Low-carb Peanut Butter Cookies

By Carbophobic @carbophobic

 Peanut butter is a great low-carb ingredient.

It contains about 7g net carbs per 100g, but you would typically only use 1-2 tbsp in a dessert recipe, so in total it would only contribute about 1-2g to your carbs count. This obviously applies to unsweetened peanut butter – check the label to ensure they haven’t sneaked in any sugar or other nasties.

While it is sometimes very satisfying to have just a spoonful of peanut butter on its own, you can also use in low-carb baking and desserts.

This recipe for low-carb peanut butter cookies is a basic version which you can jazz up by adding chocolate chips, other seeds and nuts and sugar-free spreads.

Low-carb peanut butter cookies – Ingredients

  • 1 cup (90g / 3oz) of almond flour
  • 3 tbsp Truvia
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 30g (1oz) butter, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup milk (120ml / 4oz)
  • 1 large egg, beaten slightly
  • 3 tbsp (60g / 2oz) sugar-free peanut butter
  • 1 tsp sugar-free vanilla extract

Optional ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp sunflower seeds (or other seeds or chopped nuts)
  • 2 tbsp sugar-free chocolate chips
    (I make mine by roughly chopping blocks of 100% cacao)

(Links are included to products you can buy from the low-carb shop on this website.
Currently delivering to the UK and EU).

Low-carb peanut butter cookies – Method

  • Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5
  • Mix all the dry ingredients together thoroughly, including chocolate chips and seeds if using
  • In a separate bowl, mix softened butter with peanut butter, add beaten egg, milk and vanilla extract, and combine until completely smooth
  • Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix thoroughly
  • Grease a baking tray or line it with baking paper
  • Spoon out the cookie mixture onto the tray
  • Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden
  • As is often the case with low-carb baking, these taste better once cooled!

Low-carb peanut butter cookies – Nutritional information

For the total amount listed above (including chocolate chips and sunflower seeds extras):
1200cal, 18g net carbs, 108g fat, 45g protein

Assuming 10 cookies are made from the amounts listed above, per cookie:
120cal, 1.8g net carbs, 11g fat, 4.5g protein.


 

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