Protein Bagels with Cottage Cheese (Air Fryer or Oven)

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 good!

Protein Bagels with Cottage Cheese

Bear in mind my Greek yogurt bagels? They’re so final yr! What’s new? Cottage cheese the whole lot and something! Cottage cheese is trending this yr, and I’ve been utilizing it in the whole lot from my cottage cheese scrambled eggs, cottage cheese lasagna roll ups to savory cottage cheese bowls. These protein bagels are made with simply 5 components, plus toppings! You can also make them within the oven or air fryer (my favourite method!). I mainly swapped the yogurt in my bagel recipe for cottage cheese and it’s labored out fantastically. For further protein, serve this with egg salad, chicken salad or flip it right into a bacon egg and cheese breakfast bagel!

Protein Bagel Components

• Flour: This recipe works with unbleached all goal flour, complete wheat flour or gluten-free flour combine resembling Cup4Cup.
• Baking Powder: For rising, ensure that it’s not expired.
• Kosher Salt: Additionally helps flour rise, I take advantage of kosher salt, if you happen to use desk salt you make have to chop in half.
• Cottage Cheese: Use 1 cup 2% cottage cheese (I like Good Tradition) and pressure it in a mesh sieve so it’s thick.
• Egg: 1 giant egg or egg white, overwhelmed (to assist the toppings stick) When you can’t eat eggs, you possibly can omit and simply press them into the dough.
• Optionally available toppings: When you like a plain bagel, no toppings wanted. However if you happen to 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 effectively.
2. Pressure Cottage Cheese so it’s Thick: Add the strained cottage cheese and blend with a fork or spatula till effectively mixed, it’ll seem like small crumbles. When you don’t pressure it effectively, the dough can be sticky.
3. Knead: Utilizing your clear fingers, working within the bowl, knead the dough till it comes collectively and is easy, cheesy, however not sticky, about 2 minutes (it mustn’t depart dough in your hand if you draw back).
4. Type Into Bagels: Divide into 4 equal balls. Roll every ball into 3/4-inch thick ropes and be a part of the ends to kind bagels. (or you may make a ball and poke a gap within the middle then stretch it barely)
5. Egg Wash: Brush with egg wash and sprinkle either side with seasoning of your alternative. 
6. Air Fryer Technique: 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 minutes, or till golden. No want to show. Let cool at the least quarter-hour earlier than chopping, this step is a should.
7. Oven Technique: Preheat oven to 375F. Place parchment paper or a silpat on a baking sheet. If utilizing parchment paper, spray with oil to keep away from sticking.
   Bake on the highest rack of the oven for 25 minutes. Let cool at the least quarter-hour earlier than chopping, this step is a should.

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