Peanut Butter Cookies - Gluten Free and GOOD!
These chewy gluten-free peanut butter cookies are rich, nutty, and topped with a smooth chocolate drizzle—easy to make and totally addictive!
Ingredients
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 7 tablespoon unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg at room temperature
- pinch of salt
- 1 ½ cup plain gluten free flour blend I prefer Cup 4 Cup
- ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
- 3 oz dark chocolate melted with ~½ tablespoon coconut oil (optional)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 ºF (180 ºC). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicon mats.
- Cream together the peanut butter, softened butter and the granulated sugar.
- Add the egg and salt, and mix together until fully incorporated.
- Add the flour and xanthan gum, and mix well until the mixture is smooth.
- Using a cookie scoop, scoop out heaped 1 tablespoon balls of dough. If you don't have a cookie scoop, you can use a spoon and roll about 30 grams of cookie dough into a ball. Place the dough onto the lined baking sheet, flatten it slightly with your fingers, and make the criss-cross pattern with a fork.
- Leave about 1 inch of space between the cookies in case they spread during baking.
- Bake for 15 - 18 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are slightly browned. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for about 2 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack.
- Optional: Once the cookies are completely cooled, either drizzle melted chocolate over the top or dip the cooled cookies. Set the cookies on a cooling rack until the chocolate is set.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 131kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 34mgPotassium: 71mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 136IUCalcium: 9mgIron: 1mg
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