Dairy Free Peanut Butter Cookies
The BEST dairy free peanut butter cookies! You just need 1 bowl and 6 ingredients. Couldn’t be easier! Plus, these peanut butter cookies are flourless, so they’re also gluten free.
Did you all spend the last few days watching Fuller House on Netflix? Good. Me too.
Full House was my favorite show when I was little. My sister and I would watch them every Friday night.
Which is why I was SHOCKED when Shawn told me he had never seen an episode. Huh?
I started recording all the old episodes, which are on Nick at Nite. Followed by Friends reruns. Which makes me feel so old.
When I was little, Nick at Nite was for I Love Lucy and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Now it’s my childhood shows. But hey, I’ll take it.
Now, when the baby goes to sleep at 8, Shawn and I will stay up and watch a few episodes together. They’re just as good as I remember. It’s interesting watching it back now as a grown up and a mom. Those 3 guys did a great job raising those girls.
Shawn loves them too. It’s like reliving 1993 all over again.
To make our TV watching even more enjoyable, I’ll make us a fresh batch of these dairy free peanut butter cookies, which are currently my absolute favorite cookie to make.
They are so delicious, and couldn’t be easier to make! Just 6 ingredients: peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, baking soda and 1 egg. All things I am sure you have in your kitchen right now.
And yes, you read that right. No butter. No flour. The peanut butter has enough fat to do just fine without them. I was skeptical at first, but now I am a convert.
I love this cookie recipe because it really is easy and fast to make. No stand mixer, no chilling the dough, no waiting for butter to soften. At any point in the day, you are less than 30 minutes away from freshly baked dairy free peanut butter cookies. Just throw the 6 ingredients in a bowl, stir, scoop, press them with a fork to give them that signature criss-cross pattern, bake, enjoy.
It’s actually TOO easy. I’m not kidding when I tell you I’m making a batch of these dairy free peanut butter cookies every other night. It’s becoming a problem. We’re going through 2 gigantic tubs of Skippy peanut butter I get at Costco a month.
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Dairy Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter, Skippy is the best!
- 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees with the oven racks in the upper and lower third. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine all ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
- Use a medium size cookie scoop to scoop out the dough (1.5 tablespoon size balls). Put 9 cookies per sheet. Use a fork to make cross hatches on top of the dough.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the edges are set and the centers are slightly puffed up. Rotate the cookie sheets half way thru baking. Cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before eating.
- Leftovers will keep in an airtight container for 1 week.
Notes
-I have an even healthier version of this cookie made with coconut sugar! See my paleo almond butter cookies for the recipe!
101 Comments on “Dairy Free Peanut Butter Cookies”
Found them to be a bit too sweet and granular/grainy for me but they still tasted good!
OH – I used natural peanut butter so that might be partly why
I just made these but added some chocolate chips! Pretty good, but I didn’t find a yield so I made six and they turned out huge!
Eggs are categorized as Dairy, therefore your title is misleading and false.Â
A simple Google search shows that eggs are not in fact considered dairy. However, I hope you were able to substitute it for something or find another recipe! :)
I gave someone the recipe and they wanted to make them into bars.  I told them I didn’t know if it would work.  Have you ever tried making them as bar cookies?
Oh I love this idea! I’ve actually never tried them as a bar. I would think bake at 350ºF for like 20 or 25 minutes? If you try it and it works let me know!
I’ve been making these cookies for years now and they are always a hit wherever I take them: home, work, or social events. The dairy-free/gluten-free element makes it so versatile for these situations. I cannot express how much I love this recipe.
Aww you are so sweet! This is so nice to hear! I’m so happy they are such a hit wherever you bring them! Thanks for such a nice comment, Pippa!
Hi,can you make these  with smooth natural pb?
Simplest recipe ever and SO delicious. Love love love.
I just love that the recipe was simple to make and delicious Ashleigh. You can’t beat that! Thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
I just made these and they were SO damn easy! And so freaking good so glad I found this recipe!!
I love to hear that they were easy to make Liz. I am so glad they turned out well for you. Thank you for the feedback, it really means a lot to me.
I really had my doubts about a cookie recipe with no butter or flour, but these are absolutely incredible! totally recommend for anyone with dietary restrictions or for anyone who likes peanut butter. Also, I had no brown sugar so I used twice the amount of white sugar and some honey and it worked perfectly!Â
It’s so fun to have a tasty dairy free option Kelly. I love your tip for a brown sugar substitute. Thanks so much for sharing!