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Vegan peanut butter cookies.

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These Vegan peanut butter cookies are soft, thick and gooey! They have the best mix of peanut butter and chocolate. This one bowl recipe is quick, easy and so delicious!
5 from 8 votes

Ingredients

Instructions 

  • First, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add melted coconut oil, brown sugar and white sugar. Stir to combine.
  • Add vanilla extract and applesauce to the mixing bowl. Stir until combined.
  • Next, add in flour, peanut butter, baking soda and sea salt. Stir until combined.
  • Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Use an ice cream scooper to scoop balls of dough onto lined pan. Space about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake for 9 to 10 minutes or until cookies look just barely set in the middle.
  • Remove pan from oven. If desired, lightly tap pan on countertop to help cookies spread slightly.
  • Finally, allow cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes. Then, carefully transfer to a wire rack.

Notes

  • Melt coconut oil before gathering other ingredients.  This helps the coconut oil cool down before mixing with the other ingredients.
  • Instead of eggs, this recipe uses applesauce.  I highly recommend using this instead of flax eggs or chia eggs.
  • All purpose flour and gluten free 1 to 1 flour both work well.
  • Use all natural creamy peanut butter made from only peanuts and salt.
  • The cookies will appear doughy and underdone at first.  They will slightly firm up as they cool.
  • Store cookies at room temperature for up to 4 days.
  • These cookies freeze well!
Calories: 391kcal, Carbohydrates: 51g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 21g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Sodium: 123mg, Potassium: 104mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 30g, Vitamin A: 3IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 38mg, Iron: 2mg