Chewy Peanut Butter Choco-Chip Cookies

Chewy Peanut Butter Choco-Chip Cookies

If you loved sinking your teeth into a freshly baked peanut butter chocolate chip cookie as a kid but now refrain, you will love my healthier version. Using less sugar, no flour and all-natural ingredients without sacrificing taste, you (as well as your kids) can mindfully indulge in this sweet treat without guilt!

Yields: 16 to 24 cookies (depending on desired size)
Author: Linda Shapiro, © Meal Planning Maven

Ingredients

  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar see MPM Mini-Bites (or 1/4 cup cane sugar + 1/4 cup brown sugar)
  • 1 cup natural no-stir peanut butter I used Whole Foods 365-unsweetened
  • 1/2 cup natural chocolate chips I used Ghiradelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Baking Chips
  • Parchment paper optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. (or use ungreased cookie sheets) In a large bowl, beat egg with a wooden spoon. Mix in coconut sugar and peanut butter, combining well. Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Form dough into balls and place 2-inches apart on baking sheets. Flatten each ball twice with a fork in a crisscross pattern.
  • Bake for 10 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool.

Notes

Make Ahead and Storage Tips: dough may be prepared 1 day ahead. Store covered in the refrigerator. Let dough come to room temperature before forming cookies. (about 20 minutes) Store baked cookies at room temperature for 3 days or refrigerate for up to 3 weeks. Cookies may also be frozen for up to 4 months.
For more information about coconut sugar as well as healthier chocolate chip choices, look here.
Kid and grown-up approved! These yummy cookies are great for anytime snacking as well as for tucking into lunchboxes. And if you have ‘lil chefs at home, these cookies would make a fun baking project. So get out the aprons, a mixing bowl and spoon and have a blast!

 

8 Responses

  1. Nancy Fox
    I want a warm cookie right now with my cup of coffee. These look fantastic Linda!<br /><br />With my healthier tweaks you can mindfully indulge Nancy! Thanks for stopping by! ~Linda
  2. KC Kahn
    These peanut butter cookies take me back to 8th grade home ec class. Thanks for the healthier version and for the memories! :)<br /><br />I so agree with you Kc! This was one of the first cookies I learned to make. And now with healthier tweaks, my family can enjoy them more often! ~Linda
  3. Platter Talk
    Our household is filled with cookie monsters and I must say, these would last nary a minute in our home!<br /><br />I bet Dan! These cookies also make a super-fun cooking project for kids. Enjoy! ~Linda
  4. Patty Anderson
    Me want cookie now! LOL<br /><br />Come over and get some! LOL ~Linda
  5. Kecia
    Wonderful healthy up cookie! PB is my favorite!<br /><br />I love tweaking my favorite cookie recipes to make them healthier and these really came out great! Hope you get to try them sometime!
  6. Aunt Bee
    What a wonderful cookie recipe! My kiddos will have a blast making these!<br /><br />I hope you kiddos have fun making these cookies...enjoy, enjoy! ~Linda
  7. I have to get some coconut sugar, these look fantastic!
    • Linda Shapiro (Meal Planning Maven)
      Nettie, you will LOVE baking with coconut sugar! You can swap it cup fo rcup with either white or brown sugar...and being lower glycemic and unrefined, it's healthier for you too!