Low Carb Keto Cottage Cheese Pumpkin Bread Recipe

This easy recipe for high protein cottage cheese keto pumpkin bread recipe has 9 grams of protein per slice and just 2 grams of carbs! Just 9 simple ingredients for this delicious pumpkin bread recipe!

Best Keto Pumpkin Bread

The best thing about this easy cottage cheese pumpkin bread is that it doesn't need any coconut flour, almond flour, all purpose flour or even sunflower seed flour!

It's gluten free, high protein and wonderfully keto friendly for those on a keto diet. Even if you're not a ketogenic diet and just looking to reduce your oxalates or balance your blood sugar, this is the perfect low carb bread for you!

Also, if you have a tree nut allergy, this keto protein pumpkin bread is perfect for everyone, especially in the fall season. 

Cottage Cheese Bread

Cottage cheese is the new cauliflower and I've hopped on board to bring you amazing high protein low carb keto bread recipes using it!

If you're on a keto diet, always check the ingredients on tiktok- make the ones that don't include regular refined flours and sugar because there are many creators who are using cottage cheese for high protein recipes but most often they aren't for a low carb diet or keto lifestyle. 

Carbs in Traditional Pumpkin Bread

According to the app I use, Cronometer, pumpkin spice bread from the brand Simply Nature has 26 grams of carbs for one slice. That's too high for someone following a keto diet and will spike blood sugar.

This time of year can be hard for those of us watching how many carbs we eat in a day, but not having FOMO is real. Planning ahead with a delicious homemade keto pumpkin bread will help remove some of that fear of missing out. 

Carbs in our Cottage Cheese Pumpkin Bread

Just 2 grams of total carbs with .3 grams dietary fiber which is 1.7 g net carbs per slice. The rest of the nutritional information is on the recipe card at the bottom of this blog post. 

Simple Recipe Ingredients

Large, Room Temperature, Eggs

Cream of tartar, but white vinegar could also be used

Canned Pumpkin Puree, not pumpkin pie filling which contains sugar. 

Cottage Cheese- I use Lactose free, 4% from the brand Green Valley and I've also used the brand Lactaid. Regular cottage cheese, small curd is fine too. Good Culture is a great brand as well as Daisy. 

Pumpkin pie spice- you can purchase it online or at your local grocery store or use my homemade pumpkin pie spice recipe. 

Sea salt- a little bit helps enhance the sweetness.

Monk Fruit Allulose Brown sugar sub- this is a great blend that I am enjoying using in many of my pumpkin recipes for the pumpkin season. Using it in combination of cinnamon just really creates a delicious warm spices. 

Pumpkin liquid stevia- I love it because it's perfect for that added pumpkin spice flavor and sweetness. See below to replace it. 

Vanilla Whey Protein Powder- I use this protein powder because it adds a slight sweetness to the bread, as well as providing a fabulous fluffy texture. See below to replace it.

Optional topping could be pumpkin seeds to sprinkle over the top of the bread if you like. 

Can I replace the Cottage Cheese?

You could replace the cottage cheese but it's a great source of protein, and you can't taste it at all. If you have a dairy allergy, you would need to increase your eggs and maybe increase the pumpkin puree.

I haven't tested this bread without using anything in place of the cottage cheese so I can't recommend anything else since you want a fluffy texture and all these factors make a difference in the final result. 

The only thing I would say if you want to swap cottage cheese, you could use ricotta cheese since it has a similar texture and protein amount but it does have more fat and carbs.

Greek yogurt, plain, may also be a good alternative to using cottage cheese. 

Can I replace the vanilla protein powder?

No, I do not recommend swapping out the protein powder for best results for this entire loaf.

I can recommend if you don't have vanilla protein powder which helps provide a slight sweet flavor, you could swap it with unflavored protein powder. I have not tested this bread with anything other than whey protein powder. 

Can I swap the low carb sweeteners used?

Yes, if you don't have pumpkin stevia or don't like it, you can use vanilla stevia or plain stevia or plain monk fruit liquid sweetener to replace it.

I use a combination of two low carb sweeteners in many of my low carb keto recipes because it helps remove any aftertaste from either. 

If you don't have monk fruit allulose brown sugar sub, you can replace with another low carb brown sugar sweetener of choice.

How to Serve Keto Pumpkin Bread

I enjoy this easy protein cottage cheese bread toasted with butter, but you could also make it like dessert and smear on some cream cheese frosting if you prefer.

For all you pumpkin lovers, enjoy a slice or two with a delicious pumpkin spice latte. 

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