Peanut Butter Protein Cookies

Prep Time: 8 minutes                       Cook Time: 12-15 minutes                        Add to MyFitnessPal

Sometimes it's hard post-WLS to deal with dessert. You've essentially got two options it seems - artificial, oversweet treats with unpronounceable ingredients (unless you've got a degree in chemistry) from your local health-foods store or else scrounge your carbs for the day and eat something less-than-ideal and all-to-reminiscent of a sugar-filled former life. That or abstain entirely forever and ever.

Milk and cookies, what could be better?

Surely there must be a way to have cookies and milk without breaking the carb bank or eating a bunch of junk, right? Right! Ladies and gentlemen (and all those in between), allow me to present Peanut Butter Protein Cookies.

Do take note - although this is INCREDIBLY low carb for a cookie and full of entirely whole foods, it's still an 'every so often' food.

Ingredients:
Peanut butter powder - 1/3 cup
Almond flour - 1/2 cup
Eggs, large - 2
Salt - 1/16 tsp
Baking powder - 1/16 tsp
Ground stevia leaf (or stevia powder) - 1/8 tsp
Olive oil - 1 tsp
Vanilla - 1 Tbsp (or less, I LOVE vanilla)

Preparation:
Preheat your oven to 360F.

Prepare your mise en place.

Thoroughly mix your dry ingredients, make sure the resulting dry mix is entirely uniform. You DO NOT want spots of concentrated baking powder ruining you dessert.

Add in your wet ingredients and combine just until uniform.

Spoon out the mixture into 6 equally-sized patties on oiled parchment or a silicone mat.

Pop the pan into the oven for 12-15 minutes, remove when just browning on the tips of any crests. These will NOT brown like a standard cookie, if you wait for them to do so they will be DRY DRY DRY.

Pardon the shadow

The texture is a smidge different from a standard peanut butter cookie - if this bugs you sub regular peanut butter for the PB2 and adjust your nutrient counts accordingly. But all in all, these are dynamite in milk. Also note, these puppies are DENSE! Give yourself a good 5-10 minutes between cookies if you have more than 1.

Chocolate chip coming soon...

Nutrition:
Calories: 99
Fat: 7 g
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 4 g
Sodium: 133 mg