This is the second last installment of the Christmas Baking Frenzy of 2011. The cookies I am posting today are a Christmas tradition that I started for my father-in-law and my husband’s brother-in-law, neither of whom should eat sugar; I present to you the Peanut Butter Cookie. Coincidentally, these are also gluten free.
Sugar Free and Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Original Recipe by Paula Deen, Food Network
21 cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
- 1 cup baking sugar replacement (recommended: Splenda)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup sugar replacement, the egg, and vanilla, and beat until entirely combined. Roll the dough into balls (I used a 1.25″ melon baller).
- Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet. Press down each cookie with the palm of your hand. With a fork press once in the typical PB Cookie method
- Bake for 14 minutes remove from the oven and cool.
On another note I wanted to share with you something absolutely AWESOME! For many years now, our neighbour to the north of us has brought Christmas to his house during the years our weather was not cooperative. This year was no different and although we have had a few light sprinklings of snow there was not enough to ‘stick’ and subsequently we have yet another ‘green Christmas’! Not to be outdone by nature, neighbour John goes out to the local skating arena and scoops up their leftover snow (what the Zamboni clears off the ice) and shovels it onto his front lawn in time for Christmas morning. The kids are teenagers now, but still LOVE this tradition and neighbour John is more than happy to oblige. Enjoy the snow.
Sugar AND gluten free…that makes indulging these beauties less guilty! What a great neighbor you have. 🙂
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I’ve had these cookies before and they’re terrific! What a nice thing for your neighbor to do! Merry Christmas and Happy new Year!
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Thanks Ann, the cookies are indeed peanutty! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
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That is too cool of a tradition! I love it! My kids would have loved it too. It was their first green Christmas and neither of them were too happy about it. The cookies look fantastic too. I love how thick they look. 🙂
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Hi Kristy, no snow on Xmas sucks for kids; perhaps next year Mike will do the same for MrN and MissA.
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I can’t believe how good these cookies look, from being so few ingredients too! Luckily I have no problem eating sugar, but if they were being made for, say, a diabetic, I wonder: could one not use honey instead of sweeteners? Different accounts tend to offer different theories on whether honey is safe for diabetics to eat, although the general feeling is that if it’s unprocessed, unrefined honey, eaten in responsible quantities then it should be relatively ok, as it’s metabolised more easily then regular sugar. Incidentally, these look identical to the peanut butter cookies my mother used to make! So yummy 🙂
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You’re right Charles; agave nectar is also an excellent substitute. I probably should have found a better recipe, but they both have a sweet tooth and hardly ever get cookies; I bet JTs brother-in-law inhaled them before he even got home!
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It must take an incredible amount of effort to move snow from one place to another. What a wonderful thing to do for your children.
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John is certainly a dedicated father! Of course, he also likes the attention from the neighbours 😉
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A nice tradition for the youngsters. But I don’t mind the absence of anything I’d have to pay to have shoveled off the walkways. 🙂
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That’s true Maria, we’re fortunate that we can go it ourselves! It’s a good workout with a 59′ sidewalk!
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Snow on Christmas. I would say lucky dog, but down here it paralyzes the city. I want none of it. Great photos though.
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We get our fair share over the winter, Greg but it never ceases to amaze me how idiotic people are during the first snow fall! It’s like they’ve never driven in snow in their entire life!!!
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I’ve a gluten-intolerant member of my family and I’ll be forwarding her this recipe. Thanks, Eva, for sharing. Your neighbor sounds like quite a guy! Then again, given his name, he was destined for greatness. 😉
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Hi John, we have at least four John’s on the street! We are indeed very fortunate, we’ve got amazing neighbours!
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Peanut Butter Cookies sounds good!
Wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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Thanks, Kitchen Flavours, you too!
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That’s too funny about trucking in the snow. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas even though it was not as white as you wished.
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From your photos Karen, it looks like you’ve had your fair share!
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I love peanut butter cookies!
Have a blessed holiday season!
Angie
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Hi Angie, they had an interesting texture. A very Merry Christmas to you and yours too.
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