Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms are a flourless peanut butter blossoms recipe with only a few simple ingredients. They’re the perfect gluten free Christmas cookies!
I feel like the bottom has fallen out of December! I had a handle on everything at the beginning of the month, then my husband and I left town for a few days. When we returned, I felt behind on everything and I’ve been playing catch-up ever since.
One thing I’ve been getting caught up on is my holiday baking and it all started with these Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms. I made them last year and loved them, so I knew I had to share the recipe with you this year.
There’s peanut butter and dark chocolate involved, so what’s not to love? 🙂
I used to make classic peanut butter blossom cookies, but since I’m eating less wheat, I decided to make them flourless. I adapted this recipe from my favorite flourless peanut butter oatmeal cookies, and they turned out perfectly!
These peanut butter kiss cookies are soft with a slightly chewy sugar-coated exterior. They have big peanut butter flavor and a mild sweetness that’s perfectly complimented with the dark chocolate kiss.
They’re perfect for your holiday cookie tray!
Recipe ingredients
There are only 7 simple ingredients in these gluten free Christmas cookies!
Here’s what you’ll need:
- peanut butter (I used natural)
- sugar
- egg
- baking soda
- vanilla extract
- sea salt
- dark chocolate kiss candies
How to make this recipe
These gluten free peanut butter blossom cookies are extremely easy to make, and they come together in mere minutes. You’ll have homemade cookies in 30 minutes or less from start to finish!
- Place the peanut butter, sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla extract and sea salt in a large bowl and beat well to combine.
- Using a 1 1/2″ cookie scoop, scoop out the dough and roll it into balls.
- Roll each ball in the granulated sugar until well coated.
- Place each cookie dough ball on a parchment lined baking sheet and flatten slightly as the cookies will not spread.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.
- While the cookies bake, unwrap the chocolate kisses.
- Remove the baked cookies from heat and place on a wire rack. Immediately press one chocolate kiss into the center gently.
- The chocolate kisses will soften over the hot cookies, but they will not melt. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack, or place in the refrigerator for a bit to speed up the cooling process.
FAQs
I prefer using organic natural peanut butter with no hydrogenated oils or added sugar. Since the peanut butter is the main ingredient in these cookies, quality counts. Crunchy or creamy peanut butter both work well in this recipe!
Store cookies in an air tight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Recipe notes
- The dark chocolate kisses will soften once they’re placed over the hot cookie and will take a while to cool. If you’d like to speed up the cooling process, refrigerate the cookies until the kisses have hardened.
- Store cookies at room temperature in an air tight container for up to 3 days.
- I used coconut sugar in this recipe, but it can be substituted with your choice of sweetener.
- Cookies easily fit into a paleo or keto diet. Simply use sweetener and chocolate that are appropriate for those diets.
See all of my Cookie recipes for more inspiration.
More gluten free cookies:
- Chocolate dipped almond horn cookies
- Chocolate dipped coconut macaroons
- Flourless chocolate peanut butter cookies
- Flourless peanut butter oatmeal cookies
- Gluten free chocolate chip cookies by Meaningful Eats
- Greek almond cookies
- No bake chocolate peanut putter oatmeal cookies
- Red velvet macarons
If you make this recipe I’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment and rating below, or tag me @flavorthemoments on Instagram!
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms
Ingredients
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
- 1/2 cup brown coconut sugar may be substituted with granulated or brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar for rolling
- 15 dark chocolate kisses
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat together the peanut butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, baking soda and sea salt until well combined.
- Place the 1/4 cup granulated sugar in a small bowl. Scoop the dough using a 1 1/2" cookie scoop and roll into balls. Roll each ball in the granulated sugar, and place at least 1" apart on the prepared baking sheet. Flatten each cookie slightly as they will not spread.
- Bake for 10 minutes, then remove from heat and place the baking sheet on a wire rack. Top each cookie with a chocolate kiss, pressing down gently. Cool completely on the wire rack.
- Serve the cooled cookies and enjoy!
Notes
- I prefer to use organic natural peanut butter with no hydrogenated oil or sweetener for this recipe. Use the brand that you prefer, however, and crunchy or creamy peanut butter work well!
- The dark chocolate kisses will soften once they’re placed over the hot cookie and will take a while to cool. If you’d like to speed up the cooling process, refrigerate the cookies until the kisses have hardened.
- Store cookies at room temperature in an air tight container for up to 3 days.
- Cookies easily fit into a paleo or keto diet. Simply use sweetener and chocolate that are appropriate for those diets.
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
6 Comments on “Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms”
Yum, PB blossoms are one of my favorite Christmas cookies! I also have experimented with traditional holiday cookie recipes to make them a bit healthier, and often you don’t even notice the difference.
Happy Holidays!! 🙂
Aren’t they great! And I don’t notice the difference a bit here. Merry Christmas Nicole!
It’s so true! Taking time away during the holidays always makes me feel like I’m playing a crazy game of catch up when I get back!! It isn’t Christmas without peanut butter blossoms, so I’m loving this gluten-free version!!
It’s a very CRAZY game isn’t it? Thanks Katherine!
I know how you feel Marcie! December has totally gotten away from me. I’m behind on everything but I’m trying not to sweat it because I know I’ll get it all done! eek! And it looks like I’ll be adding to my baking list with these cookies. How can I resist a PB cookie that’s flourless!?! Pinned!
I’m getting it done too but I wish it wasn’t at such a frenetic pace! lol Thanks Leanne!