Check out my new blog post: Chocolate-chip, high-protein, peanut butter cookies
Daaaayum. My kitchen smells good right now.
Iām currently sat, waiting for the peanut butter cookies that I just baked, to cool to below fresh-out-the-oven temperature. So I need to distract myself by writing this recipe blog post, otherwise, I willĀ suffer cookie-burns to the mouth.
Earlier, I was like, āDamn, I really want some cookies.ā. But then I considered how I wouldnāt be able to stop at one and would end up feeling awful from a sugar and processed-crap overload.
So, I decided to make my own, almost-sugar-free, lower-in-processed-crap, kinda-high-protein (I know right, IāmĀ really selling theseā¦), Banoffee-pie-peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-protein-oat cookies. Boom.
I feel like I should explain myself for all of those sub-par cookie qualitiesā¦
So thereās no sugar in the recipe, however, fructose is one of the ingredients in the Banoffee Pie peanut butter I used. If you make these with plain peanut (or another nut butter) then theyāll be actually-sugar-free⦠but also lower in protein.
So I didnāt feel it would have been honest to say processed-crap free, as, if weāre being pedantic: porridge oats are processed from their original form; Banoffee Pie peanut butter is obviously not just plain-old peanut butter (but I wouldnāt exactly refer to it as ācrapā); I didnāt make the chocolate myself, from natural ingredients⦠I bought it from Tesco š
My recipe uses 100g ofĀ DrĀ Zakās High Protein Peanut Spread, providing 35g protein. Along with the remaining ingredients, youāll be getting about 7g protein per cookie. So while theyāre notĀ super high in protein, they contain much more than your average cookie. Plus theyāre quite small, so youāll probably need to eat 2 of them anyway. Or 3. Or 9ā¦
Ā Kcals: 120 Ā Ā Ā Carbs: 9g Ā Ā Ā Protein: 7g Ā Ā Ā Fat 6g
Ā SO, without further ado, hereās the recipe:
100g Dr Zakās High Protein Peanut Spread (any flavour you like!)
30g (2 strips/8 segments) Chocologic dark chocolateĀ (sugar-free, totally delicious chocolate)
*I actually used a chia egg substitute because I had run out of eggs: grind chia seeds then mix 1 tbsp of it with 3 tbsp water and set in the fridge for 15 mins and you have a perfectly decent egg replacement! You can also do the same thing with ground flaxseed (linseed).
Pre-heat the oven to 190°C/Gas Mark 5 and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
Melt the peanut butter for 30 seconds to make it more pliable.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, with a silicone spatula, mix together the peanut butter, Sukrin Gold and egg/egg replacement.
Chop the chocolate into chocolate chip sized pieces. This is easiest with a large kitchen knife.
Add the oats, baking powder and chocolate and gently fold everything together until itās evenly combined.
Roll into 9 cookie rounds with your hands and flatten to approx. 1/2 an inch thickness between your palms** then place onto the prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. When done, they should be golden brown.
Try to let them cool down a bit before eating to avoid suffering cookie-burns.
**The more cookie mixture you have stuck to your hands, the harder it will be to roll the cookies into rounds, so you may need to wash and dry your hands halfway through doing this.
Aaaaaaaaaand there you have it. Gad-damn tasty peanut butter cookies that are easy AF to make.
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Until next time, you beauties x
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