Gluten-Free Peanut Butter and Coconut Cookies Recipe

Peanut Butter and Coconut Cookies Recipe

These Peanut Butter & Coconut Cookies are insanely addictive! If you have kids, the entire tray can disappear before you even get one into your mouth.

Makes: 12 cookies

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Peanut Butter and Coconut Cookies Recipe

By: Adam Guthrie

These Peanut Butter & Coconut Cookies are insanely addictive! If you have kids, the entire tray can disappear before you even get one into your mouth.


Servings

Makes: 12 cookies

Prep time

Cook time

Recipe


Ingredients

  • 1½ cups coconut flakes
  • 10 Medjool dates, pitted
  • 1 cup water
  • ⅓ cup crunchy peanut butter (or almond or other nut butter)
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ¾ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp apple-cider vinegar
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • 2–3 tbsp water (if needed)

Method


  • Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • Grind coconut flakes in high-speed blender to form flour.
  • Puree dates and 1 cup water in high-speed blender to make paste and add to bowl. Mix all ingredients in bowl to form dough, adding more water if needed.
  • Use hands to roll into 12 balls. Place balls on baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. With fork, press to form cookie shapes.
  • Bake for 10 mins. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack.

  

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Adam Guthrie

Adam Guthrie

Adam is a vegan whose passion for food began with a life-threatening illness and continues today in a lifestyle built around healthy cooking and eating. Adam is a qualified chef and wellness coach who specialises in a wholefood, plant-based diet. Adam shares how to prepare delicious, healthy food for health, energy and vitality. He conducts online healthy eating and wellness programs and gives keynote talks, live cooking demonstrations and cooking classes on the subject of healthy eating and living well.

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