Peanut Butter Perfect Bar Cookies

Dare we say, that we just made the perfect Peanut Butter Cookie recipe? We took your everyday Peanut Butter Cookie recipe, made it gluten free, folded chunks of our Peanut Butter Perfect Bar into the batter and topped them with a peanut butter glaze. It will be hard not to go nuts over these Peanut Butter Perfect Bar Cookies if you give this recipe a try.

Ingredients

Cookies

• 2/3 cup natural peanut butter (drippy kind)
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened (plant based or conventional)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (or coconut sugar)
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup gluten free quick oats
• 3/4 cup blanched almond flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 Peanut Butter Perfect Bar, diced

Peanut Butter Glaze

• 1/2 Tbsp peanut butter
• 1 Tbsp confectioners sugar
• 1 Tsp milk
• 1 Peanut Butter Perfect Bar, crumbled

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
2. Using an electric mixer, in a large bowl cream together peanut butter, softened butter and brown sugar on medium speed for about 1 minute. Add in egg and vanilla extract, mixing until combined. Add in quick oats, almond flour, baking soda and salt; stirring until just combined then gently fold in diced Peanut Butter Perfect Bar.
3. Use a medium cookie scoop (about 1.5 tablespoons) to scoop out dough onto the baking sheet, leaving about 2” of space between each cookie dough.
4. Bake for 7-9 minutes, until edges are lightly golden. 
5. While cookies are still warm on baking sheet, gently press down with fork and add crumbled Peanut Butter Perfect Bar to centers, gently pressing down into cookie. Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
6. Make the peanut butter glaze: in a small bowl mix together confectioners sugar, peanut butter and milk until smooth. Use a spoon or butter knife to drizzle over the cookies.
7. Enjoy!

If you give this a try, don’t forget to share your Peanut Butter Perfect Bar Cookies with us on social by tagging @perfectbar on Instagram and using #itsjustperfect. Happy Baking!

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