Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Peanut Butter Flourless Cookies (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)

Oh my.

How could a recipe this simple taste. so. darn. good?

Watch out--if you make these cookies, they'll be hard to keep on hand.  But don't feel totally guilty about indulging, since whole grain oats and peanut butter are the two prime ingredients, you'll be eating a cookie with a good amount of goodness, too.

If you're feeling extra indulgent, add a few chocolate chips to each cookie.  Pure Bliss!

Peanut Butter Flourless Cookies (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)

1/2 cup gluten-free whole oats
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup natural peanut butter (no-stir type, can use almond or other nut butters too)
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
(chocolate chips--optional--use dairy-free chips if you want the cookies to be dairy-free)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a food processor, blender or coffee grinder, grind the oats, brown sugar and baking soda until they resemble coarse sand.


 

 Add the peanut butter, vanilla extract and egg:


And process until the ingredients are fully incorporated, making sure to scrape the sides at least once between processing:


Form into tablespoon size balls:

 

And press gently with a fork:



Or, gently press in several chocolate chips on top of each cookie:



Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until cookies brown slightly and look either like this:




Or this:




**This is important:  let cool fully before serving.  Like all cookies, while they are warm they are crumbly, but these are especially crumbly while still warm.**

But did I mention they are delicious??



Makes 18 delicious cookies!

Life is sweet,
SPC

2 comments:

Gina; The Candid RD said...

YUM!! Definitely "pin-worthy"!

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