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3 ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
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3 ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

These light and delicate 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies make a great snack and are so easy to make. Mixed in one bowl with no flour, butter or eggs needed, makes these cookies a quick and easy bake.
Course Cookies
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Refrigerate 30 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 12 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup / 250g peanut butter
  • cup / 65g sugar (optional) see note 1
  • ¼ cup / 60ml buttermilk or plain unflavoured yoghurt. see note 2

Instructions

  • Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, until smooth
  • The dough will be sticky and difficult to shape, so place it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to firm up, making it easier to handle and shape.
  • If you really want to speed up the process, then rather pop the dough into the freezer for 15 minutes. It will firm up quicker.
  • Scoop the dough with an ice cream scoop or spoon and place on the baking sheet. Press down lightly with a fork. Dip the fork in a bit of flour before pressing down. This will ensure that the fork does not stick to the dough.
  • Bake in a preheated oven of 360°F /180°C for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, but leave the cookies on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before removing. The cookies continue to bake even after it has been removed from the oven.
  • Gently remove with a spatula and allow to cool.

Notes

  1. The great thing about these peanut butter cookies is that you can even leave out the sugar if you prefer. Use peanut butter without added sugar in the recipe to bake sugar-free cookies. I do this often with the recipe ...cutting down on the calories but still get that incredibly delicious peanut butter taste
  2. If you do not have any buttermilk or plain yoghurt, then just substitute it by adding 1 teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar to ¼ cup ( 60ml) milk. Allow it to stand for 5 minutes before adding it to the recipe.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 126kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 99mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg
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