Give me a HECK YEAH if you love peanut butter cookies!!! WOOT WOOT. Ok, I mayyy have a bit of a peanut butter problem. Well, that’s if you think finishing one jar of peanut butter every day or two is a problem. In that case maybe we shouldn’t be friends. Be cool, like don’t be all like… uncool…
Aaand Jaryd helps polish off those jars too so it’s not like it’s me ALONE eating all that peanut butter… just most of it.
I thought to myself, “hey, maybe my peanut butter consumption would be more well received if I put it in things as opposed to just eating it straight from a spoon.”
A lot of my first peanut butter cookie attempts were really dry and crumbly. They were great for dipping in milk, but they left your mouth a bit… parched. I was actually kind of bummed because in the process of getting this recipe just right, I’ve used a heck of a lot of peanut butter leaving less for my spoon.
Ingredients for gluten free peanut butter cookies:
- eggs
- coconut sugar
- natural peanut butter
- vanilla extract
- sea salt
How to make refined sugar free peanut butter cookies:
Use an electric mixer to mix together the eggs and coconut sugar. Add the peanut butter, vanilla, and sea salt. Whisk again until the batter turns thick and sticky.
On a lined baking sheet, use an ice cream scooper (for big cookies) to scoop six mounds per sheet.
Because this cookie dough is super sticky, I came up with an easy method to get those traditional criss-cross marks on top. Woot woot!! Get a small cup of water and dip your fork into the water. Use the wet fork to make a criss-cross imprint with the back of the fork.
I’ve also used my kid’s toy dinosaurs to make dinosaur footprints instead of fork imprints and they were so fun and so well-received 🙂
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.
More gluten free cookie recipes to try:
- Chewy White Chocolate Gingersnap Cookies
- Healthy Monster Cookies
- Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
- Hot Cocoa Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Recipe
The Best Peanut Butter Cookies
Only FIVE ingredients for these dense and delicious gluten free peanut butter cookies! They’re flourless, refined sugar free and so easy to make!
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 1 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- extra kosher or sea salt for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Use an electric mixer to mix together the eggs and coconut sugar.
- Add the peanut butter, vanilla, and sea salt.
- Whisk again until the batter turns thick and sticky.
- On a lined baking sheet, use an ice cream scooper (for big cookies) to scoop six mounds onto the baking sheet.
- Get a small cup of water and dip a fork into the water.
- Use the wet fork to make a criss-cross imprint with the back of the fork.
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Makes 10 cookies.
Tips
- Photography by The Almond Eater
Nutrition Info:
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 271
- Sugar: 18.1g
- Sodium: 55mg
- Fat: 16.7g
- Saturated Fat: 3.2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22.1g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 10.9g
- Cholesterol: 27mg
Enjoy!! xo
OMG. I’ve made these SO many times for friends, family and (…mostly…) myself. I’m pretty sure I’m keeping the entire peanut butter industry afloat right now. Doesn’t even matter that they’re GF, everyone I’ve baked them for raves about them. I add dark chocolate chunks just because I can and I like dark chocolate. And since I’m the baker, I pretty much get to do what I want. Thank you for this amazing treat!
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hahaha you can me both keeping the PB industry going!! Love the idea of adding dark chocolate. I’m going to try that! xo
I’m wondering if Lakanto sugar (monkfruit and erythritol) can be used instead of coconut sugar in this recipe and in all your sweet recipes?
Hi Susan! I haven’t tested it, but I think it may work! Let me know if you experiment and how it goes! xo
I’ve now made these two times and they are insanely simple and delicious. I followed the recipe exactly. I used a cookie scoop for smaller cookies and they baked up perfectly. No need to look for another peanut butter cookie recipe and bonus this is a healthier option.
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Yay! I’m so happy you love them! You can’t go wrong with PB cookies!! xo