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Sheet-Pan Cottage Cheese Banana Waffle Squares

Tender, custardy oat-and-cornmeal squares studded with folded banana and crisp edges from the sheet pan, finished with a warm maple-cardamom drizzle.

Sheet-Pan Cottage Cheese Banana Waffle Squares

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups340 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • 3 large150 gEggs
  • ¾ cup (180 ml)180 gMilk, 2%
  • 1 cup80 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • ¾ cup100 gAll-purpose flour
  • ⅓ cup40 gYellow cornmeal, whole-grain
  • 1¾ tsp8 gBaking powder
  • ¼ tsp1.5 gSalt
  • 1 tsp2 gGround cardamomdivided
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • 2 medium236 gBananadiced small
  • 2 tbsp28 gUnsalted buttermelted, divided
  • ¼ cup80 gMaple syrup

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Melt the butter; brush half of it over a rimmed half-sheet pan lined with parchment.
  2. In a blender, blend the cottage cheese, egg, milk, oats, vanilla and the remaining half of the melted butter until smooth, about 1 minute.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and half of the cardamom.
  4. Pour the blended cottage cheese mixture into the flour mixture and stir just until no dry streaks remain; let it rest 5 minutes.
  5. Gently fold in the diced banana.
  6. Spread the batter evenly on the prepared pan and bake 18 to 22 minutes, until golden, the edges are crisp and the center reaches 160°F (71°C).
  7. While it bakes, warm the maple syrup in a small saucepan with the remaining half of the cardamom for 1 minute.
  8. Rest the pan 3 minutes, cut into squares with a pizza cutter, and serve with the maple-cardamom drizzle.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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