Last night I had a hunkering for gluten free peanut butter cookies. I went over to Elise’s site, Simply Recipes, and found a yummy looking recipe for gluten-filled Peanut Butter Cookies. I experimented a bit, made a couple of changes to her recipe and came up with a nice gluten free cookie dough. I then decided that it might be fun to make a gluten free peanut butter and jelly cookie.
So here you have it, high protein, gluten free peanut butter and jelly cookies, the product of my insomnia and late night experimentation. When I pulled these out of the oven, I was thinking about breakfast the next morning. What else is there to think about than the next meal? And I thought to myself, these cookies are healthy enough for a quick, on the go bite, maybe even breakfast. They have a good amount of protein and fiber (from the almond flour and peanut butter) and still a bit more protein from the egg.
That all turned out to be in theory, though, because this morning I had a peanut butter protein shake.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter or sunbutter
- ¼ cup palm shortening
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1¼ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ cup raspberry jam
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream peanut butter, shortening, coconut sugar and egg with a hand blender
- Blend until smooth then stir in almond flour and salt
- Scoop dough 1 tablespoon at a time onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Make a large thumbprint in the center of each cookie
- Scoop jam 1 teaspoon at a time into the center of each cookie
- Bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes
- Cool and serve with a big tall glass of dairy free Almond Milk
Yes, I am on a peanut butter kick, as you can see. If you do not want to use peanut butter, you could try experimenting with sunbutter or creamy roasted almond butter. In terms of finding a replacement for the egg in this recipe, I’m not sure what would work. If you have a good solution, please leave a comment below.
Generally, I use Fiori di Fruta jams, however, my boys have been on a sugar kick lately and so in this recipe I used Cascadian Farms jam which is organic and sweetened with sugar rather than juice.
More gluten free flourless cookie recipes from other food bloggers:
-Flourless Almond Butter Cookies from Alta of Tasty Eats At Home
–Flourless Oatmeal Cookies by Shirley of Gluten Free Easily
-Flourless Nut Butter Cookies by Kimi of The Nourishing Gourmet
Alta says
Thanks for linking my almond butter cookies. These PB&J cookies look amazing. I’ve been on a peanut butter kick lately (went through 4 jars in the last month and a half – no, I didn’t eat it all – it was for baking and I brought the goodies to my coworkers) so these sound perfect.
bob says
I usually go through about that much peanut butter, but it is me eating it all! Yummy protein though = )
Joanna says
These look amazing, I’m definitely making them soon! I just have to finish the cookies I made yesterday – I’m on a peanut butter cookie kick. :-)
Robin says
These are great! Just made them and the family is snacking. It’s an easy recipe and turned out perfectly. 2 out of 3 of my kids don’t like jams/jellies so I sprinkled about 6 Enjoy Life chocolate mini chips in each of the thumbprints. Yum! Thank you for the recipe.
miri leigh says
These look wonderful…I will make these soon for sure!
Christy says
Made these today and they were amazing! I substituted almond butter for the peanut butter since we don’t do peanuts, used real butter, and cherry jam since I didn’t have raspberry, but other than that I stuck to the recipe. They are seriously so good! My husband wanted to eat them all, and my kids kept asking for more. This recipe is definitely a keeper. People won’t believe they are flourless! Perfect!
stephanie says
made these today. they are fabulous and definitely a keeper. i subbed butter for the shortening and xylitol for the sweetener. and, yup, i’m thinking i’ll have a few for breakfast also. i’m thrilled to have found your blog. thanks!
Lauren S says
This looks delicious! I would also love to know your protein shake technique/ ingredients. I usually eat my breakfast on the go, and would love another breakfast option.
Victoria @ Gluten/Dairy Freedom says
Too funny! I made thumb-print cookies with Jam for my blog last week too! Mine were macaroon based (http://www.glutendairyfreedom.net/2011/07/can-i-ask-favour-ill-make-cookies.html) And these look scrumptious! Who doesn’t love peanut-butter/jam nostalgia in a cookie form!
APRYL says
Each email I get about a reply here makes me want these cookies more. And we’re in a major heat wave, if I turn the oven on, my husband will go nuts lol Just going to enjoy all your cookies for now I guess :)
Karen says
OMG, these are amazing! Finishing them up as we speak – they’re disappearing almost as soon as they’re out of the oven. Thank you!