Description
These soft, rich caramelized vegan peanut butter cookies are decadent enough to bring the child out in you, yet light in added sugars and refined ingredients.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup aquafaba* (reserved liquid from canned beans; learn more here)
- 3/4 cup brown sugar (or coconut palm sugar)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup vegan butter, sticks (i.e., Earth Balance, Miyoko’s Creamery), softened at room temperature for about 15 minutes
- ½ cup natural, crunchy peanut butter
- 1 cup whole wheat flour (white whole wheat flour works best)
- ½ cup peanut meal or peanut flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
Instructions
- Place aquafaba and brown sugar in a mixing bowl and mix with an electric mixer (or standing mixer) until thick and stiff, about 8-10 minutes.
- Gently fold in vanilla, vegan butter, peanut butter with a spatula until blended (do not overmix).
- Mix whole wheat flour, peanut meal or flour, and baking soda in a small bowl and gently fold it into the aquafaba peanut butter mixture, just until blended (do not overmix).
- Place cookie dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Pinch off small pieces of cookie dough and roll into balls about 1 ½ inches in diameter. Place on two baking sheets sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, leaving room between cookies.
- Press with a fork dipped in flour horizontally and vertically to flatten cookies.
- Place in the center of the oven and bake for about 12-14 minutes, until tender but soft.
- Makes 20 cookies.
- Store in an airtight container or freeze.
Notes
To make aquafaba, use the liquid (about ½ cup) from one 15-ounce can of beans, such as chickpeas, white beans, or pinto beans. Learn how to make aquafaba in this step-by-step guide here.
To make this recipe gluten-free, substitute gluten-free flour blend for wheat flour.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 10 minutes (including chill time)
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 104
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 138 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g