5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Flourless)

I don’t know about you, but I am a die-hard peanut butter lover. There are few things in life that are as worth living for as eating a spoon of peanut butter straight from the jar.

And peanut butter cookies have been a holiday staple for my family for practically eons. I can still remember being a young sprout, sitting at the kitchen table with my sister criss-crossing peanut butter cookies with a fork.

This recipe is a little different, as they are flourless and don’t require a criss-cross. But trust me, they are every bit as delicious as the classic ones–and they basically use half the ingredients.

These cookies are meant to be bite-sized. If you use a scant tablespoon for each cookie, you should end up with somewhere around 30-35 cookies. If you have a cookie scoop it’ll make the process go a little smoother–but a standard tablespoon worked too.

I hope you enjoy making, eating, and sharing these with the ones you love 🙂

5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

These chewy, buttery cookies will please any palate! They are vegan, gluten-free, flourless, and perfect for dipping in almond milk.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 35 cookies

Equipment

• Cookie scoop or tablespoon

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
• 3 tbsp aquafaba liquid from canned chickpeas
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. If you haven't yet, drain your chickpeas and reserve 3 tablespoons of the aquafaba for this recipe. Save the chickpeas and extra aquafaba for another recipe.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the peanut butter, brown sugar, aquafaba, vanilla extract and baking powder until combined.
• Spoon scant tablespoon-sized cookies onto prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies about 1-2 inches apart as they will expand some.
• Bake cookies for 10 minutes on the bottom rack of your oven, until golden around edges. Allow to cool on the tray for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a rack to cool fully. Enjoy!

Keyword 5 ingredients or less, baking, brown sugar, flourless, gluten free, seasonal, vegan

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Until next time, peace 🙂