Sunday, May 23, 2010

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies



I love peanut butter cookies. Some people like the soft and chewy ones, others like the crunchy and crumbly ones. I love them all! When I came across this particular peanut butter cookie, I fell in love and immediately asked for the recipe. Turns out it was from some newspaper clipping and while I would love to give credit to whomever developed these little morsels of heaven, I have no idea where it came from.




What’s unique about these cookies is that they contain no flour! Just peanut butter, eggs, and sugar. Yep, that’s it. Easy peasy. They are very delicate cookies and will crumble if you’re not careful transferring from the cookie sheet to the cooling rack, but when you put one in your mouth and it almost melts in your mouth, you will know why I love these cookies so much. So, give them a try the next time you get a peanut butter craving, I promise you won’t be disappointed! (I've also made them without the kisses and they are still good so if you don't like chocolate (gasp) don't let that stop you from trying these.)

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Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
recipe source unknown

1 Jar (18 oz) creamy peanut butter
1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
48 milk chocolate kisses (a 9 ounce package contains 53)

Heat oven to 350 F. Have cookie sheets ready. With a wooden spoon stir peanut butter, sugar, eggs in a medium size bowl until thoroughly blended. (Dough will be slightly sticky but don't worry, you'll still be able to roll it out.)

With floured hands, roll level measuring tablespoonfuls into 1-1/4 inch balls. Place 1-1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 12 to 14 minutes until cookies look dry with tops crackled. Remove from oven and immediately press a chocolate kiss in center of each. Cool on cookie sheet 1 to 2 minutes, then
remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Yield: 48 cookies

Per cookie: 111
cal, 3 g protein, 10 g carb, 7 g fat, 12 mg cholesterol, 71 mg sodium.

13 comments:

  1. Despite my dislike of cookie baking I'm almost tempted to give these a go, almost! :)

    Happy Sunday!
    ~ingrid

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  2. To make it even easier... we use the 1 cup PB, 1 cup sugar, 1 large egg method... just simplifies the process and still oh so good :)

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  3. I made these once a long time ago for someone who couldn't have flour. They were super good and super nummy! Thanks!

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  4. I'm not a huge chocolate person but pair it with this cookie and I'm all over it. They look super delish :)

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  5. These look great and I'd love to try them! A couple of questions...(1) Do you think this would work with natural peanut butter, or is it best with just the standard kind? (2) Would it be difficult to transport them? Maybe the kisses are solid enough to stack?

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  6. No flour? Wow! I can just imagine the salti, sweet, stick-to-the palate goodness of these cookies!

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  7. a perfect gluten-free nibbly! and bonus--there are five hershey kisses that need a home, and my belly can always find some room for chocolate. :)

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  8. I love peanut butter blossoms so I must try this flourless recipe!

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  9. These cookies are a childhood favorite of mine! So nostalgic...will have to try the no-flour recipe!

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  10. anonymous - I'm not sure about the type of PB, but if you do try it with all natural, come back and let me know so I can edit the post :) as for transporting them... not sure how far you are going. I know that after being baked the kisses are very soft and melt in your mouth (YUM) and won't transport well but if you pop them in the fridge to cool then you should be able to put them in some type of container for transport as long as you don't pack them too tightly. hope that helps.

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  11. I am just now catching up-again-on blogs. These look good. I can not believe they are flourless!!!

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  12. Thanks for your reply! I will definitely let you know if I am able to make them with natural PB. As for the transport it's nice to know that you should let them set/chill a bit before trying. I recently made some thumbprints with fleur de sel cardamom caramel, and took them to a party...that didn't go so well, as the centers stayed gooey.

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  13. These sound so simple & delicious!I've enjoyed looking at your recipes=p

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