2 Ingredient No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
These easy no bake peanut butter cookies are just 2 ingredients. They make a great quick and easy snack.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (128 g) creamy natural peanut butter with no added oils, unsweetened
- 1½ - 2 tbsp (.75 - 1 oz) maple syrup
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl add peanut butter and 1 ½ tbsp syrup. Use a spatula and mix the syrup into the peanut butter. At first the peanut butter will become more liquidy as your stir in the syrup, but as you continue to stir, you should see the peanut butter thicken. Continue to stir until the peanut butter becomes as thick as cookie dough and pulls away from the sides of the bowl and can form a dough. Taste the dough and if it is not sweet enough for you, you can add another 1/2 tbsp of syrup and stir that in.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough and roll between palms until it forms a smooth round ball. Place onto baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing cookies 1 inch apart. Gently press balls to form a thick round disk (about 1/2 inch thick). Use the back of a fork to make crisss-cross patten on cookies. Cookies can be enjoyed right away. They can also be refrigerated for 30 minutes which will make them slightly firmer. Store uneaten cookies in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.
Notes
- These cookies do not have the same texture as baked cookies. They are more like energy balls in cookie form. If you wanted baked cookie texture, these cookies can be baked. See my baked version for more details.
- This recipe will only work with natural-style peanut butter. It will not work with peanut butter processed with added oils. You can also substitute with other nut butters like almond butter or cashew butter but they also must be natural-style.
- Honey will not work as a substitute for maple syrup. Other syrups with a high water content and very thin liquid consistency like maple syrup may work. For example, I have also made these with Lakanto sugar free maple flavored syrup successfully.
Serving: 1cookie, Calories: 105kcal, Carbohydrates: 6g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 1mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 3g, NET CARBS: 4
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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