Ola my friend! You may never ever buy peanut butter cookies from the store again. These vegan peanut butter cookies will make you shake your head in wonder. There are only four quality ingredients in this recipe: flour, peanut butter, maple syrup and salt. The fifth ingredient is optional if you want the cookies to melt in your mouth even more: plant butter.
These cookies made a believer out of me. Vegan desserts can be quick, inexpensive, healthy and delicious. I could not believe how good these cookies turned out. They were very sweet to me but that may not be everyone’s verdict. Special thanks to Audrey Dunham’s 4-Ingredient Soft Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies blog post for the inspiration and guidance.
Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients & Prep
- 1 cup Crazy Richard’s 100% Peanut Butter (no sodium or added sugars)
- 1/2 cup 100% Maple Syrup
- 1 cup 100% Organic Winter Wheat Flour
- 1/2 tsp Himalayan Pink Salt
- Plant Butter (optional)
- Pour flour, peanut butter, maple syrup and salt into a bowl
- Mix well with a spoon. The mixture should be smooth with no lumps.
- Scoop the batter per your preferred size cookies and place them on wax / parchment paper (oven safe)
- Lightly mash with a fork to create the infamous criss-cross pattern normally found on homemade peanut butter cookies.
- Bake the cookies on 350°F for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown
Notes
- Using peanut butter that is room temperature is better because it makes the batter easier to stir. Let the peanut butter sit for while to soften if it was refrigerated.
- Use flour on the fork to create the criss-cross pattern more easily.
- Massage plant butter into the dough as you are placing them on the cookie sheet. The cookies with be even softer when done baking.
- You can test if the cookies are done by sticking a fork or knife in the middle. If it comes out clean then it is ready.
- Feel free to add less or more of any of the ingredients per your discretion and desired tastes. Tasting the batter can be helpful in guiding you on this matter.
Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies Gallery
Health Benefits
My favorite for peanut butter:
- Fantastic source of protein, omega-6, oleic acid and copper (among others). Oleic acid is a healthy fat that supports and manages blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol very well.
- It can help you lose weight because you feel full and do not want to eat as much
- Rich source of phosphorous and niacin which produces energy
Read more details here and here.
Now for the Two Surprises
#1: The cookies are moist, soft and chewy as-is. Try adding the plant butter and you have ultra soft chewy moist cookies that melt in your mouth literally. I like to roll my cookies into a ball before slightly flattening and printing the criss-cross effect with a fork. While rolling the cookies into a ball, I add the vegan butter rolling it throughout the cookie. Eating the cookie will make you feel like surrendering your will completely. You may not be able to just eat 1, 2, or 3 cookies in one sitting.
#2: Leave the cookie dough unbaked and you have the best filling for homemade vegan peanut butter chocolate cups. They are better than Reese’s peanut butter cups on so many levels and by large margins. Stay tuned for more details in a future post coming soon!
Until Next Time
You may find that eating the vegan peanut butter dough by itself is so yummy good. Sometimes I just enjoy the dough all by itself. Pairing the dough with vanilla ice cream sounds so good. I would love to explore vegan vanilla ice cream. I know that the vegan peanut butter cookies are amazing with hot tea.
Well, what do you think? Are these cookies something you want to try or have tried already? Would you pair these cookies or the dough with anything in particular? Please drop a comment below or email me. I would love to hear your feedback and/or stories. If you are curious about going vegan and what you can expect, then check out my list of 8 Amazing Things Happened Going Vegan and Pescatarian for 8 Months.
Well, I will take my leave for now. I look forward to our time together again soon. Be inspired to have an appetite to Live and Live well.
Adaeze
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