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Light and fluffy, your sweet tooth needs these almost cake-like cookies!
Peanut Butter Cookies
2015-01-15 20:47:02
Serves 12
Light and fluffy, your sweet tooth needs these almost cake-like cookies!
Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
20 min
Total Time
25 min
Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
20 min
Total Time
25 min
Ingredients
- 1/2 c peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1/4 c honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk egg in small bowl. Add peanut butter and honey, and mix until fully combined.
- Using a tablespoon, drop cookies 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. The batter is gooey. Don't worry. Just stay with me here.
- Bake for 15 minutes on middle oven rack.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Cookies will continue baking and firm as they cool.
- Eat one cookie and convince yourself not to eat the other 11 the same sitting.
- Enjoy!
21 Day Fix (per cookie)
- 2 teaspoons
Great Tip
- Need more spice? Flavor them up with vanilla extract and cinnamon!
By Jean Reed
From Forks to Fitness https://fromforkstofitness.com/
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Karen says
I added cocoa… always add cocoa :).
Delicious.
Making the kids ginger snaps and made this at the same time to try to resist. It did resist the ginger snaps but ate 4 of these. OopsReply
Jean says
Haha, love it, Karen!!
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Suzy Grimstad says
This recipe looks delish! Just curious why one cookie is 2 teaspoons instead of 3 teaspoons? (48 tsp in one cup: (24 tsp pb + 12 tsp honey) / 12 = 3)
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Jean says
Honey is not one of your oil teaspoons, Suzy. It’s a special teaspoon from page 15. You can have up to 4 teaspoons of sweetener daily.
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adriana says
can i replace the honey with agave syrup or maple syrup?
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Jean says
You can try it, Adriana! I’d probably do maple syrup over agave. It’s thicker.
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Charity says
Genius!
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cindy says
Amazing. I just made these. So delucious You are a true gift. Thank you.
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Jean says
Wow, thank you so much, Cindy! So sweet!
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Arleen says
Hiii! Just ran into your amazing page. Curios question: how many cookies can I have without exceeding my containers?
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Jean says
Hey, Arleen! It depends on your personal calorie bracket. Each cookie = 2 teaspoons
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Melissa says
did you store the leftovers in the fridge? These are the bomb btw! Much more satisfying then eating 2 tsp of pb off my teaspoon lol.
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Jean says
We’ve only had leftovers once and I just sent them in a Tupperware with hubby to work. I can’t be left alone with them, Melissa!
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Rachel says
The honey is that pure honey or raw honey? Thanks
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Jean says
I use pure, raw local honey, but I’m sure any will do, Rachel.
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Kristie says
what kind of pb do you use for the cookies?
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Jean says
I’ve used all sorts, Kristie! Jif Natural, All Natural (refrigerated), you name it.
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Kristie says
Also if your calorie intake is 1200 to 1499 how many are you allowed
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Jean says
Kristie, each cookie = 2 teaspoons, so for the lowest bracket, you may have one cookie per day.
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Amanda says
i don’t have honey, could syrup be used iin it’s place?
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Jean says
I haven’t tried it, but it sounds good in theory, Amanda, hehe.
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Jen says
I’m trying the cookies has she had listed above in a few minutes but I may try Putin in cocoa next time!
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Jean says
Mmm, how did they taste, Jen?
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Shaye says
Can you use anything else besides honey
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Jean says
I haven’t tried, but I bet maple syrup would be yummy.
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Erica says
I wonder how these would work with 1/4 cup pb and 1/4 cup pumpkin puree. I love pb and pumpkin together. I may have to try it later.
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Jean says
Did you try it, Erica? I’m curious!
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Alexus says
Could you use PB2 instead of actual peanut butter for this recipe?? I hope so, that’s all I have! 🙂
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Jean says
Hmm, I’m not sure, Alexus! I’ve never tried that.
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Mollie says
I added a dash of cinnamom and a tsp of vanilla…DELICIOUS!!!!
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Mollie says
Cinnamon*
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Amy says
After just 12 minutes of baking the bottoms were burnt. Will try again only at a lower temp and for less than 15 minutes.
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Jean says
I’m sorry to hear that! I hope your next batch is yummy.
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Sharon E says
I tried this recipe last night with agave honey and a tbsp of coconut oil. It’s delicious!
I didn’t see the “limit to one cookie a day” part until it was too late. I had 3 cookies in one sitting – – although I shaped them into bite size tsp cookies to be exact. Now I have to get that extra work out in!
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Jean says
Haha, Sharon! Hope you had a great workout! *flex*
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Trisha says
These were so easy and so good! I wonder how they would bake with chunky pb. I think that crunch would make them that much better! Thanks for this recipe!
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Kim says
What if I don’t have parchment paper-I am dying for a sweet!!!
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Tabby says
I used foil
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Alesha haley says
Love this recipe!! I’ve included it in my latest blog post, 21 day fix recipe round up! Thanks so much for sharing! – Alesha Haley
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Robin says
Do you think almond or cashew butter will work? I am allergic to peanuts.
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Adriana Navarro says
One word. “Amazing!” Thank you!
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Jean says
So sweet! Thanks, Adriana!
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Melissa says
how much shakeology does this recipe call for?
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Tabby says
They are delicious! Thanks for sharing. How do you store them. In a cookie jar? Ziplock Bag! In the refrigerator or out?
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Jean says
I store them in a sealed container on the counter or in the freezer. They’re great to break up into banana ice cream!! 😀
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Pa lee says
Just curious why is it only equal to 2 Tsp. I know you added an egg. Wouldn’t that be 1/2 red also?
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Jean says
One egg is 1/2 red. This is 1/2 red divided into 12 cookies, so not enough to count per serving. It would be 0.04 red per serving — don’t you dare track nitty gritty decimals like that! 🙂
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Bonnie says
Just made these. Used maple syrup instead of honey on a 1:1 ratio so I didn’t add anything extra (some websites state to add sugar when you replace honey with maple syrup- but it’s not needed). Added a dash of Saigon cinnamon and 1 tsp of vanilla. Baked for 7 minutes and then checked and it only needed one more minute. Since all ovens are diff, be on the safe side and check before hitting 15 min. Batter was yummy, cookies were amazing. Awesome!!! Thanks for the recipe.
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Jean says
Thanks so much, Bonnie! I’ve always wondered how they would be with maple syrup. Those sound AWESOME!
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Jen Thorne says
Can you use almond butter in stead of peanut butter?
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Jean says
I haven’t tried it yet, Jen, but I feel like others have. Wish I could answer! Proceed with caution, haha.
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Hi Jean! I LOVE these cookies and we make them all the time! I included them in a post for thefoodieandthefix.com about healthy ways to curb a sweet tooth 🙂 Thanks for posting!
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Jean says
Aww, thanks for sharing! <3
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Darlene says
So good!!! Thank you!
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Jean says
Yay, glad you like it!
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Jamie says
So, I made these last night, and added 1/4 of steel cut oats. Oh Em Gee! And since it works out to like 1/6 of a yellow, according to Autumn anyways, it doesn’t change the container count at all. Only baked them for about 10 mins. They were AMAZING!!!
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Joy says
OMFG. Amazing! Added a little cocoa, because chocolate and PB need to go together. Probably not 21 day fix approved, I’m sure, but oh well. I’m making these all the time now.
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Jean says
Aww, so great to hear!
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