Serve this Cottage Cheese and Apple Pie for dessert, have it as a snack, or even for breakfast! Made with dried cranberries and cinnamon–seasoned apples! It’s the perfect blend of sweet and that little bit of sour!

Drizzle some honey or maple syrup as a final touch.

Main Ingredients:

Apples: 2 apples, peeled and cored. Sliced into 1/4″ slices. See below for the best apples to use for this recipe.
Seasoning: you will need 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and two teaspoons of brown sugar for the apples. You will also need one pouch of vanilla sugar for the cottage cheese filling.
Cottage cheese: about 9 – 10 oz. or 250-300 grams of whole cottage cheese – choose a package that’s specifically for baking
Vanilla Yogurt: just about 2 tablespoons of yogurt. If you choose to use plain Greek yogurt, just add about 1/2 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract to the yogurt or directly to the cottage cheese.
Dried cranberries: 1/2 cup of dried cranberries will add sweetness and a little bit of a sour taste. You may like to use raisins instead, but because they are sweeter you can use 1/3 of a cup. If you like the sweetness, use 1/2 cup of raisins too.
Sliced almonds: 100 gm. of blanched sliced almonds will add a little bit of crunch. I purchase a small package of already sliced almonds.
Puff Pastry: we will only need one sheet. Follow the directions on the packaging to thaw the pastry before using it.

*** See the full list of ingredients in the recipe card below.

cottage cheese and apple pie sliced in 6 pieces

Best apples to use in puff pastry:

The very best apples to use in this recipe are a combination of firm and tart apples, such as Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Braeburn, Golden Delicious, and any other tart apple. Firm and sour apple varieties hold well during the cooking process and don’t turn watery or mushy in your pie.

Avoid McIntosh and Red Delicious apples; they fall apart when baked.

I use Granny Smith apples and the pie turns out amazing every time! You can see whole apple slices when you cut into the pie and they taste phenomenal!

cinnamon and brown sugar apples layered over cottage cheese and puff pastry

How to prepare the Cottage Cheese and Apple Pie:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
Prepare the apples: peel, core and slice the apples into 1/4″ slices. Place them into a small mixing bowl and stir in the cinnamon and brown sugar until well combined. Set aside.
Prepare the cottage cheese mixture: place the cottage cheese, vanilla yogurt, vanilla sugar, dried cranberries, and sliced almonds in a large mixing bowl and mix well to combine.
Place a sheet of parchment paper (about the size of your baking sheet) on a clean and dry surface and lightly dust it with flour. Place the thawed puff pastry over the dusted parchment paper and roll it out to flatten. Cut the dough in half lengthwise (a pizza roller works great for this).
Spread the cottage cheese mixture over one of the puff pastry sheets, making sure to leave some room on all edges of the puff pastry. Arrange the cinnamon and brown sugar-seasoned apple slices on top of the cottage cheese mixture.
Beat the egg in a small bowl, and using a silicone or pastry brush, apply the egg wash around the edges.
Place the second puff pastry sheet over the apples and gently lift/fold the edges of the bottom pastry sheet over the top one to seal the two pastry sheets together.
Cut 5 or 6 evenly spaced slits on the right and left sides of the pastry. Be careful not to cut all the way through. Brush the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle the top with poppy seeds or sesame seeds.
Carefully transfer the parchment paper with the pastry onto a baking sheet and place it in the preheated oven. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit until the pastry is golden brown, about 30 minutes.