Peanut Butter Cookies (Vegan)

These healthy peanut butter cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with peanut butter flavor.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 2  cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1  cup  natural-style peanut butter
• 1  cup maple syrup
• 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon  fine grain sea salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
2. In a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
3. in a separate larger bowl combine the peanut butter, maple syrup, olive oil, and vanilla.
4. Pour the flour mixture over the peanut butter mixture and stir until barley combined ( still a bit dusty looking).
5. Let sit for 5 minutes, give one more quick stir (just a stroke or 2).
6. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Press down on each one gently with the back of a fork.
7. (Note: this I a loose batter, so if you're set on doing criss-crosses, go ahead and chill the batter for an hour or so before this step).
8. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Keeping an eye on them so they don't over bake. Or they'll be dry.
9. Let cool five minutes and transfer to a cooling rack.