Cottage Cheese Muffins

Cottage cheese muffins are incredibly moist, tender, and packed with 14g of protein per muffin — making them the perfect grab-and-go breakfast or snack. The cottage cheese is the star here, replacing much of the butter and oil you'd find in traditional muffin recipes while adding protein and creating an unbelievably soft crumb. These muffins rise tall and dome beautifully, with a slightly crispy top that gives way to a cloud-soft interior. This cottage cheese muffin recipe is wonderfully versatile — the base recipe works with countless mix-in combinations. Add blueberries for a classic breakfast muffin, chocolate chips for a sweet treat, or lemon zest and poppy seeds for a bright, refreshing variation. The batter comes together in one bowl in about 5 minutes, making these the easiest baking project you'll tackle this week. Bake a batch of 12, cool completely, and store in an airtight container for up to 5 days. They also freeze beautifully — thaw overnight or microwave for 30 seconds for a warm, fresh-tasting muffin any morning. These cottage cheese muffins prove that the simplest cottage cheese recipes can also be the most delicious. Once you taste the difference cottage cheese makes in a muffin, you'll never go back to the butter-heavy version.