These flourless keto peanut butter cookies are so easy to make! They require only 4 ingredients and you simply stir them together with a fork. Perfect for any low carb or keto diet. Gluten free and sugar free!
I regularly make these cookies and they always disappear in a flash. My whole family goes crazy for them, even my teenage carb lovers.
There are a number of reasons why you've got to try these keto friendly cookies ASAP - beyond the fact that they are only 1.6g net carbs per cookie.
💕 Why you'll love them
1. NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
To make this keto peanut butter cookie recipe, you need NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. In fact, you can mix the dough in a bowl with a fork. And then lick it (the fork).
See? No labour-intensive cleaning of blenders/food processors and more fun!
2. QUICK ASSEMBLY
5 minutes prep time and 15 minutes total time from start to finish! All ingredients go in as-is, and in any order you like.
The only thing I would recommend that you keep your ingredients at room temperature.
3. SUPER SATISFYING TASTE
The cookies are chewy, crunchy and taste of peanut butter. They are filling and so satisfying.
Ingredients
Here are the ingredients you need to make these keto cookies:
PEANUT BUTTER. Always check the label! Often, brands add palm oil and sugar. Choose a brand that contains only one ingredient - peanuts. Try Meridian or Whole Earth.
Sugar-free SWEETENER. I used Sukrin Gold, which is a brown sugar substitute blend made from erythritol and stevia. But really, any sweetener will work. You could choose a monk fruit sweetener such as Lakanto, xylitol, allulose or Swerve.
EGG. Use a large, room temperature egg.
SEA SALT and CINNAMON. Both are optional, but if the peanut butter does not contain salt, I recommend to sprinkle sea salt on top or mix it into the cookies.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Variations
Here are ideas for recipe variations:
- Add sugar free chocolate chips to the batter
- Dip one half of the cookie in melted dark chocolate (I recommend a minimum of 85% cocoa solids)
- Use smooth peanut butter instead of crunchy
- Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Use ½ teaspoon baking powder for a fluffier cookie
- Tiger cookies: Separate the dough into two mixing bowls. Add 1 tablespoon cocoa powder to one bowl and incorporate. Then, roughly blend the two doughs together and proceed as per recipe.
👩🍳 Instructions
This section contains step by step instructions and photos that show how to make this recipe. See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Let me show you how to make the best keto peanut butter cookies.
In a mixing bowl, stir together all ingredients with a fork.
Form small dough balls with your hands and place them on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet or on a silicone baking mat. Alternatively, use a cookie scoop and simply scoop the dough on the baking sheet.
Now comes the ONLY ever-so-slightly challenging part of this recipe: the creation of the pretty criss-cross pattern on top of the cookie. Wet a fork and press it onto the balls to create a cookie.
Clean/wet again as you work your way through the batch. This prevents the cookie dough from sticking to the fork.
Bake and enjoy! The cookies will be soft when freshly out of the oven. Patience! They firm up as they cool down.
FAQs
Yes. This recipe works with almond butter, cashew butter or any other nut or seed butter. In fact, I used it to create my 3 ingredient Keto Almond Butter Cookies!
If you want a cookie that's soft in the centre, bake for around 8 minutes.
If you prefer a crunchy one, leave it in the oven for 10 minutes.
To make homemade peanut butter, you need a food processor or high speed blender. Simply blend the peanuts for a few minutes on high speed until the peanuts release their natural oils and you have a smooth butter. Add in some crushed peanuts for crunchy peanut butter.
Storage
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. If stored in the fridge the cookies will keep fresh for 3-4 weeks.
You can also store them in the freezer for up to 3 months. It's best to freeze them on a parchment paper lined baking tray and then transfer them into a ziplock bag. Defrost overnight.
Related Recipes
Sugar Free Coconut Flour Peanut Butter Cookies. Adding coconut flour or almond flour to the dough makes the cookies soft and fluffy.
Almond Flour Peanut Butter Cookies. This is another popular recipe. Almond flour adds another layer of flavor.
Keto No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies. If you leave out the egg it's possible to create the most delicious no bake cookies.
P.S.: If you love peanut butter as much as I do, you should definitely also check out this chocolate peanut butter freezer fudge or these yummy Low Carb Peanut Butter Protein Bars. Equally simple and equally delicious.
Fun fact - did you know a peanut is not a nut but a legume? True story, but really. In my book, peanuts are welcome to live alongside almonds, pecans and the like. Let a nut be a nut.
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Recipe
Low Carb Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
from Sugar Free LondonerNote: The servings slider only changes the first amount in each line and not any subsequent amounts. Please make your own calculations where necessary.
Ingredients
- 1 cup crunchy peanut butter (100% peanuts) (250g)
- ½ cup granulated sweetener (100g)
- 1 egg large
- pinch of sea salt
- optional: ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 Celsius / 350 Fahrenheit.
- Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix with a fork.
- Roll small balls of dough (ca 15g each) with your hands (or use a small cookie scoop) and flatten them on a baking sheet.
- Wet a fork and press on cookies to create a criss cross pattern.
- Bake 8 -10 minutes, until the edges are firm. (8 minutes = soft centre, 10 minutes = overall crunchy)
- Let cool completely before eating. They are very soft when just out of the oven, but will become crunchy once cooled.
- Store in an airtight container.
Ruth Fryman
I didn't have peanut butter in so I made them with cashew nut butter. They were delicious and have virtually the same macros.
libby
Made these yesterday and they were perfect. Thank you.
Hannah
Thank you for including the weight in grams! That means I can just add the peanuts directly to my food processor, make peanut butter, and then add in the other ingredients and blend. Very convenient! Can't wait to try.
Sonja
I like this receipe. Thank you. Greetings from Hamburg!
Angela
Omg, these are just super delicious. first time making these and they will be added to my repertoire. I added 50g of 90% chocolate as I'm a chocoholic :-). They literally took 15 minutes from start to finish and could easily be polished off in the same time they are so good. Every recipe I find and try I write down in my little Keto cook book and these will have many gold stars for taste, texture and how easy they are to make.
Thank you
Ruth Maylin
Taste great, thank you so much for sharing the recipe. Definitely going to be a firm favourite going forward
Melissa
I just tried making these and used granulated Monkfruit sugar( has erythritol in it). There is a not very good after taste. Is there another sweetner that would work better?
Katrin Nürnberger
It's all down to preference. You could try Bocha Sweet or allulose (the latter will result in a softer cookie).
Tori
I used sukrin gold.
Molly
If I grated some 90% chocolate into the mix would that work?
Katrin Nürnberger
Yes, of course! That would taste lovely.
Karyn
I love these. I keep a batch of these in my freezer and eat straight from the freezer when ever I feel like a snack. I am diabetic, so I use a no added sugar peanut butter.
Kim
Such an easy quick cookie to make.delicious and sweet! Go ahead and try it you'll be happy you did
Bebe
OMG-- I just made these super easy cookies! I've been trying one Keto cookie recipe after another and have yet to get one to be crunchy, but these did the trick! Sooooo simple and sooo good. Perfect with my early afternoon decaf coffee! I used Sukrin Gold mixed with a monkfruit allulose blend and they're sweet enough without being too sweet. Best keto cookie recipe I've tried, and the easiest, too. Win/win!
Keith Lucas
Hi I would love to make these cookies but the problem I have that the crunchy peanut butter we get in South Africa has a high carb content (Black Cat Crunchy Peanut Butter 99 % peanuts is 21 carb per 100 gram) Will this not increase the carbs per cookie.
Katrin Nürnberger
I think you may be reading the total carbs and not the net carbs. You have to deduct the fibre from total carbs for the net carbs.