How to Make 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
These cookies are made with just 4 ingredients you probably already have on hand. I use coconut sugar as a low-glycemic option compared to white sugar, and all-natural peanut butter for maximum peanut butter flavor, but you can use any variety you happen to have.
Pair those two ingredients with an egg and baking soda, and you’ve got the easiest cookies ever. I also recommend adding an extra pinch of salt, especially if you’re using unsalted peanut butter, but that’s optional.
Peanut Butter Cookies without Eggs
If you are vegan or have an egg allergy, you can also make these 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies without using eggs. You can use a flax egg instead!
To make a flax egg, simply stir together 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds with 3 tablespoons of water. The mixture will begin to “gel” and thicken up in about 10 minutes, and then you can use it in place of an egg in this recipe. The resulting cookies are a little softer and more fragile, but that’s exactly how I like my cookies.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you like the combination of peanut butter + chocolate (like my husband does!) you can also add a few dark chocolate chips to this recipe, if you like. I just press the chocolate chips into the tops of the cookies, right before baking.
Recipe Notes:
To make these cookies egg-free, use a flax egg. (Or chia egg!) Combine 1 tablespoon of ground seeds with 3 tablespoons of water, and let them “gel” for about 10 minutes before using in this recipe. You can use any other nut-butter you like for this recipe, such as almond butter or sunflower seed butter. (Sunflower butter might turn green in the center, as a result of a safe chemical reaction with baking soda.) Prefer to use another sweetener? Try my Flourless Peanut Butter Honey Cookies or Date-Sweetened Peanut Butter Cookies instead.
– Reader Feedback: Have you tried these cookies? Let me know what you think about them in the comments below! And if you make any modifications, please let us know how that worked out for you, too. We can all benefit from your experience.
