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    Home / Desserts / Cookies
    5 from 1 review

    6-Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

    By Alanna Taylor-Tobin on Feb 25, 2011 (updated Feb 10, 2023) / 10 Comments Jump to Recipe

    These flourless peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are so easy to make with just 6 main ingredients! They're rich and decadent, loaded with chocolate, and full of peanut butter flavor.

    Naturally free of gluten, grains, and dairy and made with natural peanut butter.

    peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

    Many years ago, in order to demonstrate how statistics worked, my 6th grade teacher gave us an unusual homework assignment. We were to ask people we knew to taste test a few different brands of a food product, rate each on a scale of 1-10, and tally up the average score for each. I chose peanut butter, and my mom obligingly purchased a jar each of Skippy, Jif and, her favorite, all-natural Laura Scudders.

    Being either shy, creative or just a lazy cheater (you decide), rather than actually asking people to taste the nut butters, I made the answers up myself. Naturally, I preferred the fluffy sweetness of Jif and Skippy, and so all three 'testers' gave low marks to Laura Scudders' gritty, oily texture and not-so-sweet flavor.

    jar of peanut butter


    Perhaps if Marantha peanut butter had been around back then, the statistics of my peanut butter trial would have turned out differently (although, on second thought, I'm sure I still would have gone for the sweet crap). Made from only organic, roasted peanuts and, optionally, a hint of sea salt, Marantha's has the super-creamy texture of the artificial brands, with a natural sweetness from fresh nuts and none of the nasty ingredients you might try to prevent yourself and your kiddos from eating.

    This nut butter is equally good dipped with crisp apple slices, spread on multi-grain toast, or whisked into a gingery peanut sauce to toss with soba noodles.

    And if you thought it couldn't get any better, it can also be combined with brown sugar, egg, salt, chopped bittersweet chocolate and cacao nibs and baked into these insanely addictive cookies byMichael Recchiuti.

    ingredients being mixed in a bowl
    Most peanut butter cookie recipes containing flour specify 'conventional' peanut butter, the kind I loved so much as a kid. Trans fats and corn syrup bind the nut butter into a stable paste, resulting in chewy, moist cookies, whereas the natural stuff, containing free-floating oils and no sugar, can lend a sandy, dry texture to the finished product.

    Undeterred, Mr. R left out the flour, and created these gluten-, dairy- and grain-free drops of peanut butter lovin'. Being arguably the Bay Area's (and maybe.. the world's!) finest chocolatier, and a man after my own heart, he adds a generous helping of chopped dark chocolate to the mix, and a flurry of flaky salt to the top.

    cookie dough in a bowl
    I tweaked the recipe just slightly, subbing in some brown sugar for the white, and omitting the peanuts (I like peanut butter, but not peanuts; yes, I do realize that peanut butter comes from peanuts, thank you very much) and adding cacao nibs for a bit of crunch (which I doubt Michael would mind).

    cookie dough in ice cream scoop
    These cookies take about 5 minutes to mix together, 12 minutes to bake, and they keep well for days. The dough will feel a bit stiff and crumbly compared to 'normal' cookie dough, but the cookies magically bake up so much like regular peanut butter cookies, one wonders why anyone ever bothered using flour, butter or shortening in the first place.

    Warm from the oven, sandy-crisp edges give way to a gooey center oozing with warm chocolate. Cooled, they firm up, tasting like a chewy-crumbly Reese's peanut butter cup; one that is dotted with crunchy nibs and flaky salt, and freshly made with natural (and optionally organic) ingredients.

    rows of cookies
    I promise that these cookies will stand up to any taste test, real or imaginary.

    For more mouth-watering recipes and photos, check out Michael's beautiful book, Chocolate Obsession.

    stack of chocolate chip cookies

    *Bojon appétit! For more Bojon Gourmet in your life, follow along on Instagram,  Facebook, or Pinterest, purchase my gluten-free cookbook Alternative Baker, or subscribe to receive new posts via email. And if you make this flourless peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe, I’d love to know. Leave a comment and rating below, and tag your Instagram snaps @The_Bojon_Gourmet  and  #bojongourmet.*

    5 from 1 review

    Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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    These flourless peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are so easy to make! They're rich and decadent, loaded with chocolate, and full of peanut butter flavor.
    Alanna Taylor-Tobin
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 12 minutes minutes
    Total: 17 minutes minutes
    Servings: 36 small cookies

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup (250 g) natural, creamy peanut butter (such as Marantha), salted or unsalted
    • ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar*
    • ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar*
    • 1 large egg (2 ounces out of the shell)
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon fine sea or kosher salt
    • 1 cup (4 ounces / 115 g) roughly chopped bittersweet chocolate (preferably 70% or more cacao mass)
    • 2 tablespoons (8 g) cacao nibs (optional)
    • flaky salt for finishing, such as Maldon or Fleur de Sel
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    Instructions

    • Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 350º. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
    • In a large bowl with a wooden spoon, stir together the peanut butter, sugars, egg, baking soda and sea salt until combined. Stir in the chocolate and cacao nibs until evenly distributed. Scoop the dough into balls about two teaspoons in size (a scant inch in diameter) and space them 2" apart on the baking sheets (this is easily accomplished with a small ice cream scoop).
    • Bake one tray of cookies at a time for 12-14 minutes, rotating halfway through, until puffy and soft, and just golden around the edges. Like all drop cookies, they will seem underdone, but will continue baking from residual heat, and firm up when cooled. Remove the sheet pan to a cooling rack, immediately crumble a few flecks of flaky salt atop each cookie, and let cool. Repeat with the second set of cookies.
    • The cookies are best the day they are baked, but will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to several days.

    Notes

    *For refined sugar-free cookies, replace the white and brown sugars with 1 cup + 2 tablespoons (145 g) coconut sugar and 2 tablespoons maple syrup. Use chocolate sweetened with coconut sugar such as Hu or Guittard, or with maple such as Raaka. 
    Making this? I'd love to see!Tag your snaps @The_Bojon_Gourmet and #bojongourmet!
    chocolate chip cookie with bite taken out

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    Comments

    1. Anonymous says

      January 03, 2014 at 2:30 am

      These are good if you prefer a more crumbly texture and a cookie that is not too sweet. I'd probably add an egg yolk next time for a richer texture and maybe use agave nectar in place of the granulated sugar. Overall, a tasty cookie that is quick to make!- Casey

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      • Alanna says

        January 03, 2014 at 5:37 am

        Thanks for giving them a go, Casey - glad you like em! I bet agave and egg yolk would be good additions; or maybe maple syrup? Cheers. :)

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    2. Anonymous says

      July 15, 2014 at 6:00 pm

      Making them now... Added peanuts and milk choc. Substituded brown sugar with org cane sugar.

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      • Alanna says

        July 16, 2014 at 6:06 am

        That sounds insanely good!

        Reply
    3. Anonymous says

      December 17, 2014 at 1:01 am

      will this work with commercial peanut butter?

      Reply
      • Alanna says

        December 20, 2014 at 7:42 am

        I think so - let me know!

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    4. lynn says

      December 21, 2018 at 8:03 am

      this recipe really saved my life. needed to make a christmas goodie for a gluten-free friend with no time to go shopping.

      so i ground up hazelnuts and almonds to make the nut butter; reduced the brown sugar to 1/3 cup; added an egg yolk as someone suggested, along with a splash of vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder and some dried cherries.

      putting these into rotation. thanks again.

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      • The Bojon Gourmet says

        December 21, 2018 at 8:55 am

        Yummyy that sounds delicious Lynn!!

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    5. Anna Lai says

      May 07, 2020 at 4:40 pm

      These were SO SO GOOD!!!

      I used costco's organic peanut butter. I didn't have regular white sugar, so I subbed 2T monkfruit sugar. Turned out gooey and delicious.

      Reply
      • Alanna says

        May 10, 2020 at 3:16 pm

        Oh I'm so glad you like them! I've been meaning to reshoot these, such a favorite!

        Reply

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