Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies (Vegan)

Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 11 mins Total Time: 20 mins Yield: 16 cookies

These Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies are super soft with a slightly chewy inside. Packed with peanut butter flavor, these cookies are also vegan and refined sugar free.

Peanut butter cookies.  The ultimate cookie for peanut butter lovers.  Some like crunchy and crispy while others like soft and chewy.  If you are on the latter side of that team, then this recipe is just for you!

With minimal ingredients these peanut butter cookies are sweetened with only maple syrup and coconut sugar making these cookies completely refined sugar free. These cookies use minimally processed ingredients, but you won’t be able to tell!

Want a more sweet and salty peanut butter cookie? Sprinkle some flaky sea salt on top of the cookies 5-10 mins or so after they come out of the oven (or else the salt will melt!)

Want more peanut butter recipes?

Check out this Peanut Butter Cookie Granola or these Copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Want a breakfast or snack option? Try this One Bowl Baked Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars.

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Ingredients

Peanut Butter– use a natural, runny peanut butter. Ingredients should just be peanuts. If it includes salt, reduce or omit the salt in these cookies.

Flax Egg- to make a flax egg, combine 1 Tablespoon of ground flaxseed with 2.5 Tablespoons of warm water. Mix together and place in the fridge for 10 mins. This replaces the traditional egg found in most peanut butter cookies. We only need one since peanut butter not only gives these cookies flavor, but helps bind the ingredients together.

Pure Maple Syrup- make sure to use a pure 100% maple syrup, and not pancake syrup.

Coconut Sugar- gives a nice complimenting flavor to the peanut butter, and keeps these cookies refined sugar free. If you’d like, you can use plain, granulated in replacement.

Pure Vanilla Extract– nothing beats pure vanilla extract! I love this Madagascar vanilla, its my favorite one. The flavor is so rich and deep, it pairs perfectly in any baked good.

Blanched Almond Flour– blanched almond flour is different than unblanched in that its ground almonds without the skin. This gives it more of a sweet, cakey flavor and scent which is perfect for baked goods.

Coconut Flour– coconut flour is one of the most absorbent gluten free flours out there. This is going to soak up some of the wet ingredients, without drying out the cookie and taking away any peanut butter flavor!

Baking Soda- an essential for cookies so that they rise as they bake. Helps make these cookies nice and soft.

Salt- adds and ties in all the flavors. If your peanut butter contains salt, reduce or completely omit.

Flaky Sea Salt- optional, but balances out the sweet in these peanut butter cookies. Sprinkle on 5-10 minutes after they come out of the oven, or else it’ll melt.

Tools needed for these Peanut Butter Cookies:

• Glass bowls
• Silicone spatula
• Cookie scoop– we use the medium one for this recipe
• Cookie sheet
• Parchment paper
• Measuring spoons
• Measuring cups
• Fork
• Cooling rack

How to make these Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies:

Combine the ingredients: Combine the wet ingredients together in a bowl.  In a separate bowl, add the dry ingredients together and mix together.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until well incorporated.

Scoop and roll the dough: Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop and roll the dough into a ball.  Place on the parchment lined cookie sheet.  Continue until all cookies have been rolled.

Flatten with a crisscross: Using a fork, gently flatten and press a crisscross onto the top of the cookies. This creates the classic marks on peanut butter cookies. Press all cookies.

Cook and cool: Cook until the edges are slightly golden brown. Transfer to a cooling rack after 5 minutes.

Storing these Peanut Butter Cookies:

Room Temperature: 3-4 days in an airtight container.

Refrigerator: Up to 5 days in an airtight container.

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