I love these cookies mostly because they’re so quick & easy to make, but they’re also a wonderful option for anyone who is gluten-intolerant, dairy-intolerant or looking to reduce their flour or dairy intake. I am none of these things and yet I make these cookies all the time because they are just so delicious!
If you want to ensure these are 100% gluten-free or dairy-free you will have to check your ingredient’s labels to be certain. There are some brands of dark chocolate chips for example that contain gluten and/or dairy while others do not, so do keep that in mind, especially if you have someone’s dietary requirements to consider. Let’s get started!
Makes 10 – 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 225g smooth peanut butter
- 100g soft light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- Pinch of sea salt flakes
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 50g dark chocolate chips
- A bit more sea salt to sprinkle on the cookies
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and line two baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
- Add the peanut butter, brown sugar, bicarbonate of soda and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat the ingredients until well combined. If you don’t have a stand mixer, a handheld mixer and a mixing bowl will work just fine. Alternatively you can do it by hand with a wooden spoon.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat a bit more to combine.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Use a tablespoon to scoop out blobs of cookie dough and place them in mounds on the baking sheets. You should get 10 to 12 scoops of cookie dough.
- Sprinkle a little bit of sea salt on each mound of dough and bake the trays of cookies one at a time on the middle rack of the oven for about 10 minutes each. The cookies are done when they look slightly undercooked and are darker around the edges.
- Leave the cookies to cool for 10 to 20 minutes on the trays. If you want them to be perfectly round, simply place a round glass over the cookie and swirl around the edge in a circle. Do this for each one while they’re still hot to make them perfectly round.
