I'm experimenting with gluten-free baking lately. Partly because it's a challenge, which is fun, and partly because it gives me a great excuse to go to the bulk food store for new ingredients. I realize this makes me a total geek.
These peanut butter crinkle cookies are also grain-free. I used coconut flour in the batter. This is not the first time I've baked with coconut flour (I made this chocolate almond tart once and it was gluten-free too). If you haven't worked with coconut flour before, know that a batter made with coconut flour is just weird. The batter is incredibly sticky, and only gets stickier the longer it sits. A strange state somewhere between molasses and melted marshmallow. You will need patience and several clean spoons.
The cookies baked up soft, light and a bit chewy. Not a typical peanut butter cookie. A bit cake-like. I love the crinkle tops.
Peanut Butter Crinkle Cookies #gluten-free
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut flour
- 1 cup natural peanut butter I used chunky style
- 1½ cups brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Mix together peanut butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and salt until creamy and smooth. Stir in coconut flour to be sure that is fully incorporated. Dough will be soft and very sticky.
- Drop tablespoon sized mounds of dough, 2 inches apart on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 375 for about 14 minutes.
- Allow to cool about 5 minutes before removing the cookies off the cookie sheet onto a cooling rake.
- Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Carol Kuzniak says
These cookies look beautiful!!!!
Anxious to try them.
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
the crinkly tops are SO pretty! I haven't baked with coconut flour yet but these cookies certainly seem to have turned out super tasty!!!
Andrew says
These cookies look so beautiful and tasty!
Need to put on my to-do list 🙂
Tina Muir says
Yum! Those look wonderful! I experimented a lot with it too, it is fun to try to crack it as its more difficult, but you have it down with these! Yum!
Trish @infinebalance says
Thanks Tina!
Daniel says
Love the coconut flour in it and of course that it's gluten free.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
claudi says
Just made this cookies and they are so yummy! Few changes...only used 1/2 cup of sugar and only 1/2 cup of smooth peanut butter. Didn't had vanilla (bummer!) so I substituted for cinnamon. Added 1/8 tsp of baking powder. Thanks for sharing!
Trish @infinebalance says
Thanks for trying them! So glad you liked 🙂
Rachel says
I don't want to use brown sugar... Any other options such as honey or pure maple syrup?
Trish @infinebalance says
A liquid sweetener will change the batter, you will have to compensate for the additional liquid. Maple sugar (crystallized maple syrup) or coconut sugar would be better options.
Victoria says
I used coconut sugar and added some butterscotch chips, didn't crinkle and had a shorter baking time but still very delicious and toddler approved 😉
Trish says
Oh yumm! Butterscotch chips 🙂 Love
jessica says
Tried them and they weren't as pretty as yours but they were still good
Michelle Osio says
Tried it for the very first time and it's really yummy !!! and of course it matches my black coffee. Thanks for sharing. More coconut flour recipes ????????????????????????