Healthier Peanut Butter Oat Cookies

Healthier Peanut Butter Oat CookiesGracen and I have experimented with making many different versions of healthier peanut butter cookies – cream cheese ones, two ingredient ones, banana-based ones – but sadly, none have ever turned out really well.   Late this afternoon, however, when she randomly declared that “We should make cookies! Yummy no sugar ones that Gracen can have – YEAAAAAAAAH!”,  we came up with our first batch that actually taste like real peanut butter cookies.  Only they’re much healthier. ☺  Here’s our new go-to peanut butter cookie recipe…

Healthier Peanut Butter Oat Cookies (based off of this recipe by Weelicious)

  • 1/2 cup of coconut oil
  • 2 tablespoons of good honey
  • 1 cup of all-natural peanut butter
  • 1 large egg
  • 3 tablespoons of pure maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups of wholewheat flour
  • 1 cup of old-fashioned oats
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment.

Using a mixer, cream the coconut oil and honey together until smooth.  Add the peanut butter, egg, maple syrup, and vanilla and mix again until smooth.  

Add all of the dry ingredients to a separate bowl and whisk to combine.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ones and mix just until combined.  Scoop out 1 tablespoon balls of dough and flatten with a floured fork. (For an additional nutrition boost, you could roll the balls in chia seeds or hemp hearts before flattening.)

Bake for 9 or 10 minutes, then cool and serve.

Enjoy!

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3 thoughts on “Healthier Peanut Butter Oat Cookies

  1. This is a good recipe, they came out a little crumbly but taste was great! p.s. the grey font on white background was hard to read!

  2. I tried this recipe a couple of days ago using butter instead of coconut oil. They were heavenly eaten fresh from the oven, still warm! As they were still delicious the next day.

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