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You only need a few simple ingredients to make these soft, tender, and perfectly sweet peanut butter cookies! Naturally gluten free, we give the classic 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies recipe a simple but powerful upgrade to make this sweet treat easier and more delicious than ever.
What Makes This Recipe So Good
- 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies are the BEST. I mean, THREE INGREDIENTS?! Pantry staple ingredients at that! This recipe is so simple, but the cookies are impossibly delicious. AND it only takes 30 minutes to whip up a batch of incredible cookies, which is perfect when you’ve got a sweet tooth.
- They’re perfectly crisp around the edges, but unbelievably rich and chewy in the center. They even hold that classic peanut butter cookie criss-cross on top!
- This flourless cookie recipe is naturally gluten free and dairy free, and you could easily make it keto by using Swerve instead of sugar. If you’ve got a peanut allergy, you could make these 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies with almond butter or cashew butter, too!
Chef’s Tip
- The dough can be a little tricky since there’s no flour in the recipe. If you’re having trouble rolling the dough into balls, place the bowl of dough in the fridge for half an hour or so. The chilly temp will help the peanut butter solidify a little and it’ll be much easier to work with.
- For a little crunch, try making these cookies with crunchy peanut butter instead of creamy.
- Be careful not to overbake the peanut butter cookies. Start checking them around minute 7 or so, as cook times will vary from one oven to another. For crispier cookies, let them cool on a wire baking rack instead of a plate.
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Recipe By: Cheryl Malik
5 from 6 votes
3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Prep 15 minutes minutes
Cook 15 minutes minutes
Total 30 minutes minutes
You only need a few simple ingredients to make these soft, tender, and perfectly sweet peanut butter cookies! Naturally gluten free, we give the classic 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies recipe a simple but powerful upgrade to make this sweet treat easier and more delicious than ever.
12 cookies
Equipment
Medium bowl
baking sheet
parchment paper
Hand mixer or stand mixer
Cookie scoop
Fork
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup white sugar or coconut sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit and line baking sheet with parchment paper. Set pan aside. In medium bowl, use hand mixer to mix together peanut butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract (optional), and salt until smooth and creamy.
Use cookie scoop to portion out dough. Roll each scoop between palms to shape into small balls (see Notes if dough is hard to roll), then arrange dough balls on cookie sheet, being careful not to place them too close together. Use fork to flatten each ball and create criss-cross pattern on top of cookies.
Bake cookies for 10 minutes, or until edges are golden and cookies are slightly firm. Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet 2 minutes, then transfer to plate or cooling rack to finish cooling.
- If the dough is too sticky or not rolling well, chill the bowl of dough in fridge for 30 minutes prior to rolling.
- Peanut butter: No-stir creamy organic peanut butter is recommended, but you can use any creamy peanut butter. Crunchy will also work.
- Make it Keto: Use our Soft Keto Peanut Butter Cookies recipe! It’s pretty similar to this one, with the addition of butter.
- Leftovers: Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container up to 7 days. If you want to freeze the cookies for later, bake them first and let them cool completely. Place them in the freezer on a plate, wire rack, or baking sheet until completely frozen, then transfer them to a sealable plastic bag or airtight container and freeze up to 3 months.
Recipe yields approximately 12 cookies. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 cookie. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by 12. Result will be the weight of one serving.
Approximate Information for One Serving
Serving Size: 1cookieCalories: 191calProtein: 6gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 46mgPotassium: 157mgTotal Carbs: 20gFiber: 2gSugar: 17gNet Carbs: 18gVitamin A: 23IUCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
Nutrition Disclaimers
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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Cheryl Malik
In addition to being a certified health coach, certified yoga instructor, and mom of 3, Cheryl is also the recipe developer, editor-in-chief, food photographer, and passionate foodie behind 40 Aprons. Having spent the last 10+ years as a food blogger, she's become known for her flavorful recipes, detailed instructions, gorgeous photography, and down-to-earth approach to food and cooking in general.
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What temperature do you bake these at?
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Hi, Constance! You’ll preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit in step 1, and bake the cookies at that same temperature once it’s preheated.
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Have made these several times and they are great!!
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So glad you loved them, Barbara! 🙂
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Family loves these cookies so easy to make.
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Thank you so much, Deb! I’m so happy your whole family loves them!
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We love this recipe!
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Yay!
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So simple, fast and delish! What an easy dairy free and gluten free treat. Yum.
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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