Wednesday, January 9, 2013

GLUTEN FREE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

I have been trying to eat less refined wheat and sugar in my diet.  When I am eating gluten free,  I feel  less bloated, heavy, congested and more healthy and vibrant.  I have a weakness for treats and even though this recipe has sugar, there are so few other ingredients to cause problems that I feel it is a good alternative to expensive store bought gluten free snacks that are still loaded with less than healthy ingredients.  They whip up so quickly that you can have cookies in minutes.  



Ingredients
  • 1 cup natural peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten 
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Coarse sea salt (opt.) or sugar
Directions
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and place racks in the upper and lower third of the oven
  • In a medium bowl, mix the peanut butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until well combined
  • Spoon 1 tablespoon of mix about 1 inch apart onto un-greased baking sheets; flatten mounds with the tines of a fork, making a cross-hatch pattern on the cookies
  • Sprinkle coarse sea salt on top of the cookies
  • Bake until golden around edges (approx. 10 mins), switching the position of the pans halfway through baking; transfer to racks to cool; repeat with the remaining dough
Makes approx. 18 cookies.
Since there is no flour the peanut butter flavor really stands out!

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