Recipe: Tasty Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies

Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies. Reviews for: Photos of Easy Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies. I am on the search for cookies that can use whole wheat flour and no sugar. Health lovers and peanut butter lovers unite!

Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies This almost-healthy chocolate chip peanut butter cookie tastes amazing and is full of whole wheat flour and oats with no butter! These cookies have an amazing texture (which you'd never expect from no butter and whole wheat flour). Ease: You can whip up the dough for these little delights in. You can have Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies

  1. You need 1 cup of peanut butter.
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup of unsalted butter.
  3. You need 1/3 cup of maple syrup.
  4. Prepare 1/3 cup of packed brown sugar.
  5. Prepare 1 of egg.
  6. Prepare 1 1/4 cups of whole wheat flour.
  7. You need 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

Peanut butter cookies are usually a great candidate for using whole wheat flour, even if you're not usually a big fan of using whole wheat flours in baking. Whole wheat flour has a stronger flavor than regular all purpose flour does, and in some types of cookies, that flavor can sort of take over the. The whole wheat flour adds a nutty flavor and the honey is a nice way to sweeten naturally! January is just about over… Dare I ask if you stuck to your You'll love it too, I just know it!

Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F..
  2. Soften the butter by microwaving it for 30 seconds..
  3. In a large bowl, mix together peanut butter, butter, maple syrup, brown sugar, and egg until completely smooth. Stir in the baking powder. Next add the whole wheat flour and mix until totally blended. If the dough ends up being too soft to work with, refrigerate for an hour..
  4. Roll dough into palm size patties and place on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Flatten slightly with a fork..
  5. Bake for 20 minutes..

AND these cookies are sweetened with some honey as well, which is an added flavor boost! I love that Lisa had the fun idea of taking her family on this "real food" adventure. Peanut butter takes the place of regular butter in this cookie recipe. I've made these twice with great success. The first time I used peanut butter and couldn't stop myself from eating the whole batch!