These strawberry cottage cheese donuts are low carb, low sugar and keto-friendly. The donuts need just 4 ingredients and are easy to make. The dough takes just a few minutes to prepare. The donuts are soft and moist.
Strawberry donuts on a small white plate
These donuts are so soft and moist. They are a quick and easy snack or dessert. They are lightly sweet and you can customize them with different glazes, frostings or other toppings.

Ingredients

  • Strawberries
  • Almond flour
  • Cottage cheese
  • Sweetener

Strawberries: This recipe works best with fresh strawberries. They are cut into small pieces so that there are strawberry pieces studded throughout the donuts.

Almond flour: This recipe uses superfine blanched almond flour. Make sure to use superfine almond flour and not regular almond flour or almond meal which are not fine enough.

Cottage cheese: This recipe works best with a high protein 4% cottage cheese. Lowfat cottage cheese or low protein cottage cheese are too watery.

Sweetener: I used granular monkfruit sweetener. The recipe also works with erythritol. Avoid using allulose, which makes the donut dough too moist and causes it to brown too quickly. I have not tested the donuts with Stevia.

How to Make Strawberry Cottage Cheese Donuts

  • The cottage cheese is blended until smooth.
  • Add the almond flour and sweetener to a mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Stir in the cottage cheese and mix until a dough forms. Add in the chopped strawberries and gently mix until they are evenly distributed.
  • Use a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the dough and roll the dough between your palms to form smooth balls. Place the donut balls onto your prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake donuts for about 20 minutes or until cooked through and lightly browned on top.
  • Let donuts cool before adding toppings and eating.

Strawberry donuts with a glaze

Texture

These are not like classic fried donuts. Instead, they are more similar to baked donuts. They are soft, moist, similar to cake-type donuts. The donuts are very lightly sweet on their own. I didn’t want to make them too sweet since many people like adding frostings or glazes to the donuts. If you want to eat them plain, you can add more sweetener to the donut dough.
A bite taken from a strawberry donut hole

Expert Tips

  • This recipe works best with fresh strawberries rather than frozen.
  • You can also make these in a donut pan.

A stack of glazed strawberry donut holes

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4 Ingredient Keto Strawberry Cottage Cheese Donuts

These strawberry flavored cottage cheese donuts are so soft and moist. Just 4 ingredients needed and the dough is ready in minutes. These donuts are also baked instead of fried. They are a great low carb, low sugar, high protein and keto-friendly treat.
Servings: 13 donuts
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (113g) high protein 4% cottage cheese, see note before starting
  • 1 1/2 cups (140g) blanched superfine almond flour, see note for measuring
  • 2 tbsp (24g) granular monkfruit
  • 1/4 cup (30g) chopped strawberries, cut into approximately 1/4 inch pieces

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Add cottage cheese to a blender. Blend until completely smooth and no cottage cheese chunks remain. I find it is easiest to blend cottage cheese in a high powered personal blender. It will also work with a large blender but you will need to stop your blender a few times and scrape down the sides with a spatula to help the cottage cheese blend. If you are finding it really difficult to blend cottage cheese until completely smooth, you can add a tiny bit of water (about 1 tbsp) to help your blender blend until smooth.
  • Add the almond flour and sweetener to a large mixing bowl. Whisk until evenly combined. Add the blended cottage cheese, making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the blender to try to get all of the cottage cheese out of the blender. Use a spatula to mix until the ingredients are evenly combined and a thick dough forms. The dough should be a little sticky so that you are able to scoop and shape it but it shouldn't be so sticky that you can't roll it between your palms. If your dough is too dry or crumbly, add in a little more cottage cheese. If it's too wet, add in a little more almond flour. Once your dough reaches the right consistency, add in the chopped strawberries and gently fold them in just until they are evenly distributed.
  • Use a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop dough. Roll each dough between your palms to form smooth balls. Place the donut holes on the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 1 inch apart (they don’t spread much during baking so they can be fairly close together).
  • Bake for about 20-22 minutes, or until the donuts are cooked through and very lightly browned on top. Let donuts cool fully to give them a chance to set. Once fully cooled, you can add glaze, frosting or other toppings if desired. Store uneaten donuts in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.

Notes

  • Almond flour measuring note: To properly measure almond flour using measuring cups for this recipe, first loosen the almond flour in the bag with a spoon and then spoon the almond flour into the measuring cup, leveling off the top with a knife.
  • Cottage cheese note: This recipe works best with a high protein cottage cheese that contains 13 or 14 grams of protein per 1/2 cup (110g) serving. I tested with Good Culture brand* and Amazon Grocery brand.* Avoid brands like Knudsen which don't contain as much protein. 
  • Sweetener note: I used Lakanto monkfruit with erythritol sweetener.* You can use a different brand, but try to use monkfruit or erythritol. Avoid using allulose or a sweetener blend with allulose because it will cause the donuts to be too moist and to brown too quickly. I have not tested the donuts with Stevia.
  • Optional glaze:
    • 1/2 cup powdered sweetener (I used Lakanto powdered monkfruit with erythritol (Amazon | Target)*
    • dash of vanilla
    • 2-3 tbsp water
    • In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sweetener, vanilla and water. Start with 1 tbsp water and add more as needed until the glaze reaches your desired consistency.
    • Spoon glaze over donuts.
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  • Estimated nutrition does not include optional glaze.
  • If you are on a keto diet, please remember to look at net carbs and not just total carbs in the estimated nutrition. The net carbs count excludes fiber and carbs from sugar alcohols.
Serving: 1donut, Calories: 79kcal, Carbohydrates: 4g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 27mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g, sugar alcohol: 2g, NET CARBS: 1
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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