Cookies - Peanut Butter -healthy

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour, spelt flour, or unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• 1 cup organic, chunky natural peanut butter
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Details

Adapted from 101cookbooks.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Place racks in the top third.

In a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. in a separate larger bowl combine the peanut butter, maple syrup, olive oil, and vanilla. Stir until combined. Pour the flour mixture over the peanut butter mixture and stir until barely combined - still a bit dusty looking. Let sit for five minutes, give one more quick stir, just a stroke or two. Now drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Press down on each one gently with the back of a fork. It's 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. Bake for 10, maybe 11 minutes - but don't over bake or they will be dry. Let cool five minutes and transfer to a cooling rack.

Make 2 - 3 dozen cookies.