Peanut Butter Cookies
29 07 2010Who doesn’t like PB Cookies? If you don’t, you’re insane! Or allergic to peanuts, I guess. That would be a shame. Luckily I have not developed a peanut allergy. I LOVE peanut butter. The REAL kind… just peanuts. If you eat that other crap you will probably die.
I was inspired to bake with brown rice flour and very few ingredients after discovering some delicious g-free vegan treats at Hibiscus in Kensington. If you have not been here you MUST go! It’s amazing. They serve homemade salads, soups, crepes, ice cream, baked squares and cookies… and it’s ALL gluten free and vegan. All of it! They don’t have a website, so here’s their yelp page (my review is also posted!).
Anyway, I made my first batch of g-free, vegan PB & Chocolate Chip Cookies with only six ingredients. They are delectable! You saw I used brown rice flour to make crepes recently, and now with these cookies turning out perfectly soft and tasty, brown rice flour is my new best friend.
G-free, Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups natural peanut butter
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup brown rice flour
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 cup non-dairy, g-free chocolate chips
In a mixing bowl combine peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Add flour and sea salt and mix until combined. Then fold in chocolate chips. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 350 F for approx. 11-13 mins depending on cookie size. Makes 1 dozen large cookies or 2 dozen small cookies.
Now, you definitely need a tall glass of “milk” to accompany these babies. I have my favorite soy or almond beverage on hand at all times, but I finally worked up the courage to try rice milk again. I’ve been skeptical of rice milk because the one’s I have tried have all been tasteless, watery, and gross. But YÜ basmati rice beverage is definitely where it’s at.
So if you’re sick of getting bogged down by too much refined flour or wheat, whip up a batch of these cookies next time or go check out the goods at Hibiscus. Your tummy will thank you for it!
Looks healthy and delicious
I feel like I could reach into the screen and just grab the cookie. Wishful thinking!!
Looks so yummy!
(P.S. YÜ is my favourite milk too!)
These look great. Ive made peanut butter cookies before but they were nearly as peanut buttery as I’d like!
these are pretty peanut buttery! Give them a try and let me know if you like!
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I made these cookies today! Seriously AMAZING!!! I can’t stop eating them though. So good!!!
Yummy, made these today but with ground oatmeal instead of rice flour (not available where I live) – absolutely delicious, thank you!!
I went and bought peanuts ground into a nut butter with nothing else added, is this what you meant by ‘natural peanut butter’? It came out a little bitter. Maybe I was supposed to use natural peanut butter in a jar instead of fresh ground with nothing added.
nope that’s the right kind. the maple syrup sweetens it. Its much better than buying the crappy Kraft stuff that has so many preservatives in it. If you still find it too bitter you could increase the maple syrup and sea salt SLIGHTLY!!