These gluten-free peanut butter cookies use just 5 simple ingredients and are irresistibly delicious.
This recipe for peanut butter cookie is ready in under 20 minutes – from start to finish. Plus, since they’re naturally gluten-free, they’re a simple treat everyone can enjoy. One bite and you’ll see why this recipe has been on repeat in my kitchen for years.
I first shared this recipe back in 2014, and for the next few years I made them at least once a week – I was completely hooked. They’re even better than traditional peanut butter cookies: chewy, crisp around the edges, and full of peanut butter flavor.
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My family loves peanut butter, although my daughter Jersey has a bit of a love-hate relationship with it. She won’t eat it plain or in a sandwich, but add sugar and suddenly she’s all in.
My favorite easy, go-to breakfast is peanut butter and jelly toast with bananas, honestly, I eat it for dinner sometimes too. There’s just something about peanut butter that’s comforting, filling, and always hits the spot.
My second favorite peanut butter recipe is my Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Sauce. It’s rich, creamy, and completely over-the-top delicious drizzled over ice cream, brownies, or eaten straight from the spoon. If you’re a peanut butter lover like we are, it’s absolutely a must-make.
Crunchy vs Creamy Peanut Butter
Creamy peanut butter gives cookies a softer, smoother texture and helps create that classic chewy peanut butter cookie. Crunchy peanut butter adds extra texture and little peanut pieces throughout the cookies for a bit more crunch and nutty flavor, crunchy is my preference for this recipe.
With that said either works great and it just depends on the texture you prefer.
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Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter creamy or crunchy – both work!
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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 place the dough on the cookie sheet.
- Bake 11-12 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