You guys, these are so decadent. Keto chocolate brownie cookies stuffed with salted peanut butter. Well, I use sunflower seed butter to keep them nut-free, but you know what I mean. Keto Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies! Easy to make. Epic. And inspired by these cookies. Bakerita is a baking master! So I took a page from her book for the flourless base and keto-fied the recipe and added my own twist. You will love these over-the-top cookies.
Why You Need These Keto Cookies
They’ve got this really decadent flavor and they’re flourless! A fudgy finish that is absolutely addicting. But they’re BIG and decadent that you’ll be satisfied with just one. If you love Reese’s or chocolate and peanut butter, you’re doing to love these peanut butter brownie cookies.
Tip on Measuring the Cacao:
Use a spoon to fill your measuring cup with cacao powder. Scooping it up from the bag will result in a packed cup, which will make dry, crumbly cookies. As a rule of thumb, this is a good way to measure dry ingredients for baking!
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Variations
Because you are my people, and we are all about making and enjoying foods that work for your body, there are ways to tweak this keto peanut butter brownie cookie recipe to work for you!
- If you’re not into nut or seed butter you can fill the dough with chopped up dark chocolate, or just mix in chocolate chips.
- If you don’t have ghee you can use softened butter. If you can’t do dairy, use softened coconut oil.
- I haven’t tested it, but if you’re egg-free you can try a flax egg. Usually, 1-egg recipes work well with a flax egg.
- If you don’t use Swerve, you can use coconut palm sugar or raw honey.
Big @SS Cookies
This recipe makes 6 large cookies. You’re going to roll the dough into large balls in your palm. Flatten the dough and fill it with a spoonful of sun butter, a pinch of salt, and close your palm around it, rolling the cookie into a ball. Then gently flatten the ball, bake a viola! Easy. Delicious. These Keto Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies, are really a no-fuss recipe.
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Keto Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 12
- Total Time: 22
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Keto
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Flourless, keto and paleo friendly decadent chocolate cookies filled with salted nut or seed butter!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown butter ghee (lard or coconut oil)
- 1/2 cup confectioner’s Swerve
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 10 drops stevia glycerite (optional)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup cacao powder (see notes above)
- 1/3 cup unsweetened, unsalted sun flower seed butter (or peanut butter)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl mix together the ghee and Swerve until smooth.
- Add in the egg, vanilla and stevia and mix again until smooth.
- Add in the baking soda, salt and cacao powder. Mix until a smooth dough forms.
- Measure your the sun butter and have some salt at the ready.
- Shape the dough into 6 large balls.
- One at a time, flatten a cookie ball in your hand, place a spoonful of sun butter in the center, add a pinch of salt. Close the cookie dough around the seed butter (like stuffing a meatball). Then roll it to a round ball again in your hand.
- Place on the lined sheet pan and gently press down to flatten to 1/2 inch thick.
- Repeat with remaining dough and seed butter.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let them cool on the sheet pan for 20 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to completely cool.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
*Macros per BIG cookie *you can also make 12 regular sized cookies from the recipe for 15g total carbs per cookie. I find that half of one large cookie is enough for me, these bad boys are RICH*
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 325
- Fat: 28g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 6.3g
- Protein: 6.7g
Peggy says
What is “brown butter ghee”?
Is it the same as regular ghee?
Have the milk solids been removed?
What brand name(s) sell it?
Cristina Curp, FNTP says
Yes, its the same, it’s just cooked more to toast it
Lisa says
These cookies are everything!
Jessica says
I tried this and mine came out super gooey and not really formed. Where did I go wrong? Also it was hard to fold the peanut butter back into the cookie so it basically was peanut butter and chocolate mush haha – I’m sure they will taste good, just too gooey of a texture
Cristina says
Sounds like you might have mis-measured the cacao powder. That essentially acts like the flour in the recipe. See the notes above the recipe box on how to measure it out 🙂
Cathy | cathonketo says
How does erythritol effect the texture… Id like to leave it out.
Thx!
Cathy
Cristina says
Are you leaving out all the sweetener all together? or using another sweetener?
Courntey says
These Were amazing. My dauhter told me I need to triPle thE recipe though. We now have 4 of 4 doing low carb under one rooF. ExCellent anD easy recipe.
Cristina says
That is awesome courtney!!Yeayyyy!
Chihyu says
YUM ! the cookies look so moist and delicious. Chocolate flavor is definitely my favorite !!
Katja says
YUM! These are making me drool over here.
Melissa @Real nutritious living says
I can’t believe I still haven’t tried swerve! These look amazing <3
Tessa Simpson says
these look WAY too good!! I can’t wait to try them!!!
Jean says
Yeees girl! Nut butter and chocolate? You know you can never go wrong with that. Bonus that these are keto!