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Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

The best chewy chocolate cookies filled with sweet peanut butter and made vegan!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: dairy free, vegan
Keyword: chocolate cookies, peanut butter cookie, vegan cookies
Servings: 22 cookies
Author: Ciarra Siller

Ingredients

for the peanut butter

  • 1/2 cup natural peanut butter creamy
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar

for the cookies

  • 2 tbsp ground flax meal
  • 6 tbsp water
  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour or gluten free all purpose baking flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips/chopped chocolate vegan
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp vegan butter sticks at room temp
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup granulated white sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • flaked sea salt optional

Instructions

for the peanut butter

  • In a mixing bowl, stir together the peanut butter and sugar until smooth. Place a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet and drop dollops of peanut butter about a half inch in size. Freeze for 1 hour or until solid.

for the cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350 F and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    In a small bowl, stir together the flax meal and water and set aside for at least five minutes to thicken.
  • In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa powder, chocolate chips and baking soda until combined.
    In another bowl, use a handheld mixer (or you can use a stand alone mixer) to beat the room temperature butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth and creamy. Add in the flax egg and vanilla and continue mixing until incorporated. Add your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients and stir until a dough forms.
  • Use a 1 1/2 inch cookie scooper to make cookie balls and drop them on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Remove the peanut butter from the freezer and place a peanut butter dollop on the top of each cookie ball. Bake for 9-11 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to continue cooling. Top with flaked sea salt before serving.
  • *Note* For a more aesthetically pleasing cookie, add chopped chocolate or chocolate chips to the tops of the cookies as soon as you remove them from the oven.

Notes

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