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Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

Last Updated: October 26, 2020 By Linnie 5 Comments

 
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Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies to satisfy those peanut butter cravings. These are easy peanut butter cookies are made with almond flour for a quick healthy option.

(Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Low-Sugar)

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Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies recipe

It was Sunday morning. R was making his lunches for the week and next thing I see he’s pulling out ingredients for these healthy peanut butter cookies.

Turns out he was having a major craving for cookies. He couldn’t decide if he want peanut butter cookies or chocolate chip cookies.

I suggested, “Why don’t you just add chocolate chips to the remaining batter of the cookies?”.

According to him, I’m a genius. Yes, baby I know. I am the one who came up with these healthy peanut butter cookies to begin with. Why not make them into chocolate peanut butter cookies also.

Baking Tips for these Peanut Butter Cookies

  • Add a handful of chocolate chips to these healthy peanut butter cookies for that delish chocolate and peanut butter combo.
  • You want to let these cookies FULLY cool before removing from the pan. If you remove too soon they will crumble on you.

So in reality, you can thank my husband for these. They were developed ALL because R loves cookies and if he’s going to devour cookies he’s by gosh darn going to be eating healthy cookies. ALLLLL the cookies.

Meanwhile, I’ll sit over here eating my homemade peppermints. Yes, I will choose peppermints over peanut butter cookies. R says I’m crazy. What would you choose?

Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies recipe

How do you make healthy peanut butter cookies? With simple ingredients.

  • Peanut Butter
  • Egg
  • Almond Flour
  • Honey
  • Baking Soda and Salt

Are healthy cookies on your horizon? You betcha.

R made that mistake the first time he made these. Don’t be my husband and actually read the instructions.

And if you’d like more healthy cookies check out our round-up of our favorite healthy cookies over the years.

Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies recipe

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Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

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Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Low-Sugar

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Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies to satisfy those peanut butter cravings. These are easy peanut butter cookies made with almond flour for a quick healthy option. (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Low-Sugar)
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Yield: 12

Prep Time:15 min

Cook Time:10 min

Total Time:25 min

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (natural peanut butter will not work well)
  • 1/3 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 cup honey (or cane sugar will work if not paleo)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 egg

Directions:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • 2. Mix all ingredients together in a medium sized mixing bowl.
  • 3. Form cookie balls with hands, about 1 inch in size each. Place onto a cookie sheet prepared with parchment paper.
  • 4. Flatten each cookie to about 2 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch thick.
  • 5. With a fork, indent the tops of cookies with crisscross pattern.
  • 6. Bake 7-9 minutes.
  • 7. Let cookies fully cool on cookie sheet before removing.

Author: Linnie

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Nutrition Information:

Serving size: 1 cookie
Calories: 94
Other nutrition information: Total Fat 7g Saturated Fat: 1g, Unsaturated fat: 0g, Trans Fat: 0g, Carbohydrates: 6g, Sugar: 4g, Sodium 51mg, Fiber 1g, Protein 4g
Recipe, images, and text © Veggie Balance

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Filed Under: 5-Ingredients or Less, Dairy-Free, Desserts, Gluten-Free, Paleo

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  1. Ellen Hopkins says

    April 24, 2018 at 2:30 pm

    This looks so yummy. We are making it right now. I have a question: The consistency is so liquid and sticky that we can’t really roll the dough into balls and it’s even hard to flatten them. Does it need more almond flour?

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    • Lindsay says

      April 24, 2018 at 6:05 pm

      Keep stirring it – you need to make sure the almond flour is evenly stirred and it will end up turning into a dough-like mixture. It should not be liquid so if it is there is either too much oil in your peanut butter and you need more almond flour to combat that oil. Hope this helps!

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    • Brooke says

      December 24, 2020 at 1:07 pm

      The recipe calls for one egg, but the video shows one egg white…I think that is why the dough is not thick.

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  2. Melissa says

    January 28, 2020 at 9:09 am

    I accidentally gave it two stars and couldn’t undo it so I refreshed the page and gave it five stars. I’m so sorry! I’m really excited to make these !

    Reply
  3. Sabrina says

    March 24, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    I just made them. I noticed in the video you added salt and only egg white but the recipe does not mention salt, nor does it mention to separate the egg.

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