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WW Recipe of the Day: 4-Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
As soon as I saw this recipe for Easiest-Ever Peanut Butter Cookies, in a 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…
Then there was their size – little button-sized cookies with just 33 calories – perfect for Weight Watchers sized sweet treats!
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 (affiliate link) 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 real 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.
How Many Calories and WW Points in 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies?
According to my calculations, each cookie has just 33 calories.
To see your WW Points for this recipe, track it in the WW App!
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
1 SmartPoints (Green plan)
1 SmartPoints (Blue plan)
1 SmartPoints (Purple plan)
1 PointsPlus (Old plan)
Recipe Notes
I used a tiny little ice cream scoop (affiliate link) 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.
If you like these easiest-ever 4-ingredient peanut butter cookies, be sure to check out some of my other easy, healthy Weight Watchers friendly cookie recipes including Coconut Almond Butter Cookies, Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls, 4-Ingredient No-Bake “Brownies”, No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, Skinny S’mores Cookies and Easy Orangesicle Cookie Mix Cookies
Here’s a new family favorite dessert – Low Calorie Chocolate Cake Mix Air Fryer Cookies!
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Easy 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Button Cookies Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Position an oven rack in the center of your oven and then preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
- In a large bowl, beat the peanut butter, brown sugar, egg, and baking soda together with an electric mixer (affiliate link) on medium, until well blended.
- Drop level teaspoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 1-1/2 inches apart. (This is a small amount since you want enough for 60 cookies.)
- Bake until the cookies are puffed and starting to lightly brown around the edges, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheets placed on wire cooling racks (affiliate link) for 5 minutes. Then transfer the cookies directly to the wire racks to cool completely.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) 1 SmartPoints (Green plan) 1 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 1 SmartPoints (Purple plan) 1 PointsPlus (Old plan) 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.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Source: Woman’s Day magazine
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More WW Friendly Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes
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- Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Cookies (DrizzleMeSkinny)
- PB and J Healthy Oatmeal Cookies (SkinnyTaste)
- Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (LaaLoosh)
- Grain-Free No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies (DashingDish)
- 3-Ingredient Almond Butter Cookies (SkinnyTaste)
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Banana Cookies (DrizzleMeSkinny)
Just made these for my son-in- law! I love them, hope he does…thanks for recipe.
I made these today & they are GREAT!!!!
Yum! These were super easy to make with my 3-year-old and they are so, so good. Thanks for posting!
I made these and followed the directions and in the reciepe builder it states that they are 2 points each.
I got 1pt a piece when I put them in the recipe builder, but when I tracked the 2 cookies I ate, it came out to 3pts. 🙁
Made them and just love them!! I made 30 instead of 60 so they count as 2 smart points each. I can’t wait to share the recipe at my Weight Watchers meeting-thanks soooo much!
Thanks for letting me know!!
I made these and added cinnamon to the mixture.
Pretty good!
I’m not a big fan of peanut butter but in the biscuits it was great and will be great with a glass of milk
Thanks Tracy!
Mine just came out of the oven. I tried to make them small, but I still only got 45. Can’t imagine how tiny they’d have to be to get 60. They look good though.
Yes, Emily. They are meant to be little cookies! I think it’s always a shock when we start to think of sweet treats as mini snacks especially when compared to all the gargantuan ones you see out at places like Panera and Starbucks and Costco, etc!!
Just want to let you my cookies came out wonderful thank you so much for the recipe
Hi,
These sound delicious and i can’t wait to try them! i was just wondering if you could use PB2 instead and how much you would need to use.
Thanks!
Hi Marie,
I really don’t know about substituting PB2 since I haven’t tried. My concern is that without the fat from regular peanut butter, the cookies would be too dry/crumbly. If you try it and are successful, I’d love to hear!
Hi Martha,
I’m not so sure how I’ll like them without the flour, bit I ‘ll make them for my soahem see how he likes them. I don’t understand why people haven’t made the connection about portion control.
Will be interested to learn how you liked them, Mireya. My mom really liked them and she can be a tough critic!
Not everyone can have flour, in my case it gives me migraines.
Oh, they’re surprisingly good! I have made these quite a few time before even seeing the recipe on WW. You won’t miss the flour.