Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies are for TRUE peanut butter fanatics! There’s so much peanut butter packed into each cookie.
My Flourless Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe is so easy and naturally gluten free!
I’ve heard there are people out there who don’t like peanut butter. Is that a thing? That people don’t LIKE it? I can’t seem to process…
Of course I understand if one has an allergy to peanut butter…that’s a totally different conversation. But to not like the taste? HOWWWW WHYYYY? Obviously, I am firmly on board with peanut butter. Like the totally standard Skippy, or Jif, not the “natural” or powdered. Just regular-people peanut butter. That doesn’t need to be stirred because oil floats on top. Also never crunchy. Always creamy forever and forever.
I’m sorry, please don’t send me hate. I’m just passionate about my unhealthy choices. I am who I am.
How to bake this Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
So the thing with this flourless peanut butter cookie recipe…there are only 4 ingredients, so they’re packed with peanut butter flavor. And I will answer your questions ahead of time here:
- I don’t know if you can make these with natural peanut butter. If you try, report back and let me know.
- I am sure you can make these with other nut butters. But I haven’t. So I am giving you my best bakers guess.
- You could certainly make these with Cookie Butter (Biscoff). Then invite me over for a tasting party…k?
- You can NOT make these with Nutella. It’s a shame.
- You CAN use crunchy peanut butter. I mean, if you’re into that kind of thing.
The peanut butter cookie dough is super simple. Again, it’s only four ingredients.
And of course you have to make the classic criss cross pattern when you’re making peanut butter cookies. Hafta.
When you’re baking these flourless peanut butter cookies on your cookie sheet, be careful not to over-bake. The idea is to keep them soft. The texture of these is tender, and baking them until they are crunchy will make them extra crumbly and not great.
Plus, we all know soft cookie > hard cookie.
If you love peanut butter, these flourless peanut butter cookies are gonna be your fave. If you don’t, make THESE instead.
And I’m no stranger to a good peanut butter cookie recipe, I’ve got lots here on my site. BUT If you like a soft, chewy peanut butter cookie, I HIGHLY recommend my Perfect Soft Peanut Butter Cookies.
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Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 20 cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies are for TRUE peanut butter fanatics! An easy peanut butter cookie recipe with so much peanut butter packed into each cookie!
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix together the peanut butter and sugar on medium speed until combined and creamy. Add in the egg and baking soda, and mix on medium until smooth.
- Using a medium (2 tablespoon sized) cookie scoop, portion out the dough and roll into balls. Place the dough balls onto the prepared baking sheet. Use a fork to press the dough down creating a crisscross pattern.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes or until the cookies are set at the edges. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 3-4 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Store airtight for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10.4 g
- Sodium: 112.1 mg
- Fat: 7.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 12.2 g
- Protein: 3.4 g
- Cholesterol: 9.3 mg
I made this today with my grandson. They were fabulous. My grandson wanted jelly added (you know the PBJ thing). I knew we couldn’t add it to the batter then I remembered see thumbprint cookies. So some had fork prints & some had my grandson’s thumb print filled with jelly. I would never have thought of it but he is imaginative & creative.
What a great idea!! You should make these with him…the ultimate PB&J cookie! https://cookiesandcups.com/peanut-butter-and-jelly-cookies/
can I put chocolate chips in these and how much?
Sure, you can I would use mini chocolate chips and I would use 1/2 cup – 3/4 cup!
I just made the cookies using natural peanut butter. And they were good. However, since my eggs looked small I used 2. Maybe that made a difference.
I tried these with natural peanut butter and wanted to report back. The flavor is there but I’m sad to say they are a little dry (probably because of the texture of the peanut butter I used). Anyway, I’m going to try and add a little bit of milk next time to see if that helps. My house is gluten free so now I’m on a mission to perfect this recipe! If all else fails I’ll just buy a good old jar of JIF specifically for these cookies 🙂
Used your typical jar of kid, but instead of white sugar I used dark brown! And added Reese’s peanut butter chips to the batter! They are amazing! Thank you so much, this is an awesome on cookie base that you can tweak and change to your needs and desires! Well done!
I love this recipe! I’m in high school at the moment, and I bake cookies for my friends’ birthdays. This is definitely a favourite among us!
Love hearing this!! So glad you like them!
Used your typical jar of jig pb, but instead of white sugar I used dark brown! And added Reese’s peanut butter chips to the batter! They are amazing! Thank you so much, this is an awesome on cookie base that you can tweak and change to your needs and desires! Well done!
oooh I will have to try adding the chips next time to these!
Can I make this without sugar
Made a batch tonight. Used Stevie and brown sugar instead of white sugar. And added some mini semisweeet chocolate chips. The texture was amazing. Will definitely add this recipe to my repertoire! Yum.
How much applesauce would you use in place of the egg?
1/4 cup!
Please tell me how many they make? before make them and there to little or to many
In the Nutritional Facts it says serving size is 1 cookie and there are 20 servings
Best peanut butter cookie recipe!