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These high-protein bar cookies will melt in your mouth like a piece of butter. These make a delightful treat for any tea party and the best part is you can bake them ahead of time. Just place a piece of parchment between the cookies and refrigerate them. They make a great quick and satisfying snack for your sweet tooth at times of craving. I also find them very handy for lunch boxes.

Cottage Cheese Bar Cookies

For the Brownie Base:

1 cup unsalted butter
4 Oz. chocolate chips semi-sweet
4 eggs
⅔ C sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

1 C all-purpose flour, 125g
3 tbsp cocoa powder
¼ tsp salt

For the cottage Cheese Top:

2 C cottage cheese, do not drain
2 eggs
½ C sugar
Pinch salt
Vanilla paste or extract
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp flour
½ cup heavy cream, 4Oz

Instructions:

Heat oven to 325°F.
Grease and line a 13/9 inch baking tray with parchment.

Let's make the brownie base first.
Melt butter and chocolate on a Bain-Marie. In a separate bowl whisk together eggs and sugar. Add vanilla to it and whisk it until just combined.
Add the melted chocolate and butter mixture to the whisked eggs.
Add the flour, cocoa powder, and salt to a sifter and sift them gradually over the mixture. Fold everything gently without overmixing.

Transfer the batter to the tray and spread it gently to all corners. Set it aside while you mix the cottage cheese batter.

In a blender jar add cottage cheese, sugar, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla. Blend everything till a smooth paste forms. Sift flour over it and just pulse it once or twice. Now remove the jug from the blender base. Add heavy cream to it and mix it thoroughly with a spoon. Don't blend after adding the cream.
Pour it evenly over the brownie base and spread it gently without disturbing the base batter. Tap the tray twice to release the air bubbles.
Transfer the tray to the heated oven and bake it for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely in the tray and on a wire rack.
Afterward cool and cut them into desired size bars. Wrap them individually in parchment. They make a great snack for school and work.

Feast Well!!