3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Isolation Cookies

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3 ingredient peanut butter isolation cookies

These 3 ingredient cookies are gluten-free, dairy-free but full of yum!

I don’t know about where you are but round here, you’ve probably got more chance of finding a diamond on the street than you have of finding a bag of flour in the supermarket so I’m all about the flour-free recipes, talking of which, did you see my 30+ flour free sweet treat recipe round up? 

I have been in isolation and  lamenting the lack of flour and that my friends, is how these scrumptious cookies got their name.

This recipe is a win, win because you don’t need any flour and you only need 3 ingredients. I’ve put the salt as optional because if you have peanut butter with salt added, you really won’t need to add any at all. I usually have an all-natural peanut butter (just nuts and oil) so I like to add a little bit of salt to balance out the sweetness.

I know these don’t look like much but really they’re quite the taste sensation, in fact, my neighbour and Chief Taste Tester Luce, says these are the best she has ever eaten! High praise indeed! 

I don’t want to be pushy or anything but if you’ve got some peanut butter and some sugar in the pantry and a spare egg you totally need to make these. I promise you  everyone will go nuts for these! 

Have you had to forage for flour? Are you a fan of salty sweet?

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Makes 24 cookies

Ingredients

200g peanut butter

110g caster sugar

1/4 teaspoon fine salt (optional)

1 egg, beaten

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How to – Traditional

  1. Heat oven to 180C and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
  2. Mix peanut butter, sugar and salt, if using, in a mixing bowl and mix until combined.
  3. Add the egg and mix again until mixture comes together to form a dough.
  4. Drop teaspoonfuls of mixture, well spaced apart on to the baking trays. Press down on the cookies with the back of a fork. The cookies can now be frozen. 
  5. Bake for about 10-12 minutes until the cookies are golden at the edges and paler in the centre. (Cook for an extra 2 minutes if cooking from frozen.) 
  6. Cool on trays for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

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How to – Thermomix

  1. Heat oven to 180C and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
  2. Place peanut butter, sugar and salt if using  in TM bowl and mix for 5 seconds on speed 4. Scrape down sides of bowl and if necessary mix again for another 5 seconds on speed 4.
  3. Add the egg and mix for 30 seconds  on interval speed.
  4. Drop teaspoonfuls of mixture, well spaced apart on to the baking trays. Press down on the cookies with the back of a fork. The cookies can now be frozen. 
  5. Bake for about 10-12 minutes until the cookies are golden at the edges and paler in the centre. (Cook for an extra 2 minutes if cooking from frozen.) 
  6. Cool on trays for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

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