Protein Peanut Butter Cookies
Low carb. Low sugar. Low calorie. Healthy fats. High Protein. Super tasty…does it get any better than that?
I baked some oatmeal breakfast cookies and these peanut butter cookies a couple Sundays ago. They were SOOO good and I wanted to share the recipe with you before falling asleep (hello midnight!) I’m so bad when it comes to peanut butter cookies, I can’t stop. I want more and more and more, especially if my mom made them. She makes the best! I decided to make a healthier version just incase I couldn’t stop. They are a little spin off from my other almond flour based cookies!
They turned out just as good as the real deal and I know I’ll be making this recipe again. My dad had no idea they were “healthier.” I love them crumbled up on Halo Top ice cream, dipped in almond milk, before or after a workout and for dessert! If peanut butter cookies are your favorite, you have to try these!
PROTEIN PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
Ingredients
*2 & 2/3 Cups Almond Flour (Not Packed Down)
*1 Tsp Baking Soda
*2 Tsp Pure Vanilla
*1/4 Cup Honey
*3/4 Cup Peanut Butter
*3 Packets Stevia
*3 Scoops Vanilla Protein Powder
*2 Large Eggs
*4 Tablespoons Melted Coconut Oil
What to do?
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
Mix the almond flour, protein powder, peanut butter and baking soda together.
In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, vanilla, and honey.
Mix together the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl.
*If it’s too runny, add more almond flour. If it’s too dry, add more peanut butter!
Place the cookie batter in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to firm up! This will help you form the cookies.
Drop the cookies onto the sheet. (about 1 & 1/2 tablespoon) The dough is trickier to work with because it has no flour. Don’t be afraid to get those fingers sticky! Place them on the GREASED baking sheet and press down into a cookie form with your fingers. Use a fork to give them the indent.
Bake about 10-11 minutes. Let them cool for about two minutes. (The edges will be lightly brown & the centers will be super soft)
Remove from the baking sheet and add to a cooling rack or a separate plate.
This recipe makes about 38-40 cookies (1 &1/2 tablespoon sized)
38 Cookies: 85 Calories, 5 g Carbs, 6 g Fat, 7 g Protein, 3 g Sugar, 2 g Fiber
- What is your favorite cookie?
- Have you ever baked with almond flour?
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Yum! I am definitely going to try this! I might even try with different sort of nut butters too (have you tired cashew butter? It’s amazing!)
1. I love a good chewy white chocolate and macadamia cookie. Once the size of a my hand if possible
2. Yes – being gluten free I bake with almond flour a lot. But it expensive!
xxx from NZ
I havent!! I need to though 🙂 Let me know how it turns out if you use a fun nut butter!!
LOVE white chocolate macadamia nut! You need to try my healthier version 🙂https://simplytaralynn.com/2015/01/07/almond-flour-white-chocolate-macadamia-nut-cookies/
If you have a Trader Joe’s around you, get their almond meal! It’s much cheaper and pretty much the same thing!
Yum! Will try your version for sure!
Sadly, I have no trader joes near me as I live in New Zealand. One bag of almond meal/flour is about $17!) So I make sure I ration 🙂
Low carb? I’m all in! I’ll just replace the honey with keto friendly sweetener.
Yum! Let me know how that turns out!
wow so delicious!! thankyou for share haha lol seems like everyone fall asleep.just me reading this, you know why? bucause i am in china!! good dream
Now you’re probably asleep because I’m awake on the other end 😉 xo
Yum! Love that this uses almond flour! Ive not baked with it yet but ive loved coconut flour!
I love mixing the both! I think you’ll love almond flour because it keeps the cookies so moist.
I LOVE Peanut Butter cookies! I’ve never used almond flour but I like the idea of making a healthier cookie with a little protein. This will be a great treat on our camping trips!
Me too:) Perfect for camping. I want to go camping so bad. Where do you camp!?
These look soooo good!
How do you think they would turn out without the protein powder? I have all these ingredients currently in my kitchen except that, hah
Yum!! Definitely making these 🙂 Question, do you use truvia stevia packets? that’s what I have but I know those packets are bigger than others. Also are 38 cookies really only 85 calories total?! Sounds too good to be true 😛 I have a feeling that’s just for one cookie, right?
thanks again for sharing your recipe!
Can I use cashewnut flour instead? I’m from India, and it’s quite a task to find almond flour.
Ooo!!! These look yummy! I might have to make an adjusted version of these for my hubby — he really likes his peanut butter cookies! I don’t know if I have a specific favorite cookie, but I do really like gingerbread cookies. And, no, I’ve never cooked with almond flour before; I tend to use whole wheat flour for almost everything.:)
My best friend from college is coming to visit me in Nashville for the weekend. We plan on cooking most of our meals and trying out Five Daughter’s Bakery, but now we are making these too! I cannot wait to taste these!
These look delicious!!
I’d love the recipe for the breakfast oatmeal cookies that you mention, too! These look amazing, btw. I’ll be making them this weekend!
Hi Tara! Do you use almond meal & flour interchangeably?!
This sounds so good!!! I’m saving this recipe to try out…soon! Thanks for sharing. Peanut butter is my favorite!
Can I bake this without the protien powder? Or replace it with something els?
YES THESE WERE SO GOOD! THANK YOU! I used almond butter and a couple extra tablespoons of coconut oil…still perfect!
Glad you loved them!! & good to know that they work with almond butter too!
My kids loved these!
So great to hear that!
The peanut butter cookies turned out great. I tried to make a second batch with chocolate protein and they weren’t too bad (not as good as the vanilla) but for anyone who doesn’t have vanilla, you could try that! Thank you Tara
Thanks for the note!! 🙂
My kids had no idea that these were healthy! I used a plant based vanilla protein powder and vegan egg substitute. They turned out so tasty!
Love hearing that! & thanks for the vegan swap options!!
no one cares that your a vegan Katherine!
I made these for my dad! He had no idea they were healthy.
My dad also had no idea!!
I love your blog and recipes!
Thank you!
My toddler is obsessed with these. I can’t get him to eat anything and I was starting to worry. You may have just saved me!
That is so great! Maybe it’s the peanut butter!
Loved this recipe!
How much is a scoop of protein powder? I don’t have a scoop!
Approximately 3 tbsps!
Did you omit the Stevia and coconut oil ?
Did you omit the Stevia and coconut oil ?
Did you get an answer? I want to make these but can’t figure the coconut oil/stevia part out!
These were so good
I enjoyed these a lot! My granddaughter and I made them for her birthday.
Thanks for sharing!