Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

This gluten free peanut butter cookie recipe takes less than 20 minutes to make, and only requires 10 ingredients! These gluten free cookies are chewy, soft, and taste like a regular “unhealthy” peanut butter cookie! 

Who doesn’t love a creamy peanut butter cookie? Like combining peanut butter with anything is typically the best dessert of all time, am I right?

The problem is, most peanut butter cookies are far from healthy. They are typically loaded with sugar, fat and excessive calories. 

This is why I decided to take my beloved peanut butter and create a gluten-free peanut butter cookies recipe. In doing so, I wanted to keep it refined sugar free, and protein packed to keep you feeling full and satisfied after consuming a few!

So in saying that, peanut butter lovers are all welcome here! If you like chewy cookies with a rich peanut butter flavor, then this is definitely the recipe for you!

I’m not kidding you when I say these are the best cookies. They contain very basic ingredients and have the best flavor ever.

If you’re like me and love high protein treats, then this recipe is for you! You can also try my Superfood Protein Breakfast Cookies, Gluten Free High Protein Carrot Cake Baked Oats or my Healthy High Protein Cheesecake. 

These chewy peanut butter cookies are sweet enough for dessert but wholesome enough to qualify as an acceptable post-workout snack. I couldn’t choose which occasion they were more appropriate for, so I decided they were for both!

The majority of the protein comes from the protein, making them whey protein powder cookies. But you also get more protein in the flax eggs and peanut butter.

This is honestly one of my favourite cookie recipes because all of the main ingredients are healthy and you most likely already have on hand. They are perfect to get your peanut butter fix if you’re on a gluten-free diet.

INGREDIENTS FOR THE CLASSIC PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE

These fudge crinkle cookies are easily made with every day ingredients you probably have on hand. You will need the following ingredients listed below to make them (the exact measurements are in the recipe card below):

• Ground Flaxseed – with this you will make a flax egg in place of a regular egg.
• Vanilla Protein Powder – My favourite brand of protein is PEScience (use code BAILEY) and my favourite flavour to bake with is Gourmet Vanilla. They also have a plant based vanilla flavour which is delicious in these cookies too!
• Gluten-free flour blend – I used bob’s red mill but any 1:1 gluten free flour blend with xanthan gum should work. Just ensure when measuring gluten free flour that you spoon the flour into the measuring cup, as oppose to dunking the measuring cup into the flour package.
• Baking Soda
• Salt
• Coconut oil – room temperature or melted coconut oil work best
• Vanilla extract
• Natural Peanut Butter – if you wanted a bit of a crunch in the peanut butter cookies you could opt for crunchy peanut butter. You could also sub for other nut butters if you have an allergy to peanut butter, however they will no longer be traditional peanut butter cookies.
• Pure maple syrup
• Chocolate – can also use chocolate chips. To take these cookies to the next level I love to dip them into melted chocolate.
• Peanuts – if you really want to get wild you could also add some melted peanut butter chips in with the melted chocolate.

HOW TO MAKE THESE GLUTEN FREE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside. 
2. In a small bowl, mix together the 2 tbsp ground flaxseeds with 5 tbsp of water and set aside. 
3. In a medium bowl, combine the protein powder, flour, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk.
4. In a separate large bowl, combine the coconut oil, vanilla, peanut butter, maple syrup and the flaxseed mixture.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the peanut butter mixture and mix till fully combined. 
6. Using a cookie scoop, roll protein cookies into dough balls and add to baking sheet. Using a long fork, flatten the top of the cookies slightly with the back of a fork, then turn fork in the opposite direction and flatten just slightly again (it should create that crisscross pattern).
7. Bake for for 9-12 minutes until they are golden brown and have crisp edges. 
8. While baking, melt the chocolate and coconut oil together in 30 second increments in the microwave. Crush up peanuts.
9. Remove cookies from oven, and let cool on sheet pan. Once fully cooled, dip them into the chocolate and sprinkle with crushed peanuts and let sit on wire rack. You’ve just made yourself a healthy protein cookie recipe, enjoy!

HOW TO CHOSE A HEALTHY PEANUT BUTTER FOR THIS PROTEIN COOKIE

Many peanut butter have hydrogenated oils and are loaded with sugar. Stick to brands that only have one ingredient in them (peanuts).

On the other hand, a brand like Fatso Peanut Butter can be amazing as it contains peanuts, chia seeds, coconut oil, and only healthy wholesome ingredients. 

OTHER PROTEIN POWDER COOKIE FLAVOURS YOU COULD TRY

As much as I’m a peanut butter fein, sometimes you just want basic chocolate chip protein cookies recipe. I have linked my Gluten Free Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies here.

Some oatmeal peanut butter protein cookies would also be amazing! You could try substitute some of the all purpose gluten free flour for some oatmeal!

Any protein powder cookie will do the trick if you’ve craving something sweet, but also want to hit your protein goals for the day! 

HOW TO STORE THE GLUTEN-FREE PEANUT COOKIES

As soon as they are cool, place cookies in an airtight container or resealable bag. They will stay fresh for several days on the counter or in the refrigerator.

Storing them in a cookie jar will also work as long as it’s somewhat sealed.

Other Healthy High Protein Recipes You May Like To Try

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
• Gluten Free High Protein Carrot Cake Baked Oats
• Blueberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats
• Superfood Protein Breakfast Cookies (Gluten Free & Dairy Free)
• 3 Ingredient Gluten Free Bagel Bites

 

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