Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
Easy and tasty peanut butter cookies packed with flavor and sweetness. These vegan cookies are super simple and delicious. They are the perfect cookies to share with family and friends!
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Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
Good morning everyone! As all of you know, one of my all-time favorite foods is peanut butter. I love having peanut butter on top of pretty much anything sweet – oatmeal, bagels, pancakes, bananas, etc. I also love a good peanut butter and jelly sandwich. In addition to using peanut butter as a topping, I love to bake with it to create some tasty peanut butter flavored treats. That is exactly what I did with the recipe that I am about to share with all of you today.
Today’s recipe is for some sweet, simple, and delicious vegan peanut butter cookies. These cookies are packed with flavor, and they are also super budget friendly. They require just a few ingredients, and they come together in minutes. This is the perfect cookie recipe to share with family and friends. I whipped up a fresh batch last night to enjoy with my own family, and they were a huge hit. Now, enough on that. Let’s dive into a few quick things to note for this recipe. Then, we will go over the list of ingredients you will need to make these vegan peanut butter cookies.
What Are The Basic Ingredients For Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies?
For vegan peanut butter cookies, there are a few key ingredients. Of course, the most essential ingredient is the peanut butter, which should come as no surprise. I like to use natural creamy peanut butter, because it has a more drizzly consistency which makes it easier to stir into the cookie dough. I also like to use a salted peanut butter for even more flavor.
While traditional peanut butter cookies typically use eggs, my vegan cookies require less than ten simple ingredients. These ingredients include oat flour, powdered peanut butter, cinnamon, baking powder, creamy peanut butter, and pure maple syrup. With just six simple ingredients, you can make the perfect vegan peanut butter cookies that melt in your mouth. All of these ingredients are also super budget friendly, so these cookies are perfect to make and share with family and friends. Now that we have covered a few quick things to note for this recipe, let’s go through the list of ingredients you will need to make these tasty vegan peanut butter cookies.
Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies – Ingredients
- Rolled Oats – The first ingredient you will need for this vegan peanut butter cookies recipe are the rolled oats. The rolled oats will be blended up to form a fine oat flour, which serves as one of the key base ingredients for these cookies. If you want to make these cookies gluten free, make sure to use your favorite gluten free oats.
- Powdered Peanut Butter – Powdered peanut butter is another key dry ingredient used in this recipe. It adds both protein and flavor to the peanut butter cookies. I love using powdered peanut butter in baked goods to add a little bit of extra sweetness and peanut butter flavor to the recipe.
- Baking Powder – The baking powder acts as the leavening agent for this recipe. This ingredient helps the cookies achieve a lighter and fluffier consistency.
- Cinnamon – The cinnamon adds a bit of spice to these cookies. A few dashes is all you need.
- Peanut Butter – The peanut butter truly is the star of the show for this recipe. It gives these peanut butter cookies that classic peanut butter flavor. It also helps them stick together nicely, and it provides a ton of moisture. I used a natural creamy peanut butter for this recipe, which I highly recommend. It has a more runny consistency, so it is easier to mix in with the other cookie dough ingredients.
- Pure Maple Syrup – The pure maple syrup acts as the main source of sweetness for this recipe. A little bit goes a long way. This ingredient helps everything stick together. It also adds flavor and sweetness to these vegan peanut butter cookies.
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Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (blended into a fine oat flour)
- 1/2 cup powdered peanut butter
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- a few dashes cinnamon
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the oat flour, powdered peanut butter, baking powder, and cinnamon.
- Add the maple syrup, then mix again.
- Mix in the peanut butter to form a thick sticky dough.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll the cookie dough into 12 balls of equal size.
- Place the cookie dough balls on the parchment lined baking sheet, with a bit of space between each dough ball.
- Use the back of a spoon to flatten the 12 dough balls.
- Use a fork to press the classic criss-cross pattern into the top of each peanut butter cookie.
- Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes, until they are golden brown on the bottom.
- Let the cookies cool for a bit, then dig in and enjoy!
Notes
As you all can tell, these peanut butter cookies are extremely easy to make. They also bake in just ten minutes. They are the perfect cookies to whip up in a pinch and share with all of your family and friends. Plus, they taste great when eaten fresh and warm with a cold glass of almond milk. I can’t wait for you all to try them! Anyway, that’s it for this recipe. As per usual, I will be back with more content very soon.
-Alyssa 🙂
