Healthy Nutter Butter Recipe (gluten free + vegan)
Enjoy a healthy Nutter Butter Recipe! These peanut butter sandwich cookies are a gluten-free version of a beloved classic. They are made with just 12 ingredients and are entirely vegan.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
Gluten free flour blend
- ¾ cup plantain flour (100g)
- ½ cup almond meal, or almond flour (45g)
- ¼ cup cassava flour (40g)
- ¼ cup tapioca flour (35g)
- 2 tablespoons cane sugar*
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- A pinch of salt
Wet ingredients
- ⅔ cup maple syrup (180ml)
- ¼ cup natural peanut butter (70g)
- 1 tablespoons avocado oil, or other vegan oil of choice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or fresh vanilla
Optional peanut butter filling
- ½ cup chilled all-natural peanut butter (120g)
- sweetener of choice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 355°F / 180°C while you prepare the cookies.
- In a large bowl, combine flours. Then add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir again to combine. Add your wet ingredients: peanut butter, vanilla extract, oil, and maple syrup. Stir with a spatula until combined and smooth, a dough should form that pulls away from the sides of the bowls and should be workable with your hands. If it is a bit too dry add 1-2 tablespoon of water. Cover and let it rest in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- Scoop 1 tsp-sized ball of dough. Press down onto a lined baking sheet, into a sausage shape, and score with a fork to create a hatch pattern if desired. Press the sausage together in the middle to create that typical peanut shape.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and allow to cool fully before filling. Cookies will firm up significantly once cooled, so don’t be alarmed if they seem softer at first.
- If desired, spread a spoonful of peanut butter between two cookies to create a sandwich. If you’d like it sweeter you can mix the peanut butter with some sweetener such as maple syrup. However, I personally think the cookies are sweet enough on their own. Enjoy!
Notes
*Can I use a different sugar than cane sugar? Yes, coconut sugar, or date sugar work in this recipe too.