{"id":3258,"date":"2026-04-08T11:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:44:30","slug":"banana-chocolate-chip-cottage-cheese-breakfast-cake-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/banana-chocolate-chip-cottage-cheese-breakfast-cake-squares\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Chocolate Chip Cottage Cheese Breakfast Cake Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Banana Chocolate Chip Cottage Cheese Breakfast Cake Squares<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>These soft, moist breakfast squares are packed with sweet banana flavor, melty chocolate chips, and a creamy richness from cottage cheese. Perfect for meal prep, they stay tender for days and make mornings feel extra cozy.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup cottage cheese<\/li>\n<li>2 ripe bananas, mashed<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup maple syrup or honey<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup all-purpose flour <em>(or oat flour for a healthier option)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon <em>(optional)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Preheat oven<\/strong> to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C).<br \/>\nLine an 8\u00d78-inch baking pan with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mix wet ingredients<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a large bowl, mash the bananas until smooth.<br \/>\nAdd cottage cheese, eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla extract.<br \/>\nMix until well combined (a few small curds are fine).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combine dry ingredients<\/strong><br \/>\nIn another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make the batter<\/strong><br \/>\nAdd the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir until just combined.<br \/>\nFold in the chocolate chips.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake<\/strong><br \/>\nPour the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.<br \/>\nBake for <strong>25\u201330 minutes<\/strong>, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cool &amp; slice<\/strong><br \/>\nLet the cake cool completely before slicing into squares.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Tips<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For extra sweetness, sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top before baking.<\/li>\n<li>Store in the fridge for up to <strong>4\u20135 days<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These also freeze well\u2014just thaw overnight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banana Chocolate Chip Cottage Cheese Breakfast Cake Squares These soft, moist breakfast squares are packed with sweet banana flavor, melty&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3261,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions\/3261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}