We eat pretty darn healthy. Due to several different dietary restrictions, I am limited on anything sweet that I can eat. And, sometimes, I just need a sweet treat. I am always on the lookout for recipes for cookies, cakes, muffins, etc, that don’t have a bunch of nasty ingredients, which are also lower in sugar. And I recently came across this four ingredient peanut butter cookie recipe on Pinterest and I modified it a little for my own needs. And, it is DELICIOUS. If you love peanut butter, you will definitely want to try it.
My dietary restrictions stink sometimes. Gahhhhhh…. I can’t have any gluten or wheat as I am extremely sensitive to it. I’ve never been tested to see if I have celiac or it’s only a gluten sensitivity. But when I consume even just a tiny bit of either, my eyes get terribly puffy and my body gets inflamed. AND… my asthma symptoms return. If I would consume more than a small amount of gluten, my stomach hurts and I get very bloated. So who knows. I don’t buy lots of gluten free items from the store because a lot of them contain nasty ingredients. However, sometimes I just need a cookie, ya know.
So when I found a peanut butter cookie recipe online with only four ingredients, I immediately made them. Both of us were thoroughly impressed. In fact, Deb asked me to make more last night because they were gone as she couldn’t stay out of them. I did things a little different with my recipe to make the sugar/carb content lower. The original recipe called for 1/2 cup coconut sugar. I switched that out to monk fruit sweetener because it’s what we use around here. I took the following information about both forms of sweeteners from an article I found online.
So.. take information and do with it as you wish. I am only telling you that because you need to adjust the amount of whatever sweetener you add, so it may take an experiment on your part. Since we use monk fruit sweetener, we had to adjust the amount of the original recipe because it’s a lot sweeter than coconut sugar. If you use regular sugar, you may have to adjust that too. So this recipe is how we made it with our choice of sweetener.
These are really good if you are a peanut butter lover and have different dietary restrictions regarding baked goods. Let me know if you try these four ingredient peanut butter cookies. I have a feeling these will be a new staple in our home.
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Thank you for the peanut butter cookie recipe! I too have to watch my carbs and sugars! Going to make them soon… as you said… you just want a little treat every now and then!
I hope you enjoy! We should be able to enjoy tasty treats too!