Who would have thought vegan peanut butter cookies could be so fabulous?
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| Rich and crumbly Vegan Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies, plain & with Chocolate |
These gorgeously rich, melt-in-the-mouth peanut butter cookies are - unbelievably - vegan. No eggs, no dairy (though dairy milk can replace plant milk). It also has a free of common wheat option.
Very close to a one-bowl wonder, the peanut butter cookies take only minutes to prep. Leftovers freeze like a dream.
It's versatile, too. Replace soft brown sugar with white, replace 1/5 of the sugar with ground almonds to cut sweetness; replace oat flour with self-raising brown; use dairy instead of plant milk. The essential yumminess of the cookies are not affected.
The p.b. cookies came from the vegan blog Blissful Basil and were the best of several considered.
67 - unwisely, from a health point of view - invested in a rather large tub of Manilife* Peanut Butter, a Taste Award winner. Trust 67 - this is the Rolls Royce of peanut butters and it's almost a shame to turn it into biscuits.
Though 67 feared potential health damage (Manilife peanut butter is addictive!), it decided mates at the Conservative party, preparing for local elections, was a worthy cause.
If the budget doesn't run to Manilife, worry not; any peanut butter will do for this lovely recipe.
240g/8.4oz peanut butter (or 50% peanut butter and 50% almond butter)144g/5.07oz soft brown sugar (or white or a mix of the two)2 teaspoons vanilla extract (don't stint on this)65g/2.3oz oat flour (or 50/50 oat and wheat flour)1 teaspoon baking soda1/8-1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 cup water or almond milk
