If You Have Peanut Butter, Brown Sugar, And An Egg, You Have Easy Cookies With No Flour Required
Craving a cookie but want to make something quick and easy? Why not give our 3-ingredient peanut butter thumbprint cookies recipe a try? It's gluten-free because it doesn't require flour and uses just three ingredients: peanut butter, brown sugar, and an egg.
These cookies are perfect for folks who love peanut butter cookies. They're moist, soft, sweet, and fully of peanut butter flavor. The best part is that you can mix the three ingredients together in one bowl, make the cookies right away, or store the dough in the fridge until you're ready to bake.
The cookie dough comes together easily. Simply mix the peanut butter, egg, and brown sugar until smooth and well combined. Be sure to use creamy peanut butter, since chunky peanut butter can cause the cookies to spread less and turn out more crumbly. However, chunky peanut does add a nice texture to the cookies. Once the dough is ready, next comes the fun part of shaping the cookies. Roll the dough into 1-tablespoon balls and decide whether to make thumbprint cookies with a peanut butter filling or opt for classic peanut butter cookies with the signature fork crisscross.
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Once they're out of the oven, you'll have easy and decadent peanut butter cookies that no one would know were made with just three ingredients. Let the cookies cool and set on the baking sheet. As there's no flour in the dough, these cookies are super soft and delicate while they are still hot.
This is the perfect time to elevate the cookies with a pinch of flaky sea salt. Just as in our salted peanut butter bars, the salt balances the sweetness of the brown sugar and makes the mellow, nutty peanut butter flavor pop.
Want to take these simple peanut butter cookies even further? If you're making thumbprint cookies, swap peanut butter filling for melted chocolate or a spoonful of your favorite fruity jam for a PB&J twist. Serve the cookies alongside a hot cup of coffee or tea, or sandwich a scoop of delicious chocolate ice cream between two for an ice cream sandwich.