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Cottage Cheese Cookies

May 6, 2021 by Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life 7 Comments

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With a moist and fluffy cake-like texture, only six simple ingredients mix together to make homemade Cottage Cheese Cookies. 

Cake like cottage cheese cookie with cream cheese icing broken in half

Cottage Cheese Cookie Recipe

These icebox cottage cheese cookies are quick to mix up, roll into a log and put in the refrigerator overnight.  When you’re ready to bake slice into thin pieces and a warm cookie is ready with very little effort.  They taste similar to a sugar cookie without being super sweet.

I love these cookies plain, but the kids and many people like to mix up a batch or use a can of icing.  Vanilla icing is great and so is the cream cheese icing that’s used on our Carrot Cake Loaf or Frosted Banana Bars. I think chocolate icing would work well too.  

Not quite as moist as our Sour Cream Cookies these Cottage Cheese cookies are much quicker and easier to make.  Another ice box cookie we have is Butterscotch Sandies.  I love that when guests are over you can slice off a bit of the cookies dough and have freshly baked cookies within ten minutes. 

Baking rack full of cottage cheese sugar cookies

Simple cookies with fresh flavors are a great addition to a cookie tray alongside Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies, Easy Christmas Cookies and Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.

Making this cookie dough ahead of time allows time to clean up before cookies are baked and enjoyed!

Can You Taste the Cottage Cheese?

Unless you know the ingredients you will never know that the baked cookies contain cottage cheese.

No one who has tasted this recipe has guessed that cottage cheese is an ingredient.

Center of moist and fluffy cottage cheese cookie

Does the Dough Have to Be Refrigerated?

Cottage cheese cookie dough is very moist and tacky. The dough needs to be refrigerated for at least a few hours to firm up and become sliceable before baking.

Refrigerate for a minimum of three hours to chill through to the center. Dough can be refrigerated for up to 2 to 3 days when tightly wrapped.

The typical refrigeration period for icebox cookies is overnight.

Refrigerated roll of cookie dough wrapped in plastic wrap

Why Use Cottage Cheese?

As the cookies bake the cottage cheese bakes out and leaves space and a cake like texture.

This is a very simple recipe that can be mixed up quickly and makes a small batch of homemade cookies to enjoy.

Baked cottage cheese cookies on a cooling rack

Ingredients Needed:

  • Butter
  • Cottage cheese
  • Flour
  • Sugar
  • Salt
  • Baking powder

Step-By-Step Instructions

Cream butter and cottage cheese until blended.

Cottage cheese and butter mixed together in mixing bowl

Sift dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture.

Cottage cheese cookie dough in mixing bowl

Form into a loaf. Chill overnight. Slice thin. Bake on a greased baking sheet or use a non-stick mat at 375°F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Makes 2 to 3 dozen cookies based on thickness of cookie slices. Baking time will also vary a few minutes based on thickness.

Prepare a batch of icing or use a can of icing if desired. Enjoy!

More Easy Holiday Desserts:

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are chewy and hearty with a hint of sweet in every juicy raisin these Old Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are too good to stop eating. 

Applesauce Raisin Cookies are delicious, moist, easy to make and call for simple ingredients that you likely have on hand!

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe has milk chocolate and white chocolate chips to create the best cookies with a tender morsel that you’ll make at home!

Delicious cottage cheese cookies on a blue napkin

Cottage Cheese Cookies

With a moist and fluffy cake-like texture, only a few simple ingredients mix together to make homemade Cottage Cheese Cookies.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cottage Cheese Cookies
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Chill time: 12 hours
Total Time: 12 hours 13 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 83kcal
Author: Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup cottage cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Cream butter and cottage cheese until blended.
  • Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture.
  • Form into a loaf. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight in the refrigerator.
  • Slice thin and bake on a greased or lined baking sheet at 375°F for 8 – 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Notes

-Makes 2 – 3 dozen cookies based on how thick the dough is sliced
-Many people prefer homemade or canned frosting on these cookies

Equipment

Baking Mat
Baking Sheet
Silicone Spatula
Hand Mixer

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Nutrition

Calories: 83kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 99mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 124IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
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  1. Carleee

    May 7, 2021 at 10:54 am

    5 stars
    How interesting! I have never heard of cottage cheese cookies. I can’t wait to give these a go!

    Reply
    • Dott Kansas

      April 6, 2022 at 4:07 pm

      5 stars
      My mom wrote down a recipe for 4-ingredient cottage cheese cookies. Unfortunately, she passed and my copy of the recipe, on an old cellphone, was corrupted. This is the closest I have found to it, ever. Can’t wait to make some. Thanks.

    • Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life

      April 6, 2022 at 5:56 pm

      Hey There! So glad you found this recipe! I hope it brings back great memories and creates delicious cookies for you! Thanks for sharing 🙂

  2. Anita

    June 5, 2022 at 1:47 am

    Do you refrigerate cookies after baked or can I put them in cookie jar

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life

      June 5, 2022 at 2:43 pm

      Hey There! Great question – since they are baked we don’t typically refrigerate, but since they have more moisture they will spoil faster than other cookies. Refrigeration will extend the shelf life if that’s your goal. Ours don’t seem to last long enough to worry about 🙂 Hope you enjoy as much as we do!

  3. Shannon

    June 16, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    Can you freeze these?

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Plowing Through Life

      June 17, 2022 at 1:04 pm

      Hey There! Great question – Yes, be sure to let them cool and store in an airtight sealing bag. I would recommend freezing the cookie only for best results and icing them after defrosting. Hope you enjoy 🙂

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