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Here’s a fun recipe for a “cottage cheese danish” from the original 1967 Vintage Weight Watchers Cookbook (affiliate link) by Jean Nidetch.
While this may not taste exactly like a fresh-baked cheese danish, as the book suggests, this simple sweetened cottage cheese topped toast recipe does make for a deliciously satisfying healthy breakfast, that is if you like cottage cheese (which I do).
Just add your favorite beverage and a serving or 2 of fruit, and you should be satisfied for several hours. It’s now a staple in my healthy breakfast lineup along with this latest variation for Bananas Foster Cottage Cheese Toast.
I was reminded of this classic Weight Watchers recipe last summer at a WW meeting where a longtime lifetime member who has successfully been at goal for years mentioned it. (You can learn so much about losing weight and staying slim from these ladies)
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And was excited to come across it in my copy of this recently acquired vintage Weight Watchers Cookbook, which provides a fun, informative, nostalgic look at the original 50-year-old Weight Watchers program…
Table of Contents
- How Many Calories and WeightWatchers Points in Cottage Cheese “Danish”?
- Recipe Ingredients
- How to Make Vintage Cottage Cheese Danish Step by Step
- Recipe Notes, Variations and Substitutions
- Serving Suggestions
- Weight Watchers Cottage Cheese Danish Recipe
- Recipe Notes, Variations and Substitutions
- More Weight Watchers Friendly Ways for Topping Your Toast
- More Healthy Breakfast and Cottage Cheese Ideas for WW
How Many Calories and WeightWatchers Points in Cottage Cheese “Danish”?
According to my calculations each piece of Cottage Cheese Danish has 118 calories.
To see your WW Points for this recipe, track it in the WW App!
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
Of course the exact points and calories will vary depending on the kind of bread and cottage cheese you choose.
Recipe Ingredients
- 1 slice bread – your favorite light or low points bread serves as the base for this “danish.” A light English muffin is a tasty crispy alternative.
- 1/4 cup nonfat cottage cheese – is the zero points option but choose whatever cottage cheese you like best and adjust your points accordingly.
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon – adds sweet spicy flavor to the cottage cheese.
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract – adds flavor to the cottage cheese. Choose whatever extract you like best. Lemon or almond would be nice.
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar or sugar substitute – adds sweetness to the cottage cheese topping.
How to Make Vintage Cottage Cheese Danish Step by Step
Step 1: Gather and prep your ingredients.
Step 2: Lightly toast the bread.
Step 3: Mix the cottage cheese with cinnamon, vanilla and sugar or sugar substitute.
Step 4: Spread the cottage cheese mixture evenly on toast and place under the broiler until warmed through and beginning to bubble. I like to use my toaster oven for this.
Step 5: Serve while warm.
Recipe Notes, Variations and Substitutions
If you are not a fan of cottage cheese’s texture process it in a food processor (affiliate link) or with an immersion blender (affiliate link) for a creamier whipped texture. Here are more ideas for switching up this simple recipe:
- Use raisin bread or a light English muffin.
- Substitute ricotta cheese for the cottage cheese
- Add a bit of lemon zest to the cottage cheese.
- Mix cottage cheese with a little whipped cream for a cheesecake like flavor.
- Top toast with a little crushed pineapple, chopped peach, sliced apple, sliced pear or fresh berries either before or after broiling.
- Add a dollop of applesauce, apple butter or your favorite low sugar fruit spread before or after broiling.
Serving Suggestions
This is part of my regular breakfast rotation. I usually enjoy it with a cup of coffee or tea and serving of fruit. During the winter I may enjoy a cup of hot chocolate alongside.
If you like this classic Weight Watchers Toasted Cottage Cheese “Danish”, be sure to check out some of my other easy healthy Weight Watchers friendly breakfast recipes including 4-Ingredient Microwave Mug Apple Pancake Puff, Easy Apple Yogurt Bowl, Whole Grain Waffles with Orange and Pomegranate, Crock Pot Baked Oatmeal, Cottage Cheese Power Pancakes and Laughing Cow Cheese Raspberry Toast
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Weight Watchers Cottage Cheese Danish Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 slice toasted bread (I used whole wheat)
- 2 ounces (1/4 cup) non-fat cottage cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar or sugar substitute
Instructions
- Toast the bread.
- Mix the cottage cheese with cinnamon, vanilla and sugar or sugar substitute.
- Spread on toast and place under the broiler until warmed through and beginning to bubble.
- Serve while warm.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) 3 PointsPlus (Old plan)
Recipe Notes, Variations and Substitutions
If you are not a fan of cottage cheese’s texture process it in a food processor or with an immersion blender for a creamier whipped texture. Here are more ideas for switching up this simple recipe:- Use raisin bread.
- Substitute ricotta cheese for the cottage cheese
- Add a bit of lemon zest to the cottage cheese.
- Mix cottage cheese with a little whipped cream for a cheesecake like flavor.
- Top toast with a little crushed pineapple, chopped peach, sliced apple, sliced pear or fresh berries either before or after broiling.
- Add a dollop of applesauce, apple butter or your favorite low sugar fruit spread before or after broiling.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe Source: Weight Watchers Cookbook
More Weight Watchers Friendly Ways for Topping Your Toast
Here’s a collection of WW Friendly Cottage Cheese Toast Ideas both sweet & Savory.
Here’s a fun Weight Watchers video with a savory avocado toast from Oprah’s Cookbook: Food, Health and Happiness (affiliate link)…
Or try this new favorite breakfast, Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Toast with Honey-Walnut Yogurt Spread
Or this BLT Avocado Toast
I am 78, have been, on and off, a weight watcher since I was 25. The weight came off easily back then, I had five children under the age of 5 and it was hard to fix a special meal for myself. So I ate a lot of small hamburgers and cans of green beans. It did not bother me back then, got tons of excerise , but I’m having a really hard time of it now even with the freestyle. I love to cook and bake, I want to thank you for your recipes without them I don’t know what I woulddo.
This food plan works, and I felt wonderfully healthy while following it in the 70’s.
I felt so good when I followed the original WW diet plan. I learned to like liver, never would eat it before that. I am going to try it again, as I can now afford to do it. Before, I had Five other people to cook for, and could not afford to buy that much meat and fish for that many people, so cooked two separate meals, one for me, one for the family, which was very difficult. Now, husband needs to eat this way, and so do I. I loved the cottage cheese danish, and fresh pineapple.
I too was a Weight Watcher in 1967 and lost over 100 pounds on those old wonderful recipes.
I remember the pineapple fluff was made wsith diet cream soda, unflavored gelatin, cottage cheese and crushed pineapple. Add all to blender and blend till smooth. Pour n cake pan and chill till firm. Can’t remember if it had anything else or what the measurements were.
I would like to make it with sugarfree lemon Jello but can’t find it anymore so have to learn to make it myself . Will try the cream soda, gelatin and fresh squeezed lemon. May need to cook the lemon juice for it to gel, don’t know now.
As a vegetarian struggling to get enough protein without getting bored, I appreciate you sharing this recipe! I can only eat my standard cottage cheese with berries so many times a week before I lose my mind…
Thanks Lindsey! Glad it helps with the boredom! I love cottage cheese with crushed pineapple. It’s also good taken in a savory direction with a hefty sprinkling of lemon pepper or Mrs. Dash original 🙂
I too remember the Pineapple Fluff & it was so good….The program back then had some food rules that I use to dread & vowed would never follow again……5 fish meals a week, liver (yuck) once a week, limited tomatoes, & skim milk made from powder that had a blue tone to it ……oh thank goodness for progress !! I do eat tuna & occassionally drink skim milk – but never from powder and liver has never passed over my lips again lol
Hi Kathy, Thanks so much for taking the time to share your early WW memories. I love fish, but the thought of liver makes me gag and the sight of blue-grey powdered milk isn’t very appealing either. Mom subjected us to both of these things when I was growing up!
I would like the old weight watchers’ recipe for Pineapple Fluff. I joined WW in the “70’s and I really enjoyed that dessert…but of course, I have lost my recipe. Thanks
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I’ve been a member, off and on, since the 70s and I had a lot of the old cookbooks. Things have changed so much. I remember fish 5 times a week, mayonnaise was unheard of and so many different ways of calculating what you were allowed. There are some recipes I remember as being delicious but sadly have lost them, for example, a tuna mousse, which I changed from the original salmon mousse as well as a sweet and sour pork recipe that I swear I can still taste. I look forward to seeing more of the re-visited recipes.
My mom and grandma first joined WW in the 70s and I remember them mixing powdered skim milk and eating fish (lots of tuna). I first joined in the 90s, where I had to track my portions of protein, dairy, fruits, vegetables, carbs and fat. I learned so much about portions and felt so much better not stuffing myself!
I’ll check out my old cookbooks to see if I can find tuna mousse 🙂
I remember those rules also in the 60s. And we had to eat liver one a week.
My Mom & Grandmother would boil buzzards and eat them with mustard.
There was a recipe for Ricotta pie. It aS good and we could have 1/2 of it for a serving. If you should ever find that recipe could you post it? Priscilla Kennedy
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Thank you.
Hi Priscilla,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Yes, absolutely, share the post to your timeline. My goal is to share my information as widely as possible to help people achieve their goals 🙂 And yes, if I ever see the ricotta pie, I’ll let you know. Warmly, Martha
You need the classic Pineapple Fluff recipe – that is the quintissential WW recipe from my childhood. I remember this one too…
Ellen
Thanks, Ellen. I’ll look for the pineapple fluff!