These peanut butter cookies are not just flourless, they’re insanely delicious! Actually, they’re the perfect peanut butter cookie…if you’re gluten-free, just cutting down on carbs, or even if you’re not, pinky promise!
I’ve been on a huge peanut butter kick lately. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed me talking about all sorts of new peanut butter recipes that I’ve been working on! I’ve got at least three in the works right now! There are so many delicious recipes floating around right now, I literally can’t stand it. I must make them!
January is such a strange time, isn’t it? Baking season is officially over, and everyone (myself included) is thinking about health and fitness, but unfortunately for me, I still have the urge to bake all the things!
So, I decided to get smart about it. I’m going to follow the January eat healthier trend and work on a few better-for-you versions of some of my favorite cookie recipes! #winning
In the past, I’ve made peanut butter cookies, peanut butter cookies with chocolate, 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies, chocolate peanut butter cookies, and peanut butter cookie bars both with and without chocolate, but I’ve never tried to make a flourless peanut butter cookie before. Challenge accepted!
It didn’t take long for this recipe for flourless peanut butter cookies to become my go-to recipe for peanut butter cookies because it’s so simple, and because I have all of the ingredients on-hand 100% of my life.
Things that make these flourless peanut butter cookies great:
- The most obvious, they’re gluten-free (high-five to my gluten-free friends!).
- They are lower in carbs than most cookies (high-five to my low-carb friends!).
- The recipe is simple and only has a handful of everyday ingredients, meaning you can make them anytime!
- They are thin and chewy with the most perfect crackled tops and crispy edges.
- They are so easy to make, you only need one bowl and about 30 minutes.
- They last about week in an airtight container, but they also freeze amazingly well!
- They are loaded with peanut butter flavor, but are not sticky-icky hurt-your-belly sweet.
These flourless peanut butter cookies really are the ideal peanut butter cookie; they bake up flat and chewy, are super peanut butter-y, and are a wee bit better for you, and all in only about 30 minutes!
If you can believe this, Hannah (my kid who doesn’t eat anything) told me she liked these cookies far better than any other peanut butter cookies I’ve ever made. Ever! Well, go figure.
Brace yourselves, you guys. A healthier flourless peanut butter cookie that is truly delicious! Now, get you some!
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter (optional, can substitute for smooth, for a total of 3/4 cup)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets.
- In a medium bowl, cream peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt until smooth.
- Stir in egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Using a 1.5 TBS cookie scoop, scoop dough and place on a lined baking sheet 2 inches apart.
- Using the back of a fork, gently press down on the tops of the cookies crossways to flatten (optional - I didn't do this).
- Lightly sprinkle the tops of the cookies with granulated sugar (optional). You can also roll them in sugar before you press them with a fork.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, rotating halfway through.
- Let cookies cool for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely. Cookies will be very delicate until fully cool.
Nutrition
If you’re a peanut butter lover *raises hand*, you’ll definitely want to try these whole wheat peanut butter banana muffins or these peanut butter chocolate cookies!
Hi Granddaughter, that cookie recipe is great for those of us who have to cut carbs. I’m going to share it with my curves friends.
Hi gram! Exactly! I ‘almost’ didn’t feel guilty when I ate 4 of them, hahaha! They’re really yummy, I hope you all enjoy them! XOXO
Yum! I’m going to try making these. I LOVE PB!
Hi Amber! Me too, me too! All. The. Peanut. Butter. LOL! I hope you like them as much as we do! 🙂
OH HECK YEAH!!! I have a party to go to this weekend and the host has a gluten allergy! These cookies will be a hit. That is if I don’t eat all the batter and cookies first #Ihaveaproblem. HA!
LOL, Christina! #bestcommenttoday …and I’m right there with you! I made these cookies two days ago (and ate most of them myself – speaking of problems) and made MORE today. They really are that good, gluten-free or not! We LOVE them! I hope you do too!
These look so good! Definitely a must try!
Thank you so much Lauren! Hope you enjoy them! 🙂
These cookies will be great for my gluten free friends! And for my non gluten free friends, because how can you go wrong with peanut butter cookies? The only issue is saving them for my friends. 🙂
Haha, Annemarie I know what you mean! They are so good, they are never around for too long!
Peanut butter cookies are some of my absolute favorite! Especially the super easy kind like these. I can smell them now baking in the oven…
Mine too, Sophia! I love anything peanut butter! 🙂
Totally with you about the end of August being an odd time to develop recipes, before you know it mid September will be here and more Autumnal recipes will be all the rage but right now here in Hungary it is still very warm too… Just call me Mr confused :S
These look wonderful, I love peanut butter.
I’m glad I’m not the only one Brian! I’m ready for fall and all of the fall food, but it’s not fall yet! LOL! Thank you so much!
I love peanut butter desserts so much so these cookies are right up my alley! 🙂 I’ve never tried making cookies with both smooth and crunchy peanut butter; I need to try that!
Thank you so much Marie! The crunchy peanut butter just gives a little extra texture and well, crunch to the cookies! These really are some of my favorite peanut butter cookies ever! Hope you enjoy them! 🙂
You definitely have your peanut butter bases covered, lady! These sound scrumptious and the texture looks incredible! I love that you used both creamy AND crunchy peanut butter to get just the right texture!
Oh Amy, thank you so much! I’m all about a good peanut butter cookie; heck, I’m all about a good cookie period! Thank you so much for your sweet comment! 🙂
Oh! I will definitely give this recipe a try! These cookies look great — peanut butter is my fav!!
Thank you so much Patty, I hope you like them! They’re one of my favorites too!
These look amazing! I need to make these for my next bookclub! They would love them 🙂
Yes Kaitie! These would be perfect for bookclub! Thank you so much!
Peanut butter cookies are my fav since I don’t like chocolate! And no flour….sign me up!
Oh I’m with you Brandi, I’d take peanut butter over chocolate ANY day! Thank you so much! 😉
I made this recipe yesterday and could not believe how good they were. No flour, no butter? And yet they turned out to be the perfectly crisp, melt in your mouth cookie us gluten deprived crave. Better than Tate’s Gluten Free Cookies if they only made peanut butter cookies. Next time I’ll add chocolate chips. So good. Thank you.
Hey Barbara! I’m so glad you loved them too! I absolutely agree with you, I couldn’t believe it either – they really are the most perfect peanut butter cookie and with only a few ingredients! I appreciate you stopping by to leave a comment! Happy baking!