You will not miss the flour or sugar with these delicious peanut butter cookies!
Peanut Butter Cookies
Have you tried the cookies made with NO sugar and NO flour? If you are watching what you eat or even following a Keto, low carb or gluten-free diet, you’re going to love these cookies!
These peanut butter cookies are delicious and you will NOT miss the sugar at all, or the FLOUR. That’s right, sugarless and flourless peanut butter cookies that taste amazing. You need to make these cookies tonight.
And I’m so happy that I finally have a printable recipe card for you to make it easier to save this recipe to make for your family. Make sure you print one out to add to your recipe files!
Keto-Friendly Gluten Free Diet
These cookies are perfect if you’re trying to watch your sugar intake or just trying to watch your calories. If you really need to be careful with sugar, you should try to use a natural peanut butter brand or one that is lower in sugar. And if you’re following a keto-friendly, low carb or gluten-free diet, then you’re definitely going to want to make these cookies!
Also, experiment with the different types of sugar substitutes that work for your diet plan. I’ve used Splenda and haven’t had any problems with aftertaste. You can also use regular sugar if that’s not a problem for you. Either way, these cookies are delicious and easy to make. Definitely make some over the holidays if you have guests visiting that need to watch their sugar intake.
How to Make Peanut Butter Cookies
The mixture comes together quickly. It may be a little dry, but just make sure the peanut butter is blended in completely.
You may need to spray your fork with non-stick cooking spray to help get the traditional crisscross marks in each cookie.
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup Splenda; or your favorite sugar substitute
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp. water
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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In a mixing bowl, beat together the egg, sugar substitute, baking powder and vanilla for about a minute.
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Add the peanut butter and water and beat together.
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The mixture will be pretty dry; just make sure the peanut butter is blended in with the other ingredients.
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Measure out a heaping teaspoon of batter for each cookie and place on a baking tray that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray or lined with parchment paper.
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Then using a fork, make indentations into each cookie. Spray the fork with cooking spray so it doesn't stick to the cookie.
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Bake 15 minutes until cookies feel firm and are slightly browned.
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Transfer the cookies to a baking rack and cool.
And if you like peanut butter, you’re going to LOVE these Peanut Butter Bars.
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YUM!!! These look delicious and sound pretty healthy!
Would you consider sharing these at Tuesdays with a Twist? (no rules)
http://back2basichealth.blogspot.com/2013/04/tuesdays-with-twist-2-lets-party.html
sounds good Lois! Thanks for these…I just might give them a try! Enjoy your day!
Those sound and look perfectly delicious! Ideal with a tall glass of cold milk!
Now I know! I just made these over the weekend and I was wondering if I could substitute Splenda for the sugar. So good to know!
I love this recipe! My MIL will be living with us soon and is on a restricted diet, but loves her sweets. I will have to make these for her.
Thanks for linking up to the In and Out of the Kitchen party. I look forward to seeing what you bring next week.
Cynthia at http://FeedingBig.com
These cookies look fantastic! I cannot wait to try them.
I love peanut butter cookies. The fact that they are flourless and sugarless is even better! YUM!
Aimee @ Captivating Corner
I love peanut butter on my apples and bananas, but I've never eaten a peanut butter cookie – how weird is that? This looks like the easiest recipe ever and I'm going to add this to my 'holiday cookie' exchange. I know everyone will love it.
Thanks for sharing,
Joanne
how many calories in each one approx.
I'm sorry Jamie, I can't help you on that one. 🙁
I used Kraft peanutbutter, so you'd have to adjust the nutritional info (each of my cookies contained 2 tsp of peanut butter so go from there), but this is what I have for mine:
Per cookie (I got 24 cookies out of this recipe)
60 calories
5.3g total fat
1g saturated fat
1.5 polyunsaturated
2.6g monounsaturated
40.3g sodium
2.7g total carbs
0.7g dietary fiber
0.7g sugars
2.0g protein
Thanks for this recipe by the way, it's fantastic. Far better than the recipes that don't call for baking powder and call for 1 1/3 cups splenda (1 cup is more than enough!)
Thank you for that info!!
Thank you for posting that Michelle!
I have been madly searching for an app that will let you type in the ingredients and it will figure out all the nutritional values. Would you mind sharing the app or how you were able to figure it out? Thanks.
Have you tried Googling to find an app Pam?
I would like to substitute the splenda with honey,do I still put 1 cup in?
Kandy…I just ran across this recipe and was wondering if you were able to get an answer to your question? I would like to use Stevia or maybe a combination of honey and stevia. I no longer trust the artificial sweeteners.
I'm sharing this in my Saturday Round Up email, Lois. It looks great, and it's awesome for anyone who is counting carbs. Only change I'd make is to use Xylitol (which, despite the weird name, is a natural sweetener) instead of Splenda.
Isn't Splenda an artificial sweetner? That would be my only concern with this recipe. Otherwise it sounds quite good.
I've made flourless peanut butter cookies before but not sugarless ones. Thanks for sharing this version at Merry Monday! 🙂
I suppose if one is Diabetic then this recipe may suffice. It is certainly not healthy as Splenda is an artificial sugar substitute, complete with side effects.
I bought a brownie mix advertising Splenda on the cover. My son and I could not get off the toilet after eating several. I'm sure these cookies would have the same effect after a few or more. Sorry, I don't believe in Splenda in baking anymore.
Thanks for sharing this recipe – my husband's diabetic so I look forward to making them for him. Blessings, Janet
they look yummy and simple!!
Those sound great – pinning this to try! 🙂 Thank you for sharing this with us at the #HomeMattersParty
These look great! Thanks for sharing with the Delicious Dishes Recipe party!
Hi there,
I'm assuming you mean 350 degrees Fahrenheit? I use Celsius and that seems a bit hot.
Yes, sorry for any confusion. I do mean Fahrenheit. Thank you!
I made these last night and they turned out really good. I used Skippy Natural Peanut Butter and Erythritol instead of Splenda. There was definitely a cooling effect from the erythritol, but that's normal and I'm used to it by now. I ended up making 16 (they were a bit large and I had some leftover dough that I threw out because my pan was full and I didn't want to cook another batch), but the rough estimates had them coming out at 2g net carbs. Definitely a keeper.
Yum! I love that these are sugar-free – who could say no to basically healthy cookies?! 🙂
*Maisy
Has anyone tried it with Pyure? That's an erythritol and stevia mix supposed to be good for baking. Supposedly the stevia curbs the cooling effect. I wonder if the proportions would be the same. I don't use Splenda for baking as I find it has an aftertaste for me.
Re the above post: I just answered my own question. I made these with natural PB and 1/2 cup Pyure instead of erythritol and may I just say WOW! I'm diabetic and finding sugarless treats that don't taste like poor substitutes for the real thing is a challenge but these amazed me with taste and texture that is so close to the real thing. The only other tweak I will make next time is to add 1/4 tsp of salt to make the flavor pop. I used a small cookie scoop and got about 30 cookies.
I made these and the flavor is good but they are extremely dry, to the point you can’t swallow! (without a big glass of milk )
Maybe your oven runs a bit hotter than mine and you might need to adjust the time you cooked them. Let me know if that helps you! Thanks Cathy!
Very delicious thank you for sharing doing the low carb thing this helps a ton
Let me know if you try the recipe. Thanks Deb!
There are 3 grams of sugar in 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. So how are these sugar free? Should you say “no sugar added”?
Yes. I do point out to be careful when choosing the type of peanut butter you use for the recipe because of the sugar. Thanks for visiting!
Just what do you use for sweetener that ain’t true sugar? I read all of these comments and am more confused then ever,type 2 diabetes and he lives his goodies,will wait for response before I make these.. thanks
I. Beth
Hi Beth, Ask your husband’s doctor what sugar substitute is good him with his current diabetes plan. I usually use Splenda in the recipe and it works and tastes great for me. Thank you for visiting. Let me know if you try the recipe and what sugar substitute you decide on.
Beth my doctor told me to use only Stevia. It is the only true sweetener besides sugar.