These are soft and melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter cookies made from natural peanut butter. The recipe is quick and easy to make and is soooo good!
Peanut butter is a favorite food and is often requested in my house. So a delicious and healthy peanut butter cookie recipe that can be ready in minutes makes me a hero in my home.
These cookies are gluten-free and contain no butter or white sugar. They have a perfect balance between sweet and salty, like your old-fashioned peanut butter cookies, but much healthier and easier to make. All you do is mix the 6 simple ingredients by hand in one bowl, then scoop and bake.
These cookies are full of flavor, and packed with protein and wholesome goodness. They make for a great breakfast cookie, after school treat, or snack any time of the day. So enjoy them with a tall glass of milk or your favorite cup of tea, smile, sit back, and savor the moment.
PrintHealthy Natural Peanut Butter Cookies
Little Sweet Baker TVThese are soft and melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter cookies made from natural peanut butter.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: makes about 16 cookies
- Category: dessert, breakfast, snack
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup raw organic sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 2 tbsp honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a medium bowl, toss together the sugar, baking soda and salt.
- Add the peanut butter, egg and honey. Stir until combined.
- Using a medium cookie scoop or tablespoons, drop 16 cookie batter mounds onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until the edges just start to brown.
- Cookies will be soft. Let cool for 10 minutes on baking sheets.
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Hi Lily,
I just made these and they are wonderful! Great peanutty flavor! I used organic coconut palm sugar (it’s supposed to have a lower glycemic index than regular sugar), but cut it down to half a cup. I added 2 tbsp ground flax meal and 1/2 tbsp whole grain whole wheat flour. I found 8 to 9 minutes was sufficient in my gas oven. This is my new go to recipe for peanut butter cookies….thank you!
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You’re very welcome Jane, and thank you for your great feedback!
Love these and have made them numerous times! To cut back on the crumble factor I add 1 Tbsp. flour and 1 Tbsp. milled flaxseed. They come out chewy and not crumbly and they really are delicious! Such a quick recipe to whip together!
Hi Chris,
Thank you for kind words and for sharing your great tip on making them less crumbly – much appreciated!
Great & delicious & simple recipe. I reduced the sugar a bit as they were a little too sweet for my taste. For those wondering about baking times, it really depends on the quality of your baking pan. Mine would burn at 9mins on a thin older pan, but are totally fine for even longer than 10minutes on a higher quality bake pan (I now have a nordicware). Questions…any tips for making them slightly less crumbly? What exactly is the purpose of the baking soda? thanks!
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Hi Nathan,
Thank you for your kind feedback and star rating. The baking soda helps the cookies spread out a bit when baking and prevents them from being too dense. As for making the cookies less crumbly, my only guess would be maybe try adding some flour so the cookies hold together more. Perhaps replacing the amount of sugar you reduced with flour and see of that changes the texture for you? Sorry I couldn’t be more help.
What is the carb count on these cookies?
Hey Nay,
I just updated this recipe with all the nutritional information. Please see above in the recipe card.
I love these cookies! My Granddaughter asks for them whenever she comes for a visit. I put a thumbprint in them when they come out of the oven, let them cool, them fill the thumbprint with organic black cherry preserves. They can e topped with any flavor preserves that you like. Yummy!!!
Hi Karen,
Thank you for your kind review! The addition of the cherry preserve sounds amazing! I think I’m going to do that next time:)
I made these cookies with my daughter and we both love them! The cookies are so full of flavour and we both give you two huge thumbs up!
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These cookies were Delicious! They are so easy to make. I did not have raw sugar so I used regular but next time I will use raw and I put a little less sugar and they are sooooo good. Oh yeah 10 min is to long i did for 9 min and they were getting dark on the bottom so 2nd bath I did for almost 9 min and they were better but still kinda getting dark on bottom… any way i guess it depends on your oven. Overall I love them! Thank You!
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You’re welcome Lisa and thank you for your feedback:) Enjoy the cookies and have a wonderful day!
We just made these and they are delicious. I swapped out coconut sugar for white sugar and I also added in a 1/3 cup of oatmeal because oatmeal is my favorite. I burned them slightly because I have problems getting through anything without messing up but they’re really good. Next time I’m going to try dropping the sugar down to 1/2 cup just to see if they’re still yummy. Thanks for a great recipe!
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You’re very welcome and I love the idea of adding oatmeal to these cookies. Enjoy and have a great day!
These were great! I made them with my 3 yo son who insisted on putting chocolate in them. So, we added 85% dark chocolate chips. I also ran out of peanut butter and added coconut oil instead (maybe 4 Tablespoons worth to make the full 1 cup of peanut butter/coconut oil mix). Anyway, even with all the substitutions, they were delicious!!! Thank you!
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You’re very welcome Meade. It’s good to know that you can use coconut oil as a partial substitution. Thank you for sharing that:)
If you have an equally amazing oatmeal raisin cookie recipe, I’d love to know it.
I do. It’s not a healthy recipe like this one, but it’s amazingly delicious. Here it is http://www.littlesweetbaker.com/2016/04/08/classic-oatmeal-raisin-cookies/
I hope you like it:)
I just made the cookies and I used maple syrup instead of honey and I added some chopped up extra dark chocolate candy bar by Lindt…they are amazingly delicious!!! My whole family loves them. My daughter just stood there saying, Mmmmmmmmm! Thanks for the awesome recipe. 🙂
You’re very welcome. I’m thrilled you and your family enjoyed them so much. Thank you for your kind words:)
Can i use maple syrup instead of honey and can I add a dark chocolate candy bar broken up in it?
Yes and yes. Enjoy and have a lovely day:)
Thank you for this fantastic recipe, Lily! I just made these cookies and they turned out perfectly. So simple and yet the flavor and texture is amazing! Thanks again!
You’re very welcome Heather. I’m glad you enjoyed them so much. Thank you for your kind words and have a lovely day:)
Hello! I’ve been wanting to make these yummy looking cookies. But i cant have eggs!:( would these cookies work without it? Or an egg repacer possibly? Thanks 🙂
Hi Susana, the egg acts as a binding agent in this recipe, so perhaps try replacing it with a flax egg? I have not tried it for myself, but I think it should work. Let me know if you can. Thank you for your questions and have a lovely day:)
OMG…these are amazing! I doubled the recipe, was a little short on honey so I did half honey and half pure maple syrup and added some mini chocolate chips. They do not spread out at all. I baked them 8 minutes to perfection!Absolutely delicious!
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Hi Tracy, thank you for your kind words and feedback. I greatly appreciate it. Have a wonderful day:)
Hi there , I made these cookies today and they were dynamite! Thanks
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You’re welcome and thank you for your kind words. Enjoy:)
YUM! Puffy perfection!! 🙂
I love peanut butter cookies! These look so yummy Lily, and healthy!
Peanut Butter cookies oh yeah! And naturally gluten free! Sign me up for a big batch of these 🙂
I love that these are so easy to put together and friendly to my tummy! I cannot wait to make them. I don’t think I’ll be sharing with anyone!
Thanks Amy, I love it when you come by and visit, hugs:)
These cookies look so delicious, love that they have natural peanut butter in them 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Fida, hugs:)
These cookies look so yummy!
Thanks Nancy:)
This is a recipe I will try for sure. Thanks for sharing it with us at FF.
You’re welcome Hilda and have a great weekend 🙂
These look very good and I love that they are healthy! I will be trying these. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome Arlene, hugs:)
HI Lily, I really like your blog and your cookies look wonderful. Healthy too. Do they hold together well? I wonder if you could use almond butter? Thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday#72. Have a great weekend. Happy FF! :))
Thanks Quinn, these cookies are soft, but if you want them firmer just bake them for 2 minutes longer and yes, you can make them with almond butter. Add a little cinnamon if you like, I did that with cashew butter and it was amazing. Nice to meet you:)