Easy 4-Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Easy 4-ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies with 1 PointsPlus

As soon as I saw this recipe for Easiest-Ever Peanut Butter Cookies, in the most recent issue of Woman’s Day, I knew I had to give them a try.

What got my attention? Well, first the name – I’m all about easy, so “Easiest Ever” always piques my interest. These quick and easy flourless cookies, have only 4 ingredients…

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Ingredients

Then there was their size – little button-sized cookies with just 33 calories – perfect for Weight Watchers sized sweet treats!

Normal Sized Peanut Butter Cookie That Only Seem Little

(Actually, when compared to the cookies we ate a few decades ago, they’re normal sized – about 1 to 1-1/2 inches. It’s just that they look small when compared to the giant cookies, now 3 to 4 times bigger, that  you see everywhere these days.

If you’re interested in learning more about how portions have exploded check out The Portion Teller: Smartsize Your Way to Permanent Weight Loss by Lisa Young. In it she explains how portions are enormous compared to what the government defines as a standard serving size and also when compared to what Americans ate thirty years ago. I found it fascinating.)

Finally, they’re made with peanut butter, one of my favorite foods.

My intuition was right. This is a winning cookie recipe, making a small batch of little normal-size cookies, perfect for sharing or packing in little pre-portioned zipper bags for the freezer.

They are not too soft, not too sweet, simple and adorable. I used a tiny little cookie scoop and got 48 cookies, instead of 60, so will make them even smaller next time. I made half the batch plain and added a few miniature chocolate chips to the remaining half, to give them polka-dots! Next time I plan on adding a few finely chopped peanuts for added crunch.

Enjoy!

A Batch of 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

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Easy 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Button Cookies

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

20 mins

 

Quick and easy 4 ingredient little flourless peanut butter cookies with just 1 PointsPlus each

Recipe type: Cookies

Serves: 60

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
• ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

1. Position an oven rack in the center of your oven and then preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
2. In a large bowl, beat the peanut butter, brown sugar, egg, and baking soda together with an electric mixer on medium until well blended.
3. Drop level teaspoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 1-1/2 inches apart. (This is a little amount since you want enough for 60 cookies)
4. Bake until the cookies are puffed and starting to lightly brown around the edges, 8 to 10 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheets placed on wire cooling racks for 5 minutes. Then transfer the cookies directly to the wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

Nutritional Estimates Per Serving (1 cookie): 33 calories, 2 g fat, 3 g carbs, o g fiber, 1 g protein and 1 WW PointsPlus value. I used a tiny little ice cream scoop and then flattened the cookie mounds down a bit before baking. I ended up with 48 little cookies and will make them even smaller next time. Next time I will add a small amount of finely chopped peanuts for extra crunch. You could get the same effect by using crunchy peanut butter.

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If you liked this post and recipe for Easy 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies, check out these links:

My post and recipe for caramel chocolate mini cookie bars with 2 PointsPlus value
My post and recipe for skinny M&M cookies that everyone loves
A recipe for creamy peanut butter dip that uses chick peas and honey (Weight Watchers)
A recipe for skinny no-bake peanut butter pie (SkinnyTaste)

And here’s a great video from ChannelOneNews On How Portion Distortion: