Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies are made with just 5 simple ingredients and are so irresistibly delicious, you’ll have a hard time not finishing the whole batch.
I first published this recipe back in 2014 and the first few following I made these at least once a week. I became a peanut butter cookie addict. These honestly are better than the traditional peanut butter cookies made with flour. They are chewy, crisp on the outside and the peanut butter really shines.
My family loves peanut butter, well my daughter Jersey has a love-hate relationship with it. She won’t eat it plain or on a sandwich but “with sugar” (her words) she’ll eat it. {LOL!}
My favorite easy and to-go-to breakfast is peanut butter and jelly toast with bananas. I sometimes eat this for dinner too. My second favorite peanut butter recipe is my Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Sauce it is to die for! I have to be careful when I make that recipe that there are others around or I may drink the entire batch.
Some other mouthwatering peanut butter {dessert} recipes are my Best Ever Monster Cookies, Dinner, Dishes & Desserts – Peanut Butter Stuffed Brownies, Crazy for Crust – No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Cream Pie and All Day I Dream About Food’s – Low Carb Peanut Butter Texas Sheet Cake.
Let’s get back to these Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies – they are so easy, simple and scrumptious. You need to make these, so let’s get that on your calendar right now and then you can come back and thank me later. Enjoy friends! XOXO San
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Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup Adams All Natural Peanut Butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon sugar to sprinkle cookies with or ¼ cup sugar, to roll dough in (OPTIONAL)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir together all peanut butter, brown sugar, egg (beaten), baking powder and vanilla until well blended. It will look creamy, smooth and glossy. You should not be able to see any egg throughout the batter.
- Using a cookie dough scooper, scoop the dough and then roll it in the ¼ cup of sugar until coated. Place dough on the cookie, you may use a fork at this time to make the traditional hatch pattern on top of the cookie. I didn’t do this. Bake 10-12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Here is the first photo I took of this recipe back in August 2014.
This May sound strange but have you made this with almond butter or cashew butter?
There are in my oven right now! Smelling wonderful!
Kristen so excited! You will love them! xo San
THESE LOOK SO YUMMY!
yummy, those look great, I love how you added the sugar to the tops!
Thanks. xo San
These look incredible, and to think, they are GF! Great post!
Thanks Dan! San
These sound so delicious! I haven’t made peanut butter cookies in so long, but I might need to change that now!
this looks delicious! I would love to make this for my family.
Thanks! xo San
Ok, if all gluten free things looked this good, I’d totally switch over! LOL! These look so good! I just need a tall glass of cold milk now!
You will love this! xo San
Hey, my friend was just asking me last week for a recipe like this – sending it to her right now. Thanks, what perfect timing!!
I am right there with you… I love peanut butter cookies, and especially a chewy peanut butter cookie!
Oh And They Look So Yummy Will Have To Try Thank You!
Peanut butter cookies of any kind are my favorite. I’ll bet these are great without all that flour!
Peanut Butter cookies are great! Thanks for the recipe!
These sound really great. I bet my boys would gobble them up!
They looks so super yummy! I will have to try this!! My dad is trying gluten-free so he will appreciate a treat. 🙂
Thanks! xo San
This looks amazing! I’m started to suspect we may have a gluten issue in our family. Definitely want to try these!
Girl they are the best too! xo San
We bake a lot of gluten free cookies, but I’ve never baked any like these. I tend to stick with the 3 ingredient variety.
Can’t wait for you to try! xo San
Those cookies look delicious! They’ve got to be so soft!
So soft!!! xo San
My daughter loves peanut butter cookies, she will love that she can eat these! I will be making these soon.
That looks so delicious!!! I have to try it.
These sound wonderful, although I’d probably try almond butter as one of the boys shuns peanut products.
These look amazing and are SOOO simple, I love that they are gluten free..thanks for sharing; have to make these for my boys as a treat
So easy and amazing! xo San
MMM Peanut butter cookies. I love that they are gluten free.
And they are the best! xo San
What? No flour? I can go make these RIGHT NOW! This is a cool gluten free recipe, thanks 🙂 I have not heard of Adams brand before.
Jen, you will love them! xo San
I can’t tell you how happy I am to see you use Adams All Natural Peanut Butter! It is an obsession in this house! No other PB is allowed, unless it is natural Dark Chocolate peanut butter. lol. Now I have to try this recipe. It looks amazing.
Can’t wait for you to try Amber! xo San