Friday, December 23, 2011

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Just in case you haven't made or eaten enough cookies yet....

This recipe is based on one that has been around for years, but I wanted to make it a bit more Weight Watchers P+ friendly so I used a mix of white sugar and brown sugar, and less sugar overall.  The original recipe calls for 1 cup white sugar, but I used 1/4 cup of white and 1/2 cup of loosely packed brown, and it worked just fine.

Ask The Captain... he has eaten most of them already!

You can easily whip up a batch of these cookies and have them baked in less than 20 minutes.  The perfect last minute gift or take-along.  Or just have some on hand to munch on yourself when you get tired of shortbread and chocolate!



Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Makes 26 servings of 1 cookie each
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 whole fresh egg
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Cream the peanut butter and sugars together till well blended.
  3. Add the egg, baking soda and vanilla, and beat again.
  4. Take about a teaspoonful of dough at a time and roll into a ball.  Repeat until you have 26 balls.
  5. Place them on the parchment paper a couple of inches apart, and flatten slightly with a fork.  They will double in size as they bake.
  6. Bake for 8 minutes.
  7. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before putting the cookies on baking trays to cool completely.
Per serving.
Weight Watchers P+ = 2.
Calories 82; Protein 3g; Carbohydrate 7g; Fat 5g; Fibre 1g.

Cream peanut butter with sugars.

Then beat in egg, baking soda and vanilla.

Allow to cool completely - they will break easily while warm.

Enjoy with your favorite tea!

1 comment:

  1. Oh yum! I am thinking we have to make these for Santa tomorrow!

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