This is the best low carb cottage cheese cloud bread that has 9 grams of protein and just 1 gram carbohydrates per slice! The next time you want to make a keto bread, try this satisfying cottage cheese cloud bread! Be sure to read my blog post that shares the best uses of the 4 different types of keto cloud bread recipes!
WHAT IS CLOUD BREAD?
If you're following a ketogenic diet or low-carb diet, you know exactly what this great recipe is! Cloud bread has been around for a long time on the internet and for good reason.
Long before both TikTok and the keto diet existed, there was another popular trend: the Atkins diet. Dr. Robert Atkins launched the low carb diet in the 1960s.
The Atkins diet became so popular that Dr. Atkins himself rolled out a recipe book in 1972 for followers to try out some low-carb options at home. One of the most popular was the recipe for Atkins Diet Revolution Rolls: a fluffy bread, yet flimsy alternative with the main ingredients being eggs, sugar substitute, and cream cheese.
You may have all ready tried the orginial recipe of cloud bread and wasn't quite thrilled or satisfied with the texture. It does tends to be light and have an airy texture, but eggy and moist and not at all like a piece of regular bread to make a sandwich with.
The kids and I hated the fact that upon the first bite, it was stuck to the roof of your mouth and all we tasted was the cream cheese. So I wasn't that impressed,
The rolls, often called oopsie bread rolls or sandwich buns are great for burgers or sandwiches if you don't mind that cream cheese cloud bread taste.
It's one of the easiest ways to enjoy "bread" without all the carbs. This easy recipe makes rolls or a loaf.
I had to change the original recipe the first time I made it. That's what I did back in 2016, I first published my adaption to the fluffy Cloud Bread recipe including whey protein powder to provide a bit more substance.
I removed the traditional cream cheese mixture and used sour cream instead. It produced a fluffy cloud keto bread recipe like no other!
If you see the use of protein powder in cloud bread anywhere else, you know it was first published by me in 2016, so all others are copycats.
Cottage Cheese Breads
If you happen to be on tik tok and have seen the 2-ingredient cottage cheese bread, you will see it uses just liquid egg whites 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.
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 and are just looking for a quick viral video for themselves.
CAN I SWAP THE WHEY PROTEIN POWDER?
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!
If you can't use whey protein, look at the other bread options I've listed below that don't include whey.
BEST COTTAGE CHEESE BRANDS
Full-fat cottage cheese is best, either 4% or 2% cottage cheese will yield the best results.
You can find many options for cottage cheese at your local grocery store, but specific brands vary in taste and texture.
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.
The brand I like best is Green Valley organic, but the Lactaid brand is also a great brand as is, the Good Culture brand.
Can I swap cottage cheese in keto breads?
If you really don't want to try using cottage cheese, you could swap it with ricotta cheese but please note, you will add more fat, more calories and more carbs, but it's just about the same as far as protein.
How to use the 4 different types of Cloud Bread
All of these low carb cloud bread recipes are high protein and have anywhere from 8 grams of protein to 10 grams.
Want the best French Toast or Grilled Cheese?
Grilled Cheese or French Toast use my orginial cloud bread loaf with sour cream. Greek yogurt could also be swapped.
Sour Cream Cloud Bread Nutritional Information
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 76kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 97mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 0.003g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 194IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 0.5mg
Keto Sandwich Bread?
Perfect for a sandwich like white bread use this NEW recipe for Cottage cheese cloud bread as it has more structure and less deflating. The printable recipe card is at the bottom of this blog post with full instructions.
Cottage Cheese Cloud bread Nutritional Information
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 67kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 120mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 0.003g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 148IU | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 0.5mg
Need Dairy Free Bread?
If you need dairy free this is the best high protein low-carb cloud bread recipe.
Dairy Free Cloud Bread using Mayonnaise
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 112kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 102IU | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg
Need Lowest Fat Bread?
This cottage cheese bread with egg white protein powder is the lowest in fat and the highest in protein of all the bread recipes. It also needs dried whole egg powder instead of fresh eggs, but it makes the best toast!
Cottage Cheese Bread with Egg White Protein Powder (lowest fat, highest in protein)
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 65kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 199mg | Potassium: 14mg | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 18IU | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.01mg
More Cloud Bread Recipes
Keto Cloud Bread Cheddar Waffles
Keto Cloud Bread Hot Dog Rolls
Keto Cloud Bread Grilled Cheese
Keto Cloud Bread Mini Cheese Danish
Low-Carb Bread Recipes (NOT Cloud Bread)
Low Carb Blueberry English Muffin Loaf
Low Carb Brown Butter Pumpkin Bread
Low Carb Chocolate Peanut Butter Bread
Keto Everything Bagel Almond Bread
Low Carb Chocolate Pumpkin Bread
HOW TO STORE KETO CLOUD BREAD Recipe
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!
Cottage Cheese Cloud Bread Rolls
You can turn this loaf recipe into rolls by placing the batter into a hamburger silicone mold. I filled them to the top and sprinkled sesame seeds on top as well.
Baked for 25 minutes but the tops were still a bit wet though they looked browned. I removed them from the mold and placed them upside down, so tops would cook better, onto parchment lined baking sheet pan and baked for another 5 minutes.
If you don't have a silicone mold you can place the batter onto a parchment lined baking sheet pan but as you can see from the pictures, the rolls will be much flatter, first picture below and the one on the right above it.
Makes a total of 8 large rolls.
Best Cloud Bread Recipe with Cottage Cheese
Keto Cottage Cheese Cloud Bread
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs separated, room temperature
- ½ teaspoon white vinegar or cream of tartar
- 4 ounces cottage cheese or 113 grams
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup whey protein powder or 2.5 scoops or 62 grams
- ¼ cup egg white protein powder or 20 grams
- 1 tablespoon Allulose optional
- ½ teaspoon optional: ¼ teaspoon each of garlic powder and onion powder For savory bread only, skip for French Toast
- Optional: top with sesame seeds or bagel seasoning.
- 1 teaspoon optional: vanilla stevia for French Toast
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 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 mixture into the egg white mixture a little at a time until it's all incorporated.
- Pour this into a parchment lined and greased 9 by 5 loaf pan. If making rolls, use a parchment-lined baking sheet pan or this silicone mold pan.
- 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. (See notes above if you are making rolls, cooking time changes.) Shut the oven off but do not open the door and allow it to stay 10 more minutes in the oven.
- Enjoy warm, toasted with a little butter or cooled and used for a sandwich!
- 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.
Nathalie Lalonde
Very good. I did buns and cook them 25 min. Left them in oven 10 more minutes and open the oven door for 20 min. They didn't deflated and were very good !
Didn't put allulose or any toppings.
Brenda Bennett
Great, thanks for sharing!
ANITA
I really wanted to like this bread because it was higher protein. I followed the directions to a tee. The bread folded over the sides and made a mess in the oven. That wasn't the bad part. after I left it sitting in the oven for ten minutes, when I pulled it out of the USA pans, the sides were completely caved in. When I sliced it, it looked similar to a gingerbread boy cookie. There's no way it can be used for sandwiches, toast, etc. I need help on keeping it from doing that. I used the pieces under gravy this morning and the taste seemed to be good.
I took pictures, but I'm not sure how to post here. suggestions.
Sonya
Is it possible to use a different sweetener? I can’t handle the GI issues I get with allulose or erythritol.
Brenda Bennett
The allulose is really for the browning and texture, to keep it soft, not for any sweetness really. You could try just eliminating it.
Jolien
Dear Brenda,
Just tried making this Recipe. Followed the Recipe really well but 20 minutes after pulling the Bread out of the oven, it did ‘collapse a bit’. It also tastes more ‘mooist’ than regular Bread. Do you think I need to prolong the cooking time in a next try?
Kind regards
Brenda Bennett
yes if it was moist in center it needed more baking time, sorry you had trouble!
Monika
Would labneh or yogurt work in place of cottage cheese? Thank you.
kae
Can I use whey isolate instead?
Brenda Bennett
In place of the whey i used? Yes it's works the same.
Linda
I’m new to protein powders, can Hemp protein powder be used in this recipe? Or only Whey powder will work?
Brenda Bennett
Since I've not tested hemp, I can't say the result will be the same as using whey.
Pj
Is whey protein isolate the same whey protein powder used in your bread recipe ?
Kait
Absolutely delicious! And the texture is the best I've tried yet!
Brenda Bennett
Thank you so much Kait!
Erica
I just made this bread and it’s great! Mine sliced into 11 pieces. Should I have blended the cottage cheese mixture in the blender? Mine was really thick and a bit difficult to fold into the egg whites. Delicious and fits my high protein diet perfectly!
Brenda Bennett
I added the yolks and cottage cheese in my blender and then added to my stand mixer on low right into the egg whites. Glad you liked it!
MarjoJimbo
Thank you, Brenda! This bread is absolutely the best one yet. Thank you for experimenting, creating, and sharing the results. I’ve tried other keto breads and yours and like this the best!
Brenda Bennett
Love to hear that thank you!
Tracy
I'm in Canada, and I cannot find egg white protein powder anywhere. I can get it on Amazon, but it costs $60 up here. Can you recommend a good substitute?
Brenda Bennett
No subs will work for this recipe.
Koni
The recipe sounds great.
Unfortunately, I don’t have egg white powder. Can I just replace it with 20g more of the protein powder or maybe flour?
Thanks in advance
Brenda Bennett
The other bread options I mentioned above, like my first cloud bread version using sour cream and whey and no egg white protein would be the best option.
Kim
Tracy, you can get it from Canadian Protein.
Kate
Are you using whey protein isolate?
Brenda Bennett
Yes, I linked to the Jay Robb brand right in the ingredients on the recipe card, it goes right to Amazon so you can see the product used.
Kathy
I don't have a rating for your recipe yet as I was just reading through it. It sounds so delightful to make French toast with or to make a grilled cheese sandwich. I had originally tried Atkins bread about five years ago when my son and daughter-in-law were doing keto and I just Couldn't palate It. I do have a quick question. I don't have the unflavored whey protein if I was to use vanilla whey protein I can favor that for French toast would it be recommended? Thank you so much, Brenda for your recipes. I am really starting to get into this lifestyle slowly but surely.
Brenda Bennett
Yes for french toast the vanilla whey is delicious! Thank you!
Marama
Hi there, can I use all egg white protein powder as I don’t have whey?
Brenda Bennett
This recipe doesn't use whey https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/easy-best-low-carb-keto-cottage-cheese-bread-recipe/