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Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies

Can you spend your life without peanut butter cookies? I sure can’t! All you’ll need it 20 minutes and 6 simple ingredients to make these delicious Keto Peanut Butter Cookies from scratch. With just 4.1 g net carbs per cookie, what have you got to lose?

baking sheet with freshly baked low carb peanut butter cookies.

This post was originally published October 13, 2018 and has been updated with fresh images and an even tastier cookie than before!

Dear Peanut Butter Cookies,

I love you.

There’s just something so special to me about peanut butter cookies. They have always been my very favourite type of cookie, one that I absolutely cannot resist never mind live without. I have magical memories of my Grandma making them for me, knowing that they were my favourite. It used to always amaze me that she knew just how much they meant to me.

Well that love turned into a love/hate relationship when I grew a little older and had to start watching every crumb that entered my body because I will literally gain weight just but smelling food. Butter? Peanut butter? All that flour and sugar? Yup, I could see the scale in my mind climbing as I was indulging in these beauties.

The turning point? I learned a whole new way to eat and started down this low carb path to better health. The best part? I can easily make Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies fit into my lifestyle! Score!

Why it works

  1. These chunky cookies are loaded with peanuty goodness and just the right amount of sweet and salty.
  2. All you need is 6 ingredients to make these beauties!
  3. Sugar free and keto friendly, these Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies make for a perfect guilt free snack or dessert.
Baking sheet with freshly baked low carb peanut butter cookies.

Ingredients

  • organic peanut butter with no additives
  • powdered monk fruit / erythritol sweetener
  • vanilla
  • sea salt
  • baking powder
  • an egg

Organic Peanut Butter – Not only are generic brands of peanut butter packed with unnecessary ingredients, but non organic peanuts can be loaded with pesticides. I highly recommend you only buy organic peanut butter and peanuts! Want to read a bit more about why you should only buy these organic? Check out this article from BodyUnburdened.

Powdered Monk Fruit / Erythritol Sweetener – My favourite low carb sweetener! I buy the granular sweetener from either SoNourished or Lakanto, and turn it into powdered by blitzing it in a clean coffee grinder for a moment or two!

Low carb peanut butter cookies cooling on a baking sheet with parchment paper.

How to make Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies

Heat oven to 350°. In a medium mixing bowl, cream the peanut butter and sweetener using an electric mixer, then scrape the bowl.

peanut butter mixed with sweetener.

Add the egg, vanilla, sea salt and baking powder.

All ingredients in a mixing bowl.

Mix until fully combined.

The ingredients mixed together.

Place a non stick baking mat or parchment paper onto a cookie sheet and dump the dough on top, then roll it into a log.

Dough formed into a log.

Cut into 8 equal pieces. Roll each chunk into a ball, space them evenly on the cookie sheet and flatten slightly with your hand.

8 balls of dough.

Dip a fork in a bowl of water and press into each cookie in a criss cross pattern.

low carb peanut butter cookies all ready for the oven.

Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the cookies have browned a little bit on the bottom and outer edges. Cool for 10 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool to room temperature.

Stack of low carb peanut butter cookies next to a cookie jar.

Watch it all go down!

Expert Tips

Here is a list of some tips and tricks for making these low carb peanut butter cookies that I hope you find helpful!

  • Do you hate mixing organic peanut butter when you first open it? Try using an electric mixer with only one beater attached.. it mixes peanut butter up easily and effectively.
  • Does your peanut butter contain salt? If yes, cut the salt in the recipe down from 1/2 tsp to 1/4 tsp.
  • Cool for at least 10 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack or plate to fully cool. These cookies are easily damaged when warm if not careful, but totally solid once cooled!
  • These Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies will stay fresh for a couple of days if kept in an air tight container at room temperature. Want them to last longer? They will last 4-5 months in the freezer.
  • Try these beauties dipped in unsweetened almond milk!

Here are some other low carb desserts you might like:

Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies

No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Freezer Cookies

Keto Mocha Cheesecake

Simple & Fudgy Keto Chocolate Brownies

Keto Blueberry Cheesecake

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Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies

Aleta
These are the best Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies! They are quick and easy to whip up when craving sweets and who doesn’t love a good peanut butter cookie?
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert, Snacks
Cuisine Canadian, Low Carb
Servings 8 cookies
Calories 211 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup organic peanut butter with no additives
  • ½ cup powdered monk fruit / erythritol sweetener
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions
 

Equipment Needed

Directions

  • Heat oven to 350°. In a medium mixing bowl, cream the peanut butter and sweetener using an electric mixer, then scrape the bowl. Add the egg, vanilla, sea salt and baking powder and mix until fully combined.
  • Place a non stick baking mat or parchment paper onto a cookie sheet and dump the dough on top, then roll it into a log. Cut into 8 equal pieces. Roll each into a ball, space them evenly on the cookie sheet and flatten slightly with your hand. Dip a fork in a bowl of water and press into each cookie in a criss cross pattern.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the cookies have browned a little bit on the bottom and outer edges. Cool for 10 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool to room temperature.

Video

Notes

Expert Tips

  1. Hate mixing organic peanut butter when you first open it? Try using an electric mixer with only one beater attached.. it mixes peanut butter up easily and effectively.
  2. Does your peanut butter contain salt? If yes, cut the salt in the recipe down from 1/2 tsp to 1/4 tsp.
  3. Cool for at least 10 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack or plate to fully cool. These cookies are easily damaged when warm if not careful, but totally solid once cooled!
  4. These Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies will stay fresh for a couple of days if kept in an air tight container at room temperature. Want them to last longer? They will last 4-5 months in the freezer.
  5. Try these beauties dipped in unsweetened almond milk!

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts are an estimate only! The ingredients you choose could have different nutritional values than the ingredients I have used.  
 * Net carb count excludes both fibre and sugar alcohols, because these do not affect blood sugar in most people.
Deduct the fibre ( 2g ) and sugar alcohols ( 12g ) from the total carbs ( 18.1g ) to get 4.1 g net carbs per cookie.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 211kcalCarbohydrates: 18.1gProtein: 8.8gFat: 16.6gSodium: 162mgFiber: 2g
Keyword low carb cookies, peanut butter cookies
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24 thoughts on “Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies

  1. Colleen says:

    5 stars
    I now have a serious craving for peanut butter cookies! I love that these are gluten free, too. Thanks for the great recipe.

    1. Aleta says:

      Awesome! I hope you love them Colleen!

  2. Michelle says:

    5 stars
    I have to agree with you, organic peanut butter all the way! No sugar too. So much better. These cookies are divine. Love that they are gluten free too!

  3. Jess says:

    Oh these look delicious! I need to share this recipe with my mom too! She’s always on the look out for delicious low carb treats!

    1. Aleta says:

      Thanks Jess! I hope she loves them 🙂

  4. Leslie says:

    This recipe looks AWESOME! I’ve never had a low carb pb cookie before but this looks great! YUM!!!

    1. Aleta says:

      Thanks Leslie 🙂

  5. Eden says:

    5 stars
    I was looking for an amazing low carb recipe and came across these… they did not disappoint!! Loved them so much!

    1. Aleta says:

      Hey Eden, I am so glad you loved them! Thanks for the comment 😀

  6. Sophie says:

    5 stars
    I am vegan and keto and this recipe sounds like my kind of thing. Doing this today. Thank you.

    1. Aleta says:

      I hope you love them Sophie!

  7. Tammy says:

    5 stars
    I remember while doing Keto, PB cookies were like my go-to sweet treat! I just absolutely LOVE anything with PB 😀 These look sooo good and perfect! I wish I had one right now ^_^

    1. Aleta says:

      Thanks Tammy! I am with you… I looove anything with peanut butter also!

  8. 5 stars
    Peanut Butter cookies are my daughter’s favorite thing in the whole world. I tried this recipe, instead of our standard traditional one, and they were soooooo good! Thank you so much for sharing!

    1. Aleta says:

      Hey Rebecca, I am so glad you loved them! Thanks for letting me know 🙂

  9. Karyl Henry says:

    5 stars
    I never knew that they use peanuts to “clean up” other bad things in gardens. That doesn’t sound appetizing at all! I already look for the most natural peanut butters I can find, so I’m feeling pretty good. These cookies look fabulous and so simple to make

    1. Aleta says:

      Yeah it’s crazy, isn’t it Karyl?! Thanks so much!

  10. 5 stars
    I have a serious weakness for peanut butter cookies. The only problem is, I work at a nut free school. More for me, but that means a LOT more for me!!

    1. Aleta says:

      My daughters school is nut free as well! They are going to have a tough time transitioning to the no nut butters.

  11. 5 stars
    Peanut butter cookies are one of my favourite things to make. Mainly because they are so freaking easy to make, I have no excuse NOT to make it! Yours looks like a winning recipe 🙂

    1. Aleta says:

      Awe thanks Cathleen!

  12. Sara says:

    5 stars
    These look wonderful! I love that they are low carb but have all the peanut butter flavors I crave. These ingredients are simple and something anyone could whip up in a flash!

    1. Aleta says:

      Thanks Sara 🙂

  13. Sabrina says:

    5 stars
    My family is obsessed with peanut butter cookies and I’ve been looking for low carb versions. This recipe did not disappoint! It was a huge hit. This recipe is a keeper. Thank you for all the tips as well!

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