive oil, but any neutral oil, like canola oil, will work well.
- Cottage cheese: I recommend using full-fat cottage cheese for the moistest muffins. Also, using small-curd cottage cheese helps the curds to incorporate into the muffins.
- Milk: For the moistest muffins, use whole milk.
- Chocolate chips: I like to use mini chocolate chips so that there are little bites of chocolate in each bite. You can use regular semisweet chocolate chips if you prefer.
- Coarse sugar: The coarse sugar adds a sweet crunchy crust to to the muffins. You can omit it if you prefer.
- Nutrition values are estimates.
Nutrition
Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 259kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 70IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2mg