Lower Calorie Peanut Butter Cookies Recipes

LOW-FAT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg white; beat until blended. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Shape into an 8-in. roll; wrap in plastic. Freeze for 2 hours or until firm., Unwrap and cut into slices, just over 1/4 in. thick. Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray; press with a fork to make crisscross pattern. Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes for chewy cookies or 8-10 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool for 1-2 minutes before removing to wire racks; cool completely.

LOWER CALORIE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Oven 375.
• In small mixing bowl, cream peanut butter and flour by adding the flour gradually.
• Add baking soda and egg white.
• Gradually add in Splenda.
• Add milk (batter will be crumbly at this point) plus extra, a half-teaspoonful at a time until batter is the correct consistency. Be careful not to get it too wet, add just enough milk that it sticks together in the usual cookie dough form.
• Drop by teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheet and shape into round cookies with your spoons. They will not spread, so you can fit them all on the same sheet. If desired, sprinkle tops with sugar, but they are also good without.
• Bake 9 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes before moving.

LOW CALORIE AND FABULOUS PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Combine flour and baking soda in small bowl and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, using a mixer, lightly beat margarine until soft, then add dry ingredients (sugar and brown sugar) and peanut butter.
• Beat until smooth, scraping edges as necessary.
• Add in egg whites and vanilla and mix well.
• Now add the flour mixture and beat slowly.
• Fold in oats using a spatula.
• Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• These cookies don't spread very much so you can put them fairly close together.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges turn golden brown.
• This recipe yields about 36 medium cookies.
• Each cookie has about 70 calories- not too shabby!

SKINNY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the brown sugar, peanut butter and vegetable oil spread with electric mixer on low speed until well mixed. Beat in honey and egg until well blended. Beat in remaining ingredients until dough forms.
• Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place balls about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in additional granulated sugar.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

HEALTHY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix all ingredients. Roll level tablespoons into balls. Place on ungreased baking sheets; flatten with a fork. , Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

LIGHT AND SOFT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat butter, creamy peanut butter, and crunchy peanut butter together in a large bowl until smooth. Beat egg white and white sugar into butter mixture until smooth. Add whole egg and brown sugar; continue to beat until smooth. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until batter is well mixed.
• Roll the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Press balls with a fork creating a crosshatch. Freeze cookie dough on baking sheet until dough is firm, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies puff up, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

HEALTHIER CLASSIC PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat butter, peanut butter, applesauce, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs and beat until smooth.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a separate bowl; stir into peanut butter batter. Put batter in refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a crisscross pattern.
• Bake in preheated oven until cookies begin to brown, about 10 minutes.