Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies are deliciously healthy cookies with no flour and no refined sugar that tastes out of this world! The dash of sea salt on top makes them irresistible!! They're soft, chewy, and addictive.
These cookies are so good. No one will know they're flourless!
We literally jumped for joy the first time we bit into these Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies! Who knew a clean, healthy cookie with no flour, no dairy, and no refined sugar could be so darn good! Just like our Flaxseed Muffins!
No Joke!!
This recipe is so good and always gets rave reviews. You'll never miss the flour! This is definitely a Pantry Recipe because you likely have all the ingredients on hand.
If you're wondering if peanuts are GF, according to the National Peanut Board, It's important to know that peanuts, peanut butter, peanut flour, and peanut oil are considered naturally gluten-free foods.
We always try to feed our family Healthy Food Recipes, and this recipe fits perfectly with that plan!
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Ingredients
For these healthy peanut butter cookies, you'll need the following:
- Coconut flour - you can also use all almond flour if you need to.
- Baking soda - helps the cookies rise a little bit.
- Almond flour
- Peanut Butter - we like all-natural brands like Kirkland and Adam's that don't contain added sugar. You can use smooth or chunky peanut butter in the recipe.
- Vanilla - we recommend pure vanilla extract.
- Honey - raw honey is delicious in this recipe.
- Egg - if allergic to eggs, this recipe is fine, using beef gelatin as a substitute.
- Sea salt
Pro Tip: Readers add chocolate chips to this recipe with good results.
Step By Step Instructions
Step 1 - Gather Ingredients
Start by gathering your ingredients and preheating your oven to 350 degrees F. Next, line your cookie sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat mat.
Step 2 - Mix Dry Ingredients
Now, in a large bowl, combine your coconut flour, baking soda, and almond flour and mix well. Create a well in the dry ingredients.
Step 3 - Add Wet Ingredients
Add your peanut butter, honey, eggs, and vanilla to the dry ingredients and mix until all ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
Step 4 - Scoop
To get your batter on the cookie sheet, we find the best method to make the individual cookies with a cookie scoop (since it can be a little runny). We recommend 12 cookies to a sheet, 2 inches apart.
You can also make them smaller and get 18 cookies out of a batch.
Step 5 - Bake
Finally, sprinkle each cookie with a dash of salt and bake for 8-10 minutes. They should be golden brown and a little crisp around the edges.
Once out of the oven, cool on a wire rack.
Why Do Peanut Butter Cookies Have a Criss-Cross Pattern
Traditional peanut butter cookies have a criss-cross on the top because the cookies tend to puff up while baking.
You can easily do this to your cookies with a fork just as your gluten-free cookies come out of the oven. Press the fork down in one direction and then press it in the opposite direction making a criss-cross pattern.
Recipe Tips & Tricks
- Adam's Natural Peanut Butter is excellent in this recipe, but any peanut butter will do. Chunky or smooth. However, make sure it's gluten-free if you need it.
- If your peanut butter is new, it may be runnier, and therefore your cookie batter may be runnier. They should bake up fine, though.
- For less sweet cookies, reduce the honey to your liking.
- If you need to, you can use almond flour in this recipe.
- If you don't eat eggs, substituting beef gelatin for the egg works well. This is the beef gelatin we use.
- Save some for later! These cookies freeze well.
- We recommend making a double batch. You'll thank us later 🙂
- How we bake all our cookies is on our Silpat mat. It gives them the perfect crisp around the edges and moist and chewy middle. These peanut butter almond flour cookies turn out perfectly!
For beginner bakers, use these baking tips!
Can I use Another Type of Nut Butter?
Readers say this recipe is also good with almond butter. Sunflower seed butter would likely make the cookies too runny and bake up flat.
Can I use Another Type of Sugar?
You could substitute ¾ cup of coconut sugar for the recipe. One reader experimented with Swere but said the cookies tasted delicious but came out flat.
Storage Options
These Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies are soft, moist, and soooo delish right out of the oven. However, they also keep for about a week in an airtight container - if they last that long. 🙂
These cookies also freeze well for munching on later! Just store in an airtight container and make sure to prevent freezer burn. They will taste great after being stored in your freezer for three months.
Recipe FAQs
To make these cookies vegan, substitute the honey for maple syrup or ½ cup white granulated sugar. They will be delicious!
You can use crunchy peanut butter in this recipe. Just make sure it's solid at room temperature. They will bake up just as delicious.
Although we haven't extensively tested it, liquid sweeteners, like liquid stevia, are okay in the recipe. However, it may make your cookies bake up flat.
You can use rice flour, buckwheat, or oat flour in this recipe.
The most likely reason your cookies turned out hard is that they are overbaked. These cookies should be slightly soft when they come out of the oven. Baking for 8-10 minutes is usually the right amount of time.
More Peanut Butter Recipes You May Like
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Crock Pot Peanut Butter Oatmeal
Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
Amazing Peanut Butter Saltine Toffee
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Printable Recipe
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
Equipment
- Baking pan
- mixing bowl
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup almond flour
- 1 cup salted peanut butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup honey
- 1 large egg
- Sea salt or Kosher salt to top cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or Silpat mat.
- In a medium bowl, combine coconut flour, baking soda, and almond flour and mix well. Create a well in the dry ingredients.
- Add peanut butter, honey, vanilla, and egg to the dry ingredients and mix until all ingredients are incorporated.
- Take a cookie scoop, place batter on a cookie sheet, 12 cookies to a sheet, and 2 inches apart.
- Sprinkle each cookie with a dash of sea salt. Cook 8-10 minutes and then cool on wire racks.
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Notes
- The recipe makes 18 small or 12 large cookies.
- These cookies freeze well.
- Adam's Natural Peanut Butter is great in this recipe, but any peanut butter will do. Chunky or smooth.
- If your peanut butter is new, it may be runnier, and therefore your cookie batter may be runnier. They should bake up fine, though.
- For less sweet cookies, reduce the honey to your liking.
- If you don't eat eggs, substituting beef gelatin for the egg works well. This is the one I use.
- Save some for later! These cookies freeze well.
- I'd recommend making a double batch. You'll thank us later 🙂
Nutrition
This recipe was originally published in April 2017. We updated it with enhanced instructions and new images on February 14, 2020.
Cat says
Hi Erin,
If not using eggs, how much gelatin would I use? Also, have you ever used lupin flour instead of coconut flour?
Thank you.
Jen says
I looooooooove these cookies!! So does my family the recipe is awesome! They come out soft and delicious
Erin Henry says
Awesome, Jen! We always get positive reviews for this recipe. Soft and delicious for sure!
Faith says
I was looking for a healthy peanut butter cookie to share with my toddlers that is also gestational diabetes friendly, and these fit the bill. They are super easy to make and delicious—- and no sugar high/crash afterward! Well done.
Erin Henry says
We're so glad you found this recipe and love it so much, Faith! Toddlers to adults enjoy it! Glad to hear it meets your dietary restrictions too!
Jen says
Some of the absolute best cookies I’ve ever made!! My son (hates all paleo recipes) loved these too!! I used all almond flour and the texture was 👌
Erin Henry says
Yeah! We're so glad your son loved them, Jen! Our kids love them too! We've used all almond flour and its turned out great too.
babeinthewools says
Wish there were MORE stars to give. These cookies are WONDERFUL! I'm old and have made many different 'flour' peanut butter cookies. These are the best by far.
Thank you for such a great treat.
Erin Henry says
Oh, thank you so much, Elaine! These really are the best 🙂 Thanks for giving them a try!