Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies are an easy 3-ingredient recipe. Rich peanut butter flavor and naturally gluten-free!

This month has been crazy. I honestly cannot remember a time when I had so little time. Moving, traveling, moving…moving was definitely the big one. It was my second move in a year which, for someone who really dislikes moving – not just the packing and unpacking but the displacement of it all – wasn’t a welcome change. But such is life and circumstances made it a necessity. The great news? I absolutely LOVE my new place – it’s so fantastically awesome! Funny how life works sometimes, isn’t it?
So I’m squeezing in this post just in the nick of time. It’s just a little ol’ flourless peanut butter cookie recipe – three ingredients make it easier than driving to the store to buy the premade stuff – but it’s an important one. This one will help to raise money for kids with cancer.

OXO sent me a Drop Cookie Baking Kit to make any cookie I chose and since flourless peanut butter cookies are one of my favorites, this was a no-brainer (plus they’ll donate $100 to the cause just for posting this recipe)! It’s pretty much the exact recipe for my 3-ingredient Nutella cookies except that these Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies use…wait for it…peanut butter! I’ll bet you never guessed that one ;-)

Although I love your run-of-the-mill peanut butter cookies that do contain flour, these flourless peanut butter cookies have a soft, moist texture that you just couldn’t get if you added flour. They only make about a dozen cookies per batch so double or triple the recipe if you need to (they freeze really well, too). Personally, I’ll eat the entire batch no matter how many are there so I’ll stick to a dozen per batch. They’re just too good to pass up while still warm!
You can get involved in this important cause, too! Check out Cookies for Kids Cancer for information on how to get involved.

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Drop cookies onto baking sheet then gently flatten with a fork. Bake for 6-10 minutes (start checking at 6 minutes in case your oven runs hot as it's important not to over bake). Cookies are done when lightly browned on the bottom.
- Remove immediately from baking sheet and allow cookies to cool on a wire rack.
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Carolyn Weber
Saturday 25th of July 2015
Do you know if this would still work if you substituted the sugar with Truvia or Stevia? I'm looking for low carb options and also have a brother who is diabetic, but this sounds absolutely scrumptious!!!
Kristy Bernardo
Wednesday 29th of July 2015
Hi Carolyn, I haven't tried it with anything but regular sugar but I think it would be fine. I do use Truvia ALL THE TIME so I'll try it soon and report back!
Anna
Wednesday 24th of June 2015
Sorry, I don't know if this is just a problem on the mobile site but I don't see a recipe anywhere? Only ads and links.
Kristy Bernardo
Wednesday 24th of June 2015
Thanks, Anna, fixing it now!!
Katherine
Sunday 8th of February 2015
My cookies turned out SUPER crumbly and were really hard to get into ball shape and put in the oven to bake--any idea why?? Love how easy this recipe was otherwise!
Kristy Bernardo
Wednesday 11th of February 2015
I'm not sure why that would happen, Katherine. The dough is fairly crumbly due to the lack of flour but it shouldn't be so crumbly that you can't form it into balls. Perhaps you're at a different altitude? I'm glad they still turned out for you though and that you enjoyed them :)
Crystal
Friday 30th of January 2015
Just made these with my 3 year old, and my whole family loved them! Thanks for the easy gluten free recipe.
Kristy Bernardo
Friday 30th of January 2015
sigh...I miss the days when my girls were that age and we'd make cookies! They're still young - 8 and 10 - but geez, it goes by too fast. I'm thrilled to know that your family enjoyed both making and eating these. Thanks, Crystal :)
Lynn | The Road to Honey
Sunday 25th of January 2015
The perfect little cookie to whip up when I am having one of those impromptu cookie cravings. Asante sana for posting.
Kristy Bernardo
Tuesday 27th of January 2015
I had to google "Asante sana" and glad I did - you learn something new every day (or I at least try to)! So glad you like the recipe and Asante sana for leaving a comment :)