Soft and Healthy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies

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These healthy vegan peanut butter cookies are absolutely delicious. They are soft and make the perfect guilt-free snack or dessert! They’re also gluten-free and sweetened with pure maple syrup. No refined sugar!

I have found a ton of vegan peanut butter cookie recipes online, but most of them contain ingredients that I don’t want to be consuming, such as refined sugar and oil. Making cookies without these staple cookie ingredients can be difficult, but this recipe turned out great!

I am absolutely obsessed with peanut butter cookies, so I had no issue tweaking this recipe over and over again until I got it just right. I have been eating a lot of peanut butter cookies lately!

I finally got these to just the right taste and texture, all while keeping them whole-foods plant-based. As it is sweetened with pure maple syrup, there is no refined sugar in this recipe. It’s also gluten-free and the total ingredient count comes to only 7 healthy ingredients!!

These cookies are:

• Soft
• Vegan
• Gluten-free
• Healthy
• Sweetened with maple syrup
• Delicious

Here is what you will need for these healthy vegan peanut butter cookies:

• Almond flour
• Oat flour
• Baking soda
• Peanut butter
• Maple syrup
• Applesauce
• Vanilla extract

These cookies are a must-try if you want soft, guilt-free, healthy peanut butter cookies. They make the perfect snack at any time of day, and if you’re on a weight-loss journey, they won’t get in the way of your progress!

I hope you enjoy this healthy vegan peanut butter cookies recipe! Try it out and let me know what you think in the comments below!

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Soft and Healthy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies

These peanut butter cookies are soft and healthy. Vegan and gluten-free as well!

Prep Time25 mins

Cook Time12 mins

Total Time37 mins

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookies, gluten-free, oil-free, peanut butter, vegan

Servings: 14 cookies

Calories: 185kcal

Author: Bree Sheree

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1 cup oat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda

Wet Ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 4 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 tbsp applesauce
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flaxseed and 3 tbsp water)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Mix 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed with 3 tablespoons of water in a small bowl. Let it sit for at least 10 minutes until it gels up and becomes a flax egg.
• Mix all of the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl (almond flour, oat flour, and baking soda).
• Add all of the wet ingredients, to a smaller bowl and mix thoroughly. Add the flax egg as well when it is ready.
• Pour wet ingredients into the large bowl with the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. You will need to use your hands to mix it well.
• Roll dough into balls (approximately 2 tbsp each) and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Gently press down with fingers and/or fork.
• Bake for approximately 12 minutes, until the cookies start to brown on the bottom. Check carefully with a spatula (cookies will be quite soft).

Notes

This recipe makes 14-16 cookies if you are using about 2 tbsp of dough per cookie.

If you make larger cookies, they may have to bake a couple minutes longer.

When you take these cookies out of the oven, they will be extremely soft. Allow them to cool before eating or storing.

Nutrition

Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 165mg | Potassium: 170mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg