Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies

These soft and chewy vegan peanut butter cookies are so easy to make. They have tender centers and crumbly edges. Peanut butter lovers, this one's for you! These cookies take me right back to my childhood, with their rich, ultra-nutty peanut butter flavor and thick, buttery bite. Truly melt in your mouth delicious!

Author: The Urben Life

Meal Type: Milk Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: MEDIUM

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 20 cookies

Calories: 188 kcal per serving

Ingredients

1 tbsp - ground flaxseed
3 tablespoons - water
1 ½ cups - all purpose flour
½ cup - vegan butter
1 cup - peanut butter
½ cup - brown sugar
½ cup - granulated sugar
1 tsp - vanilla extract
1 tsp - baking powder
½ tsp - sea salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a flax egg by stirring together ground flaxseed with water.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars together.
Add peanut butter and mix until combined. Add flax egg and vanilla then mix again. Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt until combined.
Roll cookie dough into small balls and place onto two parchment paper lined baking sheets. Using a fork, flatten the cookies making a cross-cross pattern.
Bake for about 10 minutes then remove from the oven. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet, they need to set up before being transferred.

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