"Free-From" Peanut Butter Cookies (Gluten-Free)

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By Jules Shepard

February 6, 2009
By Jules Shepard • February 6, 2009

"Free-From" Peanut Butter Cookies (Gluten-Free)

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Ok, I know these cookies aren't free from peanuts, but they are peanut butter cookies, after all! If you can do almonds, but not peanuts, definitely try this recipe with almond butter – yum!

For the rest of us with other dietary restrictions, take heart! These cookies fit the bill! They're delicious, and still gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free, and sugar-free! Yes, they even have a low glycemic index! Enjoy these cookies on their own, or add chocolate chips (dairy-free chips are great too!) for a change of pace. High protein, loads of vitamins and minerals, dietary fiber – it's all there, and in a cookie!!! Maybe I should have called these “Guilt-Free Cookies”!!!

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Ingredients:
1 ½ cups peanut butter (natural or no sugar added)
¾ cup agave nectar (light or dark)
1 Tbs. gluten-free vanilla extract
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
½ tsp. salt
1 cup Nearly Normal All Purpose Flour*
¾ cup buckwheat flour (or Nearly Normal All Purpose Flour)
2 Tbs. mesquite flour (or Nearly Normal All Purpose Flour)
2 Tbs. almond meal (or Nearly Normal All Purpose Flour)
½ cup+ chocolate chips (optional)
Cinnamon and sugar (or granulated splenda) mixture (or cinnamon only) for tops of cookies

*Nearly Normal All Purpose Flour may be made using the recipe found in my cookbook, Nearly Normal Cooking for Gluten-Free Eating, or on my Web site.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.

Blend peanut butter and all liquid ingredients together, then add in the dry ingredients, mixing until fully incorporated.

Prepare a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Roll balls of dough approximately the size of ping pong balls in your hands and place on the prepared cookie sheet. Dip a fork in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and press into each cookie to flatten with a criss-cross design.

Bake for 10-12 minutes and remove to cool on the pan.

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Posted February 9, 2009

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Great recipe, but you should be promoting this as free of all of the top 8 allergens except for peanuts. You left out the fact that it is milk free, and milk is one of the most common allergens in the top 8!

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Guest Mary

Posted May 14, 2009

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I have actually made almost all of Jules' recipes without milk (even if the recipe calls for it, the substitutions are very easy and she usually lets you know what's best to add in its place). That's why I use her recipes - because with her flour, you know what you're baking is going to turn great even if you have to make substitutions. These cookies are great, just like everything else I've made using Jule's recipes.

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