3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies with an optional chocolate glaze. Quick and easy old fashioned peanut butter cookies. Flourless  and naturally gluten-free and oh – did I mention just THREE ingredients?

Hand high if you can use another simple recipe that doesn’t taste like one. They’re like the friend in the kitchen we didn’t know we needed.

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies ~ delicious on their own or jazzed up for the holidays with chocolate drizzle and a few crushed cocktail nuts.  

These old fashioned, naturally gluten free peanut butter cookies are lightly crisp on the bottom, chewy inside and loaded with peanut butter flavor.

Who doesn’t love a good homemade peanut butter cookie? This recipe happens to be gluten-free and just 3 simple grocery store ingredients, but what sets this recipe apart is the chocolate drizzle in the event you’re feeling fancy.

There’s a good chance you already have all three ingredients needed for the basic cookie and if you’re like me, you may even have a half eaten bag of semi sweet chocolate chips in the pantry as well that we’ll make use of for the chocolate drizzle.

What’s in 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies?

• • creamy peanut butter
  • egg
  • sugar

How to Make 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies:

Preheat the oven to 350° then line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 

In a medium size bowl blend the peanut butter, egg and sugar together. 

Using a 1 1/2″ scoop or heaping tablespoon, form the dough into balls in your hand then add to the baking sheet.

Flatten the balls in a crisscross pattern with a fork dipped in sugar.

Bake 9-10 minutes or until the edges are light brown then remove from the oven. Cool for 2 timed minutes on a baking sheet then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Optional toppings:

• • • 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
    • 2-3 tablespoons milk
    • 3 tablespoons cocktail nuts or other peanuts

To make the chocolate glaze shown, add the chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons of milk to a small bowl then microwave 30 seconds. Stir the glaze and if it’s not smooth enough to drizzle, add the remaining tablespoon of milk.

Drizzle chocolate over the baked cookies in a back and forth motion then sprinkle a few crushed nuts on top. The glaze will firm up in a couple of seconds. 

Can I use crunchy style peanut butter?

Absolutely! Nuts inside a peanut butter cookie are delicious. 

Want fresh baked peanut butter cookies every time?

Craving fresh cookies hot out of the oven every time? Cookie balls can be refrigerated up to 5 days or frozen up to 3 months and baked straight from frozen.

Here are few of my other favorite cookies:

The Grinch Cookies: Simple to make, deliciously hard to resist. Bright green SOFT crinkle cookies. Perfect for kids of all ages.

Snowball Christmas Cookies:  Buttery, nutty melt-in-your-mouth cookies dusted in powdered sugar are a classic holiday must!

Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies: Soft and chewy with a delicious blend of semi sweet chocolate and tangy dried cranberries.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies:  Soft, chewy loaded with oats and raisins with just the right about of sweetness. An easy, classic recipe and my family’s favorite.

Enjoy!

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