Absolutely the Best Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies

BigFatMomma's Note:

Not just for the celiacs! I was skeptical, since the last recipe I tried was gritty, heavy and nasty. These are light, rich and absolutely perfect. I actually like these better than "regular" peanut butter cookies, and from a big fat Momma, that's saying something! Adapted from Catherine's recipe.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• ½ cup gluten-free margarine
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup salted natural-style peanut butter
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup garbanzo flour (chickpea)
• ¼ cup potato starch
• ¼ cup tapioca flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Make sure you have beaters that can handle thick batter.
3. In a medium bowl, cream margarine and sugars.
4. Beat in egg and peanut butter.
5. In a separate bowl, mix flours and baking soda evenly.
6. Add in two parts to wet ingredients, beating on med-high speed until thoroughly blended.
7. Roll dough into 1-inch balls, and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
8. You can press them with a fork if desired, but not necessary.
9. Bake 8-10 minutes.
10. Let cool 5 minutes before removing from baking sheet.

Reviews

[Chrishanna]

I'm sorry, but we could not get over the bean taste. Maybe different brands of garbanzo bean flour have different taste, but for us, it was too bean-y. Even on day two. Note that many of the good reviews below substituted rice or other flours for the bean flour, and I may give that a try, because they LOOKED fantastic, but they tasted like peanut butter and beans.

[The Silly Goose]

These are great, DS and DH loved them. Next time I will use something other than the garbanzo bean flour as I do not care for the flavor quite as much. I used flax seed egg substitute in place of the egg. P.S. On day two we loved them more. There was no bean flour taste at all. DS and DH never tasted it to begin with. I would not change the recipe after eating them the second day.

[Vaeth FamilyChef #481682]

Loved this recipe!! we did not have garbanzo flour so I used rice flour. We make them so often that I bag all the dry ingredients and label it PB cookie mix so I don't have to drag all my flours out every time the kids want cookies. It makes us fill more "normal".