Soft gluten-free peanut butter cookies studded with white chocolate chips. Sweet, and cakey and loaded with peanut butter flavor.
Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE cookies.
I'm also pretty good at making them, though that opinion may be a little biased. I have spent the entire last year buried in cookies.
(If you need a peanut-free cookie, try my Gluten Free Sunflower Seed Butter Blossom Cookies).
Over the course of just a few months I developed and tested more than 50 recipes for different cookies (and brownies and bars) for my cookbook, The Essential Gluten-Free Cookie Guide which has finally come out!
Saying that I'm excited is a bit of an understatement.
I feel like gluten-free cookies have consumed my life, but they've helped me to get through some of the hardest times of my life.
When I lost my baby last fall I dove head first into developing recipes, and it really helped me to cope.
What better way to distract/comfort yourself than by baking and eating dozens and dozens of cookies?! It didn't really help my figure very much, but cookies are delish!
In my cookbook I share my favorite gluten-free peanut butter cookie recipe. It has no flour, making it easy for even a novice gluten-free baker to replicate and is super peanut-buttery and rich.
I still love that recipe, it really is a favorite, but I was in the mood for something a little different this week. I wanted a really soft cookie. A cakey-er cookie. A cookie that wasn't quite as rich.
So I made these. Full of great peanut butter flavor, but softer and not quite as rich. I love the way the white chocolate chips enhances the peanut butter.
In a way, I feel like it makes the cookies more peanut-buttery. You could use semisweet or milk chocolate chips instead, if you want to go for the classic PB & C combo.
However you dress them up, they are yummy!
📖 Recipe
Soft Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Soft gluten-free peanut butter cookies studded with white chocolate chips. Sweet, and cakey and loaded with peanut butter flavor.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup peanut butter
- ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ cups gluten free flour
- ¾ cup white chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line your baking sheets with silicone baking liners or parchment paper.
- Cream together the butter, peanut butter, and brown sugar.
- Add the egg and beat until smooth.
- Add the salt, xanthan gum, baking soda, and my gluten-free rice flour blend. Stir until combined.
- Add ½ cup of the white chocolate chips.
- Scoop the cookie dough using a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop. Place the cookies 2-3 inches apart (I did 8 to a sheet.)
- Bake for approx 8 minutes, the cookies will still be very soft but will have lost their doughy shine. They will set up more as they cool.
- Immediately press a few more white chocolate chips into the top of each cookie while they are still soft.
Notes
8.25 oz (approx 1 ½ cups) gluten free flour
6 oz brown sugar (¾ cup firmly packed)
Nutrition Information
Yield 27 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 145Total Fat 9gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 17mgSodium 136mgCarbohydrates 15gFiber 1gSugar 8gProtein 3g
All nutrition info is a guestimate and will vary depending on the ingredients you use.
Linked up at Gluten-Free Friday, Gluten-Free Wednesdays, and Allergy Free Wednesday.
Thalia @ butter and brioche
I too just made a batch of peanut butter cookies with white chocolate.. except I added macadamia nuts to mine! I definitely need to try your peanut butter cookie recipe, looks and sounds delicious.
flippindelicious
Macadamia nuts sound like a great addition Thalia! I'll have to try that next time.
Ali the Skinny GF Chef
I'm enjoying all of the recipes in your new book Brianna! Thanks for the copy and the giveaway!
flippindelicious
You are very welcome Ali! Thank you for participating 🙂
Michelle @ My Gluten-free Kitchen.com
Why have I never thought to add white chocolate chips to my peanut butter cookies before? I bet that combo is great. Wish my screen was scratch and sniff! Those look delicious!
flippindelicious
Thanks Michelle! I often find myself wishing my computer had scratch&sniff capabilities too. Glad I'm not the only one 🙂
Elise @frugalfarmwife.com
Those look delicious! Peanut butter cookies are one of our favorites! I love the addition of white chips.
Cindy (Vegetarian Mamma)
drooling! Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 I can't wait to see what you share this week! Its LIVE!
Cindy
Jenne Kopalek
Great one for my son's friend whom is gluten free.