You will love these classic Keto Peanut Butter Cookies with only 1g net carbs per delicious cookie!
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If you love peanut butter, then you probably love peanut butter cookies too. It’s easy to make classic peanut butter cookies in a low carb form (only 1g net carbs per cookie!) thanks to keto-friendly sweeteners.
Why You’ll Love These Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
- These low carb cookies are firm on the outside and chewy on the inside (the perfect cookie, in my opinion!)
- They’re filled with peanut butter flavor without being overly sweet
- They make a fantastic holiday cookie… or the perfect just-because cookie!
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- Make your peanut butter smoothie keto-friendly by following this easy recipe!
Ingredients Needed to Make This Keto Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
Ingredient quantities for these homemade keto peanut butter cookies are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Swerve Confectioners
- Swerve Brown
- Coconut flour
- Unsweetened natural peanut butter – if you happen to live near a Kroger, I recommend Kroger Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
🍽 INGREDIENT NOTE: The rich peanut butter flavor of natural peanut butter is the star of these cookies! For that reason, these are moderately sweet cookies, not heavily sweet cookies. Adding more Swerve will dry out the dough, but you can use a small amount of stevia extract drops if you want a sweeter dough.
Can I Eat Peanut Butter Cookies on the Keto Diet?
Yes, you can eat peanut butter cookies on the keto diet if you use a low carb peanut butter when making the cookies. Most peanut butter brands are high in net carbs so you must choose one with a low net carb count like Crazy Richard’s Creamy Peanut Butter or Kroger Natural Creamy Peanut Butter.
Both Crazy Richard’s Creamy Peanut Butter and Kroger’s Natural Creamy Peanut Butter* are gluten free and contain only 2 grams of net carbs per serving.
(* Kroger’s website displays an incorrect carb and fiber count on the packaging. The actual Kroger Natural Peanut Butter product label displays the correct carb and fiber counts for a total net carb count of 2g.)
How Do I Make Peanut Butter Cookies Keto-Friendly?
You can make peanut butter cookies keto-friendly by using low carb ingredients instead of wheat flour, sugar, and high carb peanut butter. Use low carb almond flour or coconut flour instead of wheat flour, and substitute sugar with erythritol or monk fruit for the sweetener. Also, use a low carb peanut butter, preferably one that has no added sugars.
How to Make Keto Peanut Butter Cookies {Quick Overview}
This is just a quick overview of some of the steps involved in making the low carb peanut butter cookies. For the recipe in detail, including exact measurements used at each step, scroll to the recipe card at the end of the post.
In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients. (Photo 1)
Add remaining ingredients (Photo 2) and mix using an electric or stand mixer until the batter is well combined (Photo 3).
⭐ TIP: Make sure your peanut butter is well combined! When working with natural peanut butter, it’s critical that you mix the oil into the solid part of the peanut butter. The best way to do this is to empty the entire jar into a food processor and process it until smooth.
Onto a well-greased cookie sheet (I use butter), form and place cookie balls using a heaping tablespoon of batter each. Space each cookie approximately 2” apart. (Photo 4)
⭐ TIP: You may need to use two cookie sheets depending on the size of your sheets.
Use the back of a fork to flatten each cookie slightly and create a criss-cross pattern on top. (Photo 5)
Bake per instructions on the recipe card and you will end up with these delicious (and adorable, in my opinion) cookies!
Try This Recipe’s No-Bake Cousin
If you love this recipe, you’re going to love its “no-bake cousin” – these 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls. The finished result looks a lot like step 4 of this recipe!
Nutrition Facts for This Healthy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
Per serving (18 total cookies):
- 70 calories
- 6g fat
- 3g protein
- 1g net carbs
More Keto Cookies
- You can eat chocolate chip cookies on the keto diet by following this beloved recipe!
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- Want some keto edible cookie dough? This recipe is perfect for you!
- Also, you can eat pumpkin cookies on the keto diet. And these particular cookies are a crowd favorite, first cookies gone every time!
- Make Mexican wedding cookies keto-friendly by following this recipe.
- Bring easy keto snickerdoodle cookies to any holiday party and the compliments will follow!
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Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Swerve Confectioners
- 2 tbsp Swerve Brown
- 2 tbsp coconut flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix using an electric or stand mixer until the batter is well combined.
- Onto a well-greased cookie sheet (or two, depending on the size of your cookie sheets), form and place cookie balls using a heaping tablespoon of batter each. Space each cookie approximately 2” apart.
- Use the back of a fork to flatten each cookie slightly and create a criss-cross pattern on top.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until the tops of the cookies start to brown slightly.
- Remove and cool on a wire rack.
Notes
- Make sure your peanut butter is well combined! When working with natural peanut butter, it’s critical that you mix the oil into the solid part of the peanut butter. The best way to do this is to empty the entire jar into a food processor and process it until smooth.
- The rich peanut butter flavor of natural peanut butter is the star of these cookies! For that reason, these are moderately sweet cookies, not heavily sweet cookies. Adding more Swerve will dry out the dough, but you can use a small amount of stevia extract drops if you want a sweeter dough.
Nutrition Disclaimer
Nutrition facts are included as a courtesy only. They are accurate to the best of our knowledge based on the ingredients and brands used, but their accuracy is not guaranteed. If applicable, sugar alcohols have already been removed from the total carb count.
More Keto Dessert Recipes
Make any of these easy keto-friendly dessert recipes and your family will love you!
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- By following our modified recipe you can eat fudge on the keto diet.
- Make trail mix keto-friendly by following this simple recipe. It will get eaten fast!
- For the holidays, you can drink eggnog on the keto diet by following our hugely popular recipe.
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Fantastic peanut butter cookies!
delicious
These are the best healthy peanut butter cookies on the internet, they are even better than the sugar loaded ones! I’ve made them three times already since October.
I agree! These are one of our best recipe creations. I’m so glad you enjoy them. 🙂
Can you use almond flour instead of coconut flour?
Great question Kaylyn! Yes, you can use almond flour instead of coconut flour. However, remember that almond flour and coconut flour are not a one-for-one ratio. The typical ratio of coconut flour to almond flour is 1:3. In other words, 2 tablespoons of coconut flour is equal to 6 tablespoons of almond flour.