One day when I was a young teenager I went swimming at a neighborhood park and got really hungry. For some reason I craved/ate cottage cheese and really liked it. So, yeah, I like cottage cheese. I don't often buy it, though. I don't buy much processed food. It barely qualifies as processed food, but it is processed milk.
Here's a great cottage cheese recipe I've made many times. It's delicious and on a scale of 1 to 10 for cheese cake recipes in terms of nutrition, it rates a 10:
German Cottage Cheese Cake
2 t. yeast dissolved in 1/4 c. water
2 T. sugar
2 T. butter or margarine
1/4 c. milk (don't add too much!!)
salt
1 1/4 c. all purpose flour
some cardamom (1/4 t.)
Mix the above and leave at room temperature covered for 3 hours or "until airy". Stir down. With floured fingers, press dough over bottom and half way up sides of lightly greased 9 inch cheese cake pan with removable sides. Set aside.
1 qt. blender smooth cottage cheese. Regular, lowfat or non-fat.
3/4 to 1 c. sugar (It is very fine with 3/4 c.)
3/4 c. all purpose flour
3 eggs
1 t. vanilla
4 T. melted butter or margarine (optional)
Some grated lemon peel and lemon juice
Pour these mixed ingredients into the doughlined pan. Bake about 1 hour in a 350 degree oven. Cool and chill. To rewarm, cover and bake 1/2 hour at 350 degrees, or microwave.
Remove pan sides. Can spoon about 3 cups sliced strawberries, peaches or nectarines (sweetened to taste) on top, but is excellent as is.
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