Gluten-Free Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
These Gluten-Free Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies are soft, chewy and packed with peanut butter! They are simple to make and the dough requires no chilling.
Servings: 16 Cookies
Calories: 184kcal
Cost: $4
Equipment
- 1 Large Mixing Bowl
- 1 Hand Mixer
- 2 Baking Sheets
- Parchment Paper
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoon Non-Dairy Butter
- 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar, tightly packed
- ½ Cup Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
- ¼ Cup Non-Dairy Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 ¼ Cup King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten-Free Flour See Note!
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt
- ¼ Cup Roasted Unsalted Peanuts, chopped Optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350* F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer, cream vegan butter and brown sugar until smooth and creamy. Then, add the peanut butter and mix to combine.8 tablespoon Non-Dairy Butter, 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar, tightly packed, ½ Cup Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
- Add non-dairy milk and vanilla and mix on low to combine.¼ Cup Non-Dairy Milk, 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Add King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten-Free Flour, baking soda and salt and mix on low to form the cookie dough.1 ¼ Cup King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten-Free Flour, ½ teaspoon Baking Soda, ¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt
- Use a 3 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop about 8 cookie dough balls onto each baking sheet. Then, use a fork to gently press a cross-hatch patter into the top of the cookie dough. The dough balls should still be about 1 inch tall.
- Top each cookie with a sprinkle of chopped peanuts, if using, then bake one tray at a time in a 350* F oven for 13-15 minutes. The cookies should be golden brown at the edges.¼ Cup Roasted Unsalted Peanuts, chopped
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes before tranfering them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
When you press the cross-hatch pattern into the gluten-free vegan peanut butter cookie dough with a fork, don't press the dough down too much! The dough balls should still be about an inch tall.
If you don't use King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten-Free Flour, be sure to use a cup-for-cup style blend that contains xanthan gum. If your blend doesn't contain xanthan gum with recipe will not work!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Cookie | Calories: 184kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 157mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 14IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg