Protein 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!
Servings: 10 cookies
Calories: 231kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder approx 32g
- ¼ cup all purpose 1:1 gluten free flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ⅓ cup chocolate + 1 tbsp coconut oil (for dipping cookies)
- 3 tbsp peanuts crushed, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together the 2 tbsp ground flaxseeds with 5 tbsp of water and set aside.
- In a medium size bowl, combine the protein powder, flour, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk.
- In a separate bowl, combine the coconut oil, vanilla, peanut butter, maple syrup and the flaxseed mixture.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix till fully combined.
- Roll cookies into balls and add to baking sheet. Using a long fork, flatten cookies slightly, then turn fork in the opposite direction and flatten just slightly again (it should create that criss cross pattern).
- Bake for 9-12 minutes.
- While baking, melt the chocolate and coconut oil together in 30 second increments in the microwave. Crush up peanuts.
- Remove cookies from oven, and let cool. Once fully cooled, dip them into the chocolate and sprinkle with crushed peanuts. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1grams | Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 160mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 9g