These cottage cheese carrot cake muffins are topped with a selfmade streusel and a sweetened whipped cottage cheese drizzle. They pack 7g protein per muffin, so that you actually can have your carrot cake and eat it, too 😋
We’re on an absolute ROLL with blended cottage cheese over right here within the Match Foodie kitchen, and these carrot cake muffins are our newest obsession. They’re tremendous moist and flavorful — you’re going to utterly love the protein streusel topping and sweetened cottage cheese drizzle 🥰 They’re based mostly off our cottage cheese muffins, however obvi with a carrot cake twist!
This muffin batter is thicker than your common muffin batter: The batter has the identical consistency as a thick pancake batter. It ought to straightforward to stir, however not be pourable. If the batter appears completely TOO thick and sticky, add 1 tablespoon of almond milk at a time till the batter is straightforward to stir.
Don’t skip eradicating the moisture from the shredded carrots: To take action, place the shredded carrots in a paper towel or tea towel. Twist the towel over the sink to launch moisture.
Selecting the best oil: In case you don’t have avocado oil, we examined this recipe with coconut oil, too. It labored nice.
Every muffin packs 7g of protein thanks to those protein-rich substances:
- Protein powder: we used vanilla protein powder within the streusel topping.
- Blended cottage cheese: you’ll discover blended cottage cheese in each the muffin batter and the maple cottage cheese drizzle on prime.
- Eggs: 2 eggs is all you’ll want on this muffin batter.
- Oats: rolled oats pack protein and wonderful texture within the streusel topping.
You’ll ❤️ the whipped cottage cheese drizzle
Because you’re already mixing cottage cheese for the muffins themselves, why not whip a lil further for the cottage cheese drizzle. Whereas it’s non-obligatory, we positively suggest it for the last word carrot cake expertise. All you want is mixed cottage cheese and a little bit sweetener (we used maple syrup).
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Let muffins cool fully and retailer in an hermetic container in a cool, darkish place for as much as 3 days. Or, retailer within the fridge for as much as 5 days.
We suggest ready on the glaze till serving!
Are you able to freeze these muffins?
Freezing these muffins is tremendous easy. We suggest holding off on glazing them till after you’ve frozen and thawed them:
- Let muffins cool fully.
- Place in a freezer protected bag, and seal.
- Freeze for as much as 3 months.
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Preheat the oven to 350℉ and line a muffin tin with paper liners. Put aside.
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Put together the streusel topping. Add the rolled oats, flour, protein powder, brown sugar, walnuts, butter, maple syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla extract to a mixing bowl. Use a fork and minimize the substances collectively till a crumbly texture kinds. This will take a couple of minutes. Put aside for later.
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Take away any extra moisture from the shredded carrots by inserting them in a paper towel or tea towel. Twist the towel over the sink to launch moisture.
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Subsequent, add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, salt, and carrots right into a bowl and blend collectively. Put aside.
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In a separate bowl, combine the moist substances.
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Slowly add the dry substances to the moist and stir utilizing a rubber spatula till mixed.
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Scoop 3 tablespoons of batter into every lined muffin properly. Then, prime every muffin with 1-2 tablespoons of struesel topping.
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Bake the muffins for 18 minutes. Take away the muffins from the oven if a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clear.
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Let the cake cool for 10 minutes. Combine the cottage cheese drizzle in a bowl.
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Take away the cake from the baking dish and serve with cottage cheese drizzle.
- The batter has the identical consistency as a thick pancake batter. It shouldn’t be pourable.
- If the batter appears too thick and sticky, add 1 tablespoon of almond milk at a time till the batter is straightforward to stir.
- In case you don’t have avocado oil, we examined this recipe with coconut oil, too. It labored nice.
Energy: 273 kcal, Carbohydrates: 34 g, Protein: 7 g, Fats: 12 g, Fiber: 2 g, Sugar: 17 g
Vitamin data is robotically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
