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
- Gluten Free 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
These look so good! I am obsessed with peanut butter too! Dustin isn’t a Splenda fan so if we used regular sugar would it be the same proportions? I’m not sure if Splenda is more or less potent than regular sugar if that makes sense!
Yes you totally can! I use splenda to keep it low carb, but you can sub in regular sugar for the same measurement. Another low carb, all natural and plant based option is Stevia in the Raw but I still prefer the taste of Splenda to Stevia. I’m still on the search for an all natural granular sweetener that I love, but until I find it Splenda it is!
These are my favorite peanut butter cookies…I use them for extra fat and protein.
I love these cookies!! I’m so glad they’re your favorite too!! xo
These were great! I used costco peanut butter to make mine! Thanks for sharing!
Yay!! I’m so happy you enjoyed!! xo
Another home run! These smell divine, and are ready in like 15 minutes, just in time to plop down with and watch a movie. I’m getting to be a big hit around here making your foolproof, delicious and healthy recipes.
haha I love that!! Keep on baking!! 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!
hahaha you can me both keeping the PB industry going!! Love the idea of adding dark chocolate. I’m going to try that! xo