These Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies are made with just 4 ingredients, have crispy edges with chewy centers and great peanut butter flavor. These delicious cookies can be enjoyed by the whole family!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
Gluten Free option: peanut butter lovers who follow a gluten-free diet will love these flourless peanut butter cookies.
Just 4 ingredients: it's a good chance you have have the main ingredients needed to make these cookies in your pantry right now!
Easy recipe: these gluten free cookies do not require any special ingredients.
🥘 Ingredients
Peanut butter: use a regular peanut butter, I like to use Peter Pan or Jif creamy peanut butter cut you can also use crunchy peanut butter if desired.
Light brown sugar: I do prefer to use Dominos brown sugar, but store brand works here also.
Large egg: the egg works as a binder in the recipe and aids in the cookie puffing up. It works with the sugar making the crispy edges and soft center.
Vanilla extract: enhances the cookies flavor.
Ground cinnamon: this is an optional ingredient and enhances the flavor of the cookie.
White sugar: optional, to press into top of cookie with fork tines
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, using a hand mixer on medium speed, combine the peanut butter, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla until peanut butter mixture forms a stiff dough forms.
- Scoop dough with a small cookie scoop and roll into a ball.
- Place cookie dough balls on prepared cookie sheet. Press the back tines of a fork onto the top of the cookies about half way through. Dip fork into granulated sugar (if desired) then press in a crisscross pattern. Dip the tines the fork into sugar between each press.
- Bake for 8 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown around the edges and have set in the center.
- Remove from oven and place cookies on a cooling rack until completely cooled.
🥄 Equipment
Large mixing bowl: you want a bowl with tall sides to prevent spatter when mixing the dough
Electric mixer: to easily combine the ingredients. A wooden spoon can be used in its place but it will take longer doing so.
Large baking sheet: I like to use a rimless, insulated baking sheet
Rubber scraper: to scrape down the sides of the bowl during mixing
Parchment paper: to line the baking sheet and prevent sticking
Fork: used to create the criss cross pattern on top of the cookies
Small bowl (optional): to hold the granulated sugar (if using)
Cookie spatula: to move the baked cookies from the baking sheet to the cooling rack
Wire rack: for cooling the cookies
🥫Storage
Room temperature: store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days
Freeze: store in a freezer-safe airtight container up to 3 months
📖 Variations
- Stir in 1 cup of miniature chocolate chips
- Use caramel extract in place of vanilla extract
- Make these low carb and sugar-free by substituting a sugar free brown sugar (such as Swerve brown sugar)
💭 Tips
- For best results, use regular peanut butter and stay away from all natural peanut butter for this recipe.
📚 Related Recipes
Classic Peanut Butter Cookie recipe are made the old fashioned way with crisco shortening.
Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies are a soft cookie made without eggs and packed with vegan chocolate chips.
These Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies are another delicious gluten free cookie that is made right on the stove top.
🍽 Serve with...
Serve with a glass of hot coffee, tea, or cold milk for an afternoon snack. These gf cookies are excellent for packing in lunch boxes!
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📖 Recipe
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Equipment
- Small bowl , optional
- Table fork
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Ingredients
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 dash cinnamon , optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, using a hand mixer on medium speed, combine the peanut butter, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla until peanut butter mixture forms a stiff dough forms.
- Scoop dough with a small cookie scoop and roll into a ball.
- Place cookie dough balls on prepared cookie sheet. Press the back tines of a fork onto the top of the cookies about half way through. Dip fork into granulated sugar (if desired) then press in a crisscross pattern. Dip the tines the fork into sugar between each press.
- Bake for 8 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown around the edges and have set in the center.
- Remove from oven and place cookies on a cooling rack until completely cooled. Store in an airtight container.
Ellen says
Family recipes are the best. I wish I had more of them. I only have a handful but I'm creating many for my boys!
gail says
My mom made the exact same cookies! I LOVE them!
Lynda says
Love, love, love peanut butter cookies; I think this recipe is in my Mother's collection too!I must dig it out.
Vera says
My kids love peanut butter! I will definitely add this to my long "to bake" list. Thank you 🙂
Bambi says
Thanks for posting Shelby:) These cookies are like eating baked PB fudge! It is very nice to have gotten to know you and I still am in shock everytime I see your picture how we resemble each other and to top it off our shared love of food:)
Mrs. L says
There is nothing better to me than a really good peanut butter cookie, as they are my favorite. My gram used to make something like this. Brings back memories. I'll have to make these!
Megan says
This is my daughters favorite cookie recipe but we use white sugar. I'll (she'll) have to try it with the brown sugar. That sounds way better!
Bellini Valli says
I must say that I find peanut butter cookies and a tall, cold glass of milk to be very comforting Shelby.
Tami says
Years ago a friend at church made these cookies and I asked her for the recipe. When I read it and saw no flour I told her she had left something out of the recipe! I had never imagined that would not have flour!
They are the best peanut butter cookies ever!
vickys says
I'm always up for a quick, 4 ingredients recipe! And it's family certified yummy too! 🙂
tasteofbeirut says
I tried this recipe once a long time ago after seeing it in a newspaper clipping! Love it and so great not to have to fuss with flour and the rest of it!