Cottage cheese has become a popular and versatile ingredient for adding protein to various recipes. Cottage cheese mac and cheese, queso dip, eggy breakfast bakes, pasta sauces and even high-protein cookie dough all benefit from this cheap protein-rich ingredient. However, there’s a way to use cottage cheese in sweet breakfast recipes too, and this blueberry cottage cheese breakfast bake recipe is one of our new favorites.

This baked recipe with cottage cheese can be whipped up quickly when you need something tasty in a pinch, or it can be meal-prepped ahead of time and stored in the fridge for easy grabbing on busy mornings. To make it, all you have to do is whisk together simple ingredients to form the batter, pour the mixture into a baking dish, top with blueberries and bake. This easy breakfast recipe will be ready to dish up for any occasion in under an hour.

Ingredients for Blueberry Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bake

• Cottage cheese: Cottage cheese provides moisture and a boost of protein in this breakfast bake.
• Eggs: Three whole eggs are incorporated into the mixture to provide a fluffy base for this easy breakfast.
• Rolled oats: Add rolled oats into the mix for a bit of texture. They also help soak up some of the additional moisture from the cottage cheese.
• Milk: We use whole milk for this recipe, but you can easily swap in 2% if preferred.
• Maple syrup: Sweeten this cottage cheese breakfast bake with a bit of maple syrup. For the best flavor, use pure maple syrup (pancake syrup is not the same as maple syrup!).
• Vanilla extract: Enhance the flavor of this breakfast bake with a touch of vanilla extract.
• Cinnamon: A small amount of cinnamon makes all the difference in enhancing the taste of this bake.
• Salt: Just a pinch of salt goes a long way in balancing the sweet flavors in this blueberry cottage cheese breakfast bake recipe.
• Blueberries: Add pops of juicy, fruity flavor throughout by stirring fresh blueberries into the mixture. Wash the berries and let them dry before getting started.

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