American · dessert, snack

Three-Ingredient Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Cookies

Three-Ingredient Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Cookies — from Low Carb Love's cooking video Watch how it’s made · 6:17

Video by Low Carb Love on YouTube · Open on YouTube

15 minMakes 10 × 1 cookie159 kcal a portion
  • Keto (3.7 g net carbs a serve)
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free ingredients
  • Dairy-free

Contains: Egg, Peanut. Check labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes.

No flour, no butter and no added sugar: about 3.7 g net carbs and 7 g protein a cookie, and dairy-free.

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Ingredients 3

Method

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  1. Heat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment. 2:16
  2. Mix the peanut butter, powdered sweetener and egg for about a minute, until you have a smooth, thick dough. 0:33
  3. Roll into 10 balls, set them on the sheet, press each one down a little and mark a criss-cross with a fork. 2:27
  4. Bake about 10 minutes, then move to a rack and cool about 10 minutes before eating; they firm up as they cool. 3:58

Tip. No powdered sweetener? Blitz granulated in a coffee grinder or blender. Rolled smaller, the dough makes 15 cookies (about 2.5 g net carbs each). Sugar-free chocolate chips or chopped nuts can be mixed in.

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One portion (1 cookie) gives you 1 of 10

Energy159 kcal670 kJ
Protein7.1 g14% of a day
Fibre1.5 g6% of a day
Carbohydrate5.2 g3.7 g net · 2.4 g sugars2% of a day
Fat14 g2.8 g saturated17% of a day
Sodium80 mg4% of a day

Where the energy comes from one serve

  • Net carbs 9%
  • Protein 17%
  • Fat 74%

Fits keto: 3.7 g net carbs a serve, with 74% of the energy from fat.

Vitamins & minerals % of a day, one serve · tap for more

Vitamin E Source16%

2.4 mg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (98%). An antioxidant that protects cell membranes. Nuts, seeds and plant oils such as olive oil are the main sources.

Magnesium Source10%

40 mg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (99%). Takes part in hundreds of reactions — energy, muscles, nerves, blood sugar and bones. Nuts, seeds, legumes and whole grains are good sources.

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Zinc7%

0.8 mg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (93%). Needed for immunity, wound healing, taste and growth. Meat, seafood, legumes, seeds and whole grains supply it.

Vitamin B67%

0.1 mg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (95%). Helps turn food into energy and make brain messengers. Chickpeas, fish, poultry, potatoes and bananas are good sources.

Folate5%

21 µg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (90%). Needed to make DNA and new cells — especially important before and in early pregnancy. Legumes and leafy greens are rich sources.

Selenium5%

3 µg a serve, mostly from egg (52%). Part of the body's antioxidant enzymes and needed for thyroid hormones. Seafood, eggs, meat and Brazil nuts are rich sources.

Potassium4%

170 mg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (96%). Balances sodium to help control blood pressure and keeps muscles and nerves working. Beans, potatoes, leafy greens and fruit are rich sources.

Iron3%

0.6 mg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (89%). Carries oxygen in your blood. Iron from plants absorbs better with vitamin C in the same meal — lemon, tomato or capsicum.

Vitamin B122%

0.1 µg a serve, mostly from egg (100%). Keeps nerves and blood cells healthy. Found almost only in animal foods and fortified foods (some plant milks, nutritional yeast), so vegans need a reliable source.

Calcium1%

14 mg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (82%). Builds bones and teeth and helps muscles and nerves work. Dairy, calcium-set tofu, sardines with their bones and some greens supply it.

Vitamin A1%

7.5 µg a serve, mostly from egg (100%). Keeps eyes, skin and the immune system healthy. Orange vegetables and dark greens give beta-carotene, which the body turns into vitamin A.

Vitamin D1%

0.1 µg a serve, mostly from egg (100%). Helps you absorb calcium for bones and supports muscles. Few foods have much — oily fish, eggs, UV-exposed mushrooms, fortified milks. Sunlight is the main source.

Omega-31%

0 g a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (69%). Omega-3 fats support the heart and brain. Oily fish give EPA and DHA; walnuts, flax, chia and canola give ALA, which the body converts only a little.

Vitamin C0%

0 mg a serve. An antioxidant needed for collagen, immunity and iron absorption. Long cooking destroys some, so raw herbs, citrus and capsicum help.

Vitamin K0%

0.1 µg a serve, mostly from creamy peanut butter (84%). Needed for blood clotting and bones. Leafy greens and herbs are very rich in it. If you take warfarin, keep your intake steady and talk to your doctor.

Estimated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central values; % of a day uses the food-label daily values. How this works

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Recipe and video by Low Carb Love; the method summary, nutrition estimate and diet notes are Notbroken’s. General information about food, not dietary advice.