Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Only five ingredients needed to make these flourless peanut butter cookies. Keep them simple with the traditional criss-cross pattern or add chocolate!

Simple flourless peanut butter cookies. Keep them simple with the traditional criss-cross pattern or add chocolate! The Foodie Affair

I have several drinks lined up to share using this homemade raspberry syrup, but I’m skipping right over them for these awesome soft and tender flourless peanut butter cookies! I just can’t keep these delicious treats to myself for a moment longer!

It has been years since I made peanut butter cookies. The last batch I baked was probably when my kids were little and they’re in their twenties now! Psshh, cookies should be a staple around here!

Simple flourless peanut butter cookies. Keep them simple with the traditional criss-cross pattern or add chocolate! The Foodie Affair

Ingredients For Peanut Butter Cookies

All I can remember about the recipe I used in the past that it was super simple, deliciously peanut-y, and made without flour.

Seems odd to not add flour, but with thick gooey peanut butter it’s not needed!

  • Peanut butter
  • Sweetener
  • Egg
  • Vanilla
  • Baking Soda

Does it get any simpler?! This is the classic (old-fashioned?) cookie I remember baking!

I squished a piece of leftover Christmas chocolate right smack in the middle, and I also baked plain cookies with the crisscross pattern made with a fork.

Simple flourless peanut butter cookies. Keep them simple with the traditional criss-cross pattern or add chocolate! The Foodie Affair

We keep two types of peanut butter stocked in our house. I like the all-natural kind that is made with peanuts and a little sea salt.

Alan always buys no-brand peanut butter that is probably made with peanut flavoring (haha!). If we’re shopping together I get right behind him and swap it for Jif or Skippy, which is now what we have in the pantry and what I used for this recipe!

This is the cookie you want if you are looking for an easy and flavorful treat!

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Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Five ingredients needed to make these flourless peanut butter cookies. Keep them simple with the traditional criss-cross pattern or add chocolate!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookies, dessert, gluten free, peanut butter
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 147kcal
Author: Sandra @ The Foodie Affair

Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanut butter creamy
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar*
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 egg large
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • chocolate stars or wafers optional
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar for rolling cookies in before baking optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl beat with a mixer the peanut butter, sugar and baking soda until the ingredients are incorporated. Blend in the egg and vanilla.
  • Scoop small balls of the dough and roll into granulated sugar. Place on prepared cookie sheet and gently press chocolate in the middle of each cookie or lightly press with a fork and form a crisscross pattern. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Notes

I forgot to preheat my oven so put the dough in the freezer while waiting for the oven to get to the correct temperature. This is not reflected in the directions.
Low sugar option! Use a sugar-free alternative like monk fruit or erythritol, brown sugar versions.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 147kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 122mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g

Disclaimer

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20 Comments

  1. One of my best friends eats gluten free, when I saw these on facebook, I knew I HAD to make her a batch of these!! Well — she didn’t get the *whole* batch (cough cough) they are DELICIOUS!! I will make these again!!

  2. I can’t believe that there’s no flour in these beauties and I can’t wait to make them. I have all of the ingredients and agree cookies should be a household staple!

  3. I love these cookies and even better gluten-free. You can’t believe the torture I am going through as I have just given up sugar for a couple of weeks… will have to make that after my torture has ended…