What kind of peanut butter?
Use a sugar free peanut butter. I used a natural peanut butter. You just want to try to get one with minimal oil separation. If the peanut butter is too oily, it will make your dough really greasy, and your cookies will be overly crumbly. Here are a couple of brands I’ve had success with.
- Trader Joe’s Organic creamy or crunchy salted peanut butter
- Santa Cruz Organic No Stir creamy or crunchy peanut butter
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These are absolutely delicious! Wonderfully easy to make!
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5-Ingredient Gluten Free Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1.5 cups sugar free peanut butter, (creamy or crunchy, whatever you prefer. you can also use another nut butter for strict paleo.)
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Sea salt, (for sprinkling on top)
- Chopped peanuts, (optional garnish)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk egg.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, except for the sea salt, and mix to combine.
- Roll the dough out into 12 balls and place on lined cookie sheet.
- Use a fork to make a # on each cookie and sprinkle with sea salt (and chopped peanuts if using) on top.
- Bake for about 10 minutes. Remove and let cool. Enjoy!
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I made these last night and they are a hit in our house! I used almond butter instead of peanut butter. I also used a scoop instead of rolling, and got 23 cookies! Will definitely make again, and will also try with peanut butter. They are very easy to make.
Happy to hear that Dawn, thanks for coming back to leave a review!
Stressful day calls for cookies! Just baked these and man are they GOOD! Should I store on counter or in fridge? Airtight container or loosely covered?
Oooh yay! So happy you enjoyed them, and sorry I didn’t see this right away. I usually just store them on the counter in an airtight container because they go quick. If you think they’ll still be around in a couple days, I’d pop them in the fridge. 🙂
These are absolutely delicious!
Wonderfully easy to make!
You tried them! So glad you enjoyed these, too! 🙂 🙂
FABULOUS ❤️
And I don’t bake!
Easy, quick delish!
Loooooooove!
Hooray! So happy to hear you enjoyed this one and how easy it is! Thanks so much for giving our recipe a try and for coming back to let us know how it went! 🙂
Thanks for the recipe! Do you know if they would freeze okay?
You’re welcome! We haven’t tried to freeze them…they never last that long! 😉 I’d be curious to hear though if you give it a try.