Delicious peanut butter cookies made with just 3 ingredients! No baking required, stupid easy to make, cross between a cookie and a peanut butter cup! Vegan!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Total Time10 minutesmins
Course: cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: NO Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Servings: 12cookies
Author: Adapted from Minimalist Baker
Ingredients
1cuprolled oatsold fashioned gluten-free
1Pinchsea saltoptional
3/4cupmedjool datespitted // measured after pitting
1/2cupnatural salted peanut buttercreamy or crunchy
CHOCOLATE GLAZE optional
1/2cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips"accidental" vegan chips
1tspvegetable oil
Instructions
Add oats and salt (optional) to a food processor and blend into a flour. Add dates and blend for 30 seconds more or until finely chopped.
Add peanut butter and blend until a dough forms.
Scoop out 2-Tbsp amounts of dough and carefully form into mounds. Place on a parchment-lined pan or tray.
Use the back of a fork to create a cross hatch on the top of the cookies
Place chips and oil in a heatproof bowl. Melt chocolate chips in microwave at 50% power, stirring occasionally until it is melted and has a sauce-like consistency
Dip the cookies in (about halfway), let excess drip off, and place on a parchment-lined pan or tray. Freeze 10 minutes or place in fridge until chocolate hardens,
Cookies can be kept in the refrigerator up to 1 week or in the freezer up to 1 month.
Optional: Instead of glaze, add 1/4-1/3 cup mini-chocolate chips to dough right before shaping.