Peanut Butter Cookies

The same old fashioned peanut butter taste you love in this classic cookie but with a healthy twist....only about 45 calories each!!

 

16 oz. peanut butter
1 egg
4 tbsps. turbinado sugar (raw sugar)
2 tbsps. old fashioned whole oats, ground to fine texture
(You can use gluten free oats if you are gluten sensitive)
1 tsp. flaxseed, ground to fine texture *optional

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 
• In a large bowl combine, peanut butter, egg, 3 tbsps. sugar, ground oats and flaxseed.  Mix thoroughly with spoon.

 

• Drop by tablespoonful onto cookie sheet. 
• Press cookie in a criss cross pattern with fork. 
• With the remaining 1 tbsp. of sugar, sprinkle lightly on the tops of each pressed cookie. 
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for about 13-15  minutes. 

When the cookies are finished baking, take out of the oven and let them sit until cooled on baking sheet for at least 15 minutes before you transfer them. The cookies will be very crumbly until they are completely cooled. 

• Carefully transfer them with a spatula onto a cooling rack. 
• At this point, I put them into the freezer to chill and set.  You can put them in the fridge as well, up to you. 

This recipe yields 24 cookies. 
About 45 calories per cookie.

 

Nutritional/Caloric information above is not exact.  It is estimated from ingredient information that is posted on product labels that are used.