High Protein Keto Garlic Herb Cottage Cheese Bread
Just 72 calories, 2 grams of carbs and 9 grams of protein for one slice of this tasty garlic herb cottage cheese bread. This has the texture of soft white bread!
Carbs in Traditional Bread
Regular bread consists of white refined flour, or whole wheat flour and often adds high fructose corn syrup and a bunch of other unhealthy preservatives and additives to keep it on shelves in your local grocery store.
If you’re on a a ketogenic diet or low carb diet, regular bread is a no go as it’s high in carbs and will spike blood sugar also causing cravings for more.
According to Cronometer, the app I use, one slice of store bought white bread has 21.3 grams of carbs. That’s as much as many use in a whole day on a keto diet so steer clear and make our keto-friendly bread instead!
Carbs in Garlic Herb Cottage Cheese Cloud Bread
The main ingredients in this keto bread are cottage cheese, eggs and protein powder.
No keto flours are used. No gluten or yeast is used. It is a high protein tasty garlic herb keto bread with 2 total grams of carbs and 9 grams of protein per slice!
It’s a great recipe for those of us who follow a low carb diet, keto diet, gluten-free diet or are watching their sugar intake.
This low carb bread recipe won’t spike blood sugar and because of the high protein, will be satisfying as well! All the rest of the nutritional value is in the printable recipe card, bottom of this page.
COTTAGE CHEESE BREAD
If your on tik tok, you’ve seen the 2-ingredient cottage cheese bread, you will see it uses just whipped egg whites, not whole eggs, and cottage cheese though some other cottage cheese bread recipes actually use bread flour or all purpose flour and are not keto friendly or gluten free.
Though it has just simple ingredients, it is absolutely tasteless with water, cottage cheese and liquid egg whites, don’t even try it.
Always check the ingredients on tiktok- make the ones that don’t include regular refined flours and sugar because there are a ton of content creators who care nothing about using quality ingredients for keto.
I have also tried the viral cottage cheese flatbread recipe and every time I’ve tried it, it cracks and never comes out looking like what you see on TikTok and certainly doesn’t fold like a sandwich wrap.
I’ve even tried adding xanthan gum and gelatin and it still cracks. So while it might be the easiest keto bread recipe, if I can’t get it to work, I don’t recommend it.
Can I swap the cottage cheese?
Cottage cheese is a great source of protein and I highly recommend it to all my clients and participants in my 5 day Sugar Detox Challenge and in my Sugar Free Fresh Start course.
It’s satiating and satisfying and the best thing about it is that it can be used in so many different ways!
Yes you can swap it out, but just remember, you are changing the macros. This cottage cheese bread has 9 grams of protein and just 1 gram of carbs per slice.
You can swap the cottage cheese with ricotta cheese or Greek yogurt, but those will also increase your carb count in the nutritional information in the printable recipe card below.
I would not recommend using any other cheese and especially not mozzarella cheese as this is not like fathead dough and also it does not include any keto flours like almond flour or coconut flour.
What Kind of Cottage Cheese is Best?
The brand I like best is Green Valley organic, but the Lactaid brand is also a great brand as is, the Good Culture brand and the Daisy Cottage Cheese brand if you don’t need lactose free.
I don’t recommend fat free cottage cheese because it won’t be as satisfying as full fat cottage cheese or as creamy. I like to use lactose free cottage cheese since my daughter and I both have lactose intolerance.
Full-fat cottage cheese is best, either 4% or 2% cottage cheese will yield the best results.
Can I swap the Allulose?
You could make the bread without the Allulose if you can’t buy it where you live or you could make your own allulose syrup at home with my recipe.
Can I swap the whey protein powder?
I wouldn’t recommend that.
The whey protein powder acts like gluten would in baked gluten-free alternatives. It not only provides a great fluffy texture, it helps give the bread height and lift and a nice bite!
Try this cottage cheese bread recipe if you don’t want to use whey protein powder, but it does use egg white protein powder.
Can I replace the egg white protein powder?
You can replace it if you don’t want to purchase it but it does help to keep the bread from deflating. If you remove it, increase the whey protein powder to 1 cup.
Storage for Keto Garlic Bread
Once your loaf has cooked and cooled completely, slice into 12 slices.
The best way to store is in an airtight container in the fridge for a week or you can lay slices between pieces of parchment paper then in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Take a piece or two out of the freezer and toast!
High Protein Cottage Cheese Recipes
Chicken Cottage Cheese Crust Pizza
Cottage Cheese Chicken Patties
Keto Cottage Cheese Hawaiian Rolls
Low Carb Cream Cheese Stuffed Brioche Rolls
90 second Keto Cottage Cheese Pumpkin English Muffin
90 second Keto Cottage Cheese Bread
Keto Cinnamon Swirl Cottage Cheese Cloud Bread
Garlic Herb Cottage Cheese Focaccia Bread
Turn this cottage cheese bread loaf into focaccia bread or use for sandwich bread without having to make it a loaf.
Use a ceramic 9 by 13 baking dish.
I used my Caraway 9 by 13 rectangle pan. If you purchase through this link you will get a discount of 10%. Use SugarFreeMom10 at checkout.
I’ve not tested it with a glass baking dish. Here’s a video on Facebook making it.
Line with parchment paper. Follow the recipe as instructed, but pour into the baking dish instead of a loaf pan. Bake for 30 minutes then check center with a toothpick, if it comes out clean it’s done. Allow to cool before slicing.
High Protein Keto Garlic Herb Cottage Cheese Bread
High Protein Keto Garlic Herb Cottage Cheese Bread
Ingredients
- 6 medium fresh eggs separated, room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar or cream of tartar
- 4 ounces cottage cheese or 113 grams
- 3/4 cup whey protein powder or 2.5 scoops or 62 grams
- 1/4 cup egg white protein powder or 20 grams
- 1 tbsp Allulose optional
- 1 tbsp Italian seasonings
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1 cup fresh parsley coarsely chopped or any fresh herbs you like, basil would be good too.
- 6 cloves garlic minced
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 300 degrees F.
- Place your egg whites in a stand mixer or electric hand mixer with vinegar and whip until stiff peaks. This should take about 10-15 minutes. Set aside.
- Place the egg yolks in a bowl with the remaining ingredients, except the parsley and garlic, and whisk and stir well to combine. You can also just add these ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Fold in a small amount of egg yolk cottage cheese mixture into the egg white mixture a little at a time until it's all incorporated.
- Put the mixer on low speed and add in the chopped parsley and minced garlic.
- Bake on the middle shelf of oven for 50 minutes or until a toothpick or skewer stick in the center comes out clean and it's golden brown. Shut the oven off but do not open the door and allow it to stay 10 more minutes in the oven.
- Enjoy warm with a little melted butter or dip in a mixture of olive oil, minced garlic and parmesan cheese!
- See storage instructions above.
Notes
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
I just made this tonight to have with our spaghetti squash dinner. Admittedly, I almost overlooked it because of the one star rating, and I’m so glad I didn’t, because I would have MISSED OUT. Unfortunately, I didn’t have egg protein powder and had to use an extra 1/4 cup of whey protein, BUT the result was still FANTASTIC.
Thank you for sharing this recipe, as it will likely become a staple as I recently resumed my keto diet.
I appreciate your comment, thank you!
Can’t wait to try this recipe it’s my sort of recipe
Hi Barbara!
Is the vanilla-flavored egg white protein powder required or can I use the unflavored? Also, I do not have medium-sized eggs, only large ones. With the current price of eggs, I do not want to buy eggs if I don’t have to. Can I use large eggs and, if so, do I use more or less?
use unflavored whey and yes large eggs will be fine.
Is this easy to cut? Or will I end up mashing it? I’ve made the cinnamon rolls, they are delish but were in areas quite hollow. What is the bread texture like? Thanks!
No holes, sturdy enough to cut into slices.
why egg white protein powder? it seems I have to ‘Find’ ingredients instead of using what I already might have.
This particular bread recipe requires the use of whey and egg white protein since there is no flour in it. Both help to stabilize the loaf to hold it’s shape. I have plenty of other bread recipes that don’t use either and use other keto flours instead.
https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/keto-brown-butter-pumpkin-bread-nut-free-low-carb/
https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/keto-everything-bagel-almond-flour-bread-low-carb-gluten-free/
https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/keto-low-carb-coconut-flour-bread/
what. if you make this recipe with out protein powder
Why are you rating my recipe a 1 when you haven’t tried it? If you make the recipe removing any ingredients the outcome will not be the same as the pictures you see in my post.
The egg white protein powder you have linked is vanilla flavor. Just want to confirm that’s the one you use and not a unflavored one.
Correct I have used unflavored for this bread.
Can I use beef isolate protein powder instead of whey protein powder?
I think someone in comments mentioned they tried that and it didn’t work for them.
Can I use egg white powder instead of egg white protein powder in this recipe?
I think they are the same thing if the only ingredient is dried egg whites.
Hi, i gave it a try but the bread never rose in the tin. I dont know what i did wrong.
That’s odd, you did change any ingredients? Did you use white vinegar or cream of tartar to whip egg whites to stiff peaks?