Low Fat Peanut Butter Cookies

[rebeccafrye]

This recipe came out really great. I substituted half of the peanut butter with almond butter to add depth of flavor, and used soy yogurt instead of applesauce. They were awesome!

[bigotsmakerocktite]

I know MVC doesn't like people to mess with ingredients in his recipes, but I always make these without the brown sugar, then I substitute the maple syrup for molasses,  oil for more applesauce, then add extra flax meal. I think they still taste awesome, just not so much into sugar!

[cq]

I followed this recipe exactly, and was doubtful as I was putting the cookie dough on the baking sheet.  I was pleasantly surprised - these are good peanut butter cookies a nice, chewy texture (think peanut butter oatmeal cookie). The recipe does not specify how long these should bake... I baked mine for 13-15 min before letting them cool, and I think I could have gotten away with baking them for a shorter period of time. I got 24 small-ish cookies out of this recipe.

These cookies are not as cute as a traditional peanut butter cookie, but they are much healthier.

[-shea-]

I didn't have any applesauce, so I just put in extra peanut butter, and cut out the oil to keep them still relatively low fat.

I think next time I'll decrease the sugar, and increase the maple syrup to make it easier to mix. I like them a lot though.

I didn't have a cookie cutter, I just spooned them onto the cookie sheet, and they looked fine.

[-shea-]

This recipe also works if you omit the sugar and use chocolate syrup instead of maple syrup.