Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough Bark
Satisfy your sweet tooth with high protein Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough Bark. You'll want a batch in the freezer at all times- it's that good!
Servings: 16 pieces
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2% cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoon natural peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup oat flour see notes below for substitution
- ¼ cup vanilla protein powder see notes below for substitution
- ⅓ cup chocolate chips
For chocolate layer:
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoon coconut oil
Instructions
- In a high powered blender or food processor combine cottage cheese, peanut butter, maple syrup and vanilla extract. Blend until smooth.
- To a large mixing bowl, add blended cottage cheese, oat flour and protein powder. Mix until fully combined. Add chocolate chips and stir.
- Line a baking tray or cookie sheet with parchment paper. Evenly spread your cottage cheese cookie dough over the parchment paper. Tip: as the dough will be sticky, I recommend running a silicone spatula under warm water before using it to smooth out the dough.
- To melt your chocolate, add chocolate chips and coconut oil to a microwave safe bowl. Microwave in increments of 30 seconds, stirring between until chocolate is fully melted. This usually takes a total of 1 minute 30 seconds.
- Drizzle chocolate over the cookie dough and spread into an even layer until fully coating the dough. Place in the freezer for at least 2 hours (preferably overnight) to harden.
- Once the bark is hard, break into your desired sized pieces (this usually makes 16 pieces for me) and store in an airtight container in the freezer.
Notes
Oat flour can be replaced with 1 cup of almond flour.
To make your own oat flour, blend together 1 cup + 2 tablespoon of whole oats in a high powered blender or food processor until a flour-like consistency forms.
Protein powder can be replaced with 4 tablespoon of additional oat flour and 1 teaspoon of maple syrup for added sweetness.
*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 146kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 48mg | Potassium: 106mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 18IU | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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