Soft and Moist Peanut Butter Cookies
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy
Servings
18
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
15
minutesCalories
73
kcalTotal Carbs
7
gramsNet carbs
2
gramsFat
5
gramsProtein
3
gramsAfter over 6 years of keto eating, I find that my “treats” don’t need to be terribly sweet to satisfy me. So while most non-keto peanut butter cookies require a cup or more of sugar, I went for half that amount of sweetener in this recipe, and it’s right at what I consider the ideal sweetness. Rather than being overwhelmed with sweet, I get the full flavor of the natural peanut butter and just enough chocolate from the optional sugar free baking chips.
Ingredients
1/2 cup full fat cottage cheese (I use Daisy) – 115g
1 large egg
1/2 cup Truvia Sweet Complete brown (or your sweetener of choice) – 95g
1/2 tsp baking soda
2/3 cup natural peanut butter – 180g
1/4 cup sugar free chocolate baking chips (optional) – 50g
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350F (175C).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a blender or small food processor, process cottage cheese until smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients and process until uniformly combined, scraping down the sides as necessary.
- Use a spoon or scoop to portion out 18 balls of dough on the parchment lined cookie sheet. For consistent cookie size, I recommend a #50 Disher, which is just a bit over a tablespoon.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes, then remove from oven and leave on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes. If you want to cool them further, you can move them to a wire rack.
Recipe Video
Notes
- Nutritional information is based on one cookie and does not include the chocolate chips. In the video, I used ChocZero milk chocolate chips. This would increase the calories to 87, total carbs to 9g (net stays the same), fat to 7g, and protein stays at 3g.
Thank you Steve, is incredible easy to make, so let’s try!
Question: I don’t do peanut butter. I prefer Costco nut butter. Do you think this substitute would produce a yummy cookie? Should I make any adjustment?
It’s definitely not going to taste like a peanut butter cookie. If you try it, I’ll be curious to know what you think.
Would greek yoghurt work instead of cottage cheese?
Would greek yoghurt work instead of cottage cheese?
Easy and delicious! Thank you!
These are amazing! Ours came out more like a cake-cookie/muffin top. Absolutely delish! Thank you, Steve!!