Crispy Choco-Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
If you loved sinking your teeth into freshly baked chocolate chip peanut butter cookies as a kid but now tend to refrain, you will love my cleaner version. Using a healthier sugar (and less of it), no flour and all-natural ingredients, you and your family can now mindfully indulge in this gluten-free sweet treat without guilt!
Yield: 16 to 24 cookies (depending on desired size)
Yield: 16 to 24 cookies (depending on desired size)
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar see MPM Mini-Bites
- or 1/4 cup cane sugar + 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup natural no-stir peanut butter I used Whole Foods 365-unsweetened
- 1/2 cup all-natural chocolate chips I used Ghiradelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Baking Chips
- Parchment paper optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. (or use ungreased cookie sheets)
- In a large bowl, beat egg with a wooden spoon. Mix in coconut sugar and peanut butter, combining well. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Form dough into balls and place 2-inches apart on baking sheets.
- Flatten each ball twice with a fork in a crisscross pattern.
- Bake for 10 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool.
Notes
Make Ahead and Storage Tips: dough may be prepared 1 day ahead. Store covered in the refrigerator. Let dough come to room temperature before forming cookies. (about 20 minutes) Store baked cookies at room temperature for 3 days or refrigerate for up to 3 weeks. Cookies may also be frozen for up to 4 months.
For more information about coconut sugar as well as healthier chocolate chip choices: look here.
Kid and grown-up approved! These yummy cookies are great for anytime snacking as well as for tucking into lunchboxes. And if you have ‘lil chefs at home, these cookies would make a fun baking project. So get out the aprons, a mixing bowl and spoon and have a blast!
If you are a chocolate chip “freak” like me, you will LOVE: Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake Squares, Choco-Oat Cookie Bars, Banana Chocolate Chip Bread and Breakfast Power Bites.
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