Tonight, after two days of shoveling snow, I decided to reward myself with a small batch of cookies. Of course, I didn't want to blow my whole diet or eat something terribly unhealthy, so I tossed together this easy gluten-free cookie recipe. It ended out making 10 cookies, using a 2 tbs size scoop. With all the chewy oatmeal in them, along with protein from the peanut butter & egg, I was quite satisfied with two. I even got my chocolate fix to boot.
I tried to keep these pretty simple. I didn't add any flour or butter, peanut butter would handle their jobs. The egg would help hold them together, add moisture and some sheen. A little salt & vanilla for taste & chocolate...well, because I want chocolate.
If you enjoy these, try my Banana Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Chips and 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies recipes.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup natural creamy peanut butter if using crunchy add a tbs.
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- ⅓ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together the peanut butter, sugar, vanilla and salt.
- Add egg and mix well, then stir in oats, until well coated.
- Add the chocolate chips and fold in until evenly distributed.
- Drop 2 tbs size scoops of the cookie dough onto non-stick or coated baking sheet. (for uniform scoops with tidy look, use melon baller or other round scoop coated with non-stick cooking spray)
- Bake for approximately 12 minutes. Bottoms will be lightly browned and tops will have sheen.
- Place on rack to cool.
Nutrition
These made me officially discover that, I WILL WORKOUT FOR COOKIES. Just sayin' 🙂
Colleen says
That melted chocolate looks great!
Lisa says
Looks so yummy!
Stefani says
Those cookies look sooooo good right now!
Leilani says
These sound delish! My husband loves peanut butter cookies and I love choc. chip oatmeal cookies. What a great idea to combine them all into one.
Emily @FamilyNLifeLV says
Thank you for posting this!! I was looking to make something for a friend's bday and she is GF. 🙂
Ty @ Mama of 3 Munchkins says
Looks very yummy!
Jenn says
I love that there's no specialty flour involved!
Nichol says
Super easy and they look tasty! I love that you omitted flour.
Anne - Mommy Has to Work says
I just made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies the other day, adding peanut butter would have been awesome!
six feet under blog says
So much chocolate stuff around the internet right now-yummy!
Marcie W. says
A trinity of my favorite types of cookies all blended together AND gluten free? You are a rockstar!
Shell Fruscione says
Yum! I love oatmeal & chocolate chips, it's such a yummy combo!
Rachel @ Following In My Shoes says
These would be great to pack for school lunches!
Jennifer says
ok I think I have to make these tomorrow since I have everything readily available to me right now. yum yum and yum!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
They look soooooo good, but dang it, I don't like PB.
Maryann says
just make sure you get GF oats!
Donna says
This look scrumptious! Love oatmeal, peanut butter, and chocolate!
HilLesha says
Scrumptious! You can never go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate.
Julia Reed says
Oh my)) It sounds easy, but looks so yummy. Can't wait to try out this recipe. thanks for sharing!
Courtney says
Hubby would love these - accept we'd need to do sunbutter 🙂
Robin Gagnon says
I used to buy Sunbutter for my daughter when she was little. That stuff is yummy.
Jenn @therebelchick says
I love oatmeal cookies but haven't ever tried adding pumpkin. These sound great!
Robin Gagnon says
I've never tried pumpkin either...lol. I totally will have to make some now though 😉
Toni says
OHHH these are right up my husband's alley and he tries to monitor his gluten.
Colleen says
These look amazing, gooey and yummy. Love your new design.