Do you love peanut butter? Are you craving something sweet but don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen? We’ve got you! This is the peanut butter cookie recipe you need! It’s break time for the perfect peanut butter cookie!
Jump to RecipeBut wait, it gets better! It’s gluten-free!
From simple ingredients to no oil, no gluten, and no dairy, it’s a beautiful thing. This cookie recipe is not your average cookie recipe. Why? Because it’s easier and a bit healthier, too! WIN!
This is the cookie of possibilities
Because it’s versatile, as well! Additionally, many ingredients are interchangeable.
So if you don’t have oatmeal or don’t need it to be gluten-free, you can use all-purpose or whole-wheat flour. And if you like crunchy peanut butter more than creamy, use that! But wait, you don’t like peanut butter? Okay, no worries, use almond butter. Oh no! But what if you’re out of non-dairy milk? Then, no problem because you can substitute water instead. Therefore, no reason not to make these cookies. Now, how easy is that?
But we’re not done yet! Because there are more possibilities for these peanut butter cookies:
Try mixing in chocolate chips, or sandwich a spoonful of jelly or chocolate ganache between two peanut butter cookies! Then how about a frozen peanut butter sandwich cookie filled with non-dairy vanilla ice cream?! Or, you can just go all out with the new Ben & Jerry’s Non-Dairy Phish Food between those perfect peanut butter frozen cookies!
But, how easy is it?
Well, it’s a one-bowl recipe, so no excuses not to jump up and go try out this recipe right now!
We love this easy concoction that tastes like so much more effort than it really is.
And we bet you will as well.
If you need more reasons to make the possible peanut butter cookie:
Yes! We can help you with that!
- January 24- National peanut butter day
2. April 2- National peanut butter and jelly day
3. June 12- National peanut butter cookie day
4. August 4- National chocolate chip cookie day (just add chocolate chips!)
5. September 13- National peanut day
6. December 4- national cookie day
Or is a pile of good books calling your name? That’s our reason #7! Then just add a cookie on top!
COOKIE CHOICES
However, if you are still thinking you’re not really feeling a possible peanut butter cookie, you could always whip up a batch of our Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies,
or how about our Happy Half Moon Cookies?
Lastly, if you still want a sweet treat, but maybe not a cookie, just an easy, quick dessert, our Somethin- Somethin- Snack Cake will be perfect!
The Perfect Peanut Butter Cookie
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy natural peanut butter can use crunchy peanut butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup oat flour grind oats into oat flour in a dry high speed blender or use store bought. Can sub with all purpose flour.
- 1/3 cup non dairy milk or use water
- 1 Tablespoon ground flax seed can omit but helps with binding
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper for ease in removal.
- In large mixing bowl, cream peanut butter with brown sugar.
- Add non-dairy milk (or water) and vanilla and mix in.
- Add in oat flour, ground flax seed, baking soda and salt and mix together into a dough. (see note*1)
- Drop roughly 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie onto parchment lined baking sheet. Using fork, make a criss cross pattern on each cookie, pressing gently.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 10 minutes, then remove from oven, to cooling rack. Let cool 10-15 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.(see note *2)