Monster Cookies Made without Flour

Today’s recipe is a Monster Cookie made without flour. But what it is made with is suuuuppper awesome and healthy-ish, with natural crunchy peanut butter and organic rolled oats. This monster cookie is one that is chewy, addicting and oh-so-good. Yes, please!!!

Peanut butter is your chewy-cookie-secret in flourless cookies. And it saves the day in this monster cookie recipe. If you didn’t know it was flourless… you couldn’t tell. But then again, my original monster cookie recipe only has 1/2 cup of flour in it, so in my opinion it’s not completely necessary in the first place. These are just as good, so you definitely don’t miss the flour. And I may even argue that not using the flour makes the cookie even more chewy and yummy.

This monster cookie without flour is the perfect recipe for those wanting a treat that is gluten-free. Or just those that want one less ingredient to worry about. I am sometimes in both of those groups of people!

The ingredients in these cookies are similar to that of a traditional monster cookie, but with some tweaks for a more natural touch:

• Natural peanut butter (crunchy or smooth - and I prefer an unsalted peanut butter since I add salt in the recipe)

• Unsalted butter

• Eggs

• Pure vanilla extract

• Dark brown sugar

• White sugar

• Baking soda

• Salt

• Old-fashioned rolled oats

• Chocolate Coated Candies, like M&M’s

• Chocolate chips

The chocolate candies I used for this recipe were from Trader Joe’s. I love the colors of the candies, and also really love that they don’t use artificial food dye! It’s hard to find candies without food dyes, so I love when I can. I also say that the more we seek out more naturally dyed food, the more the market will be forced to shift and not have it in their food.

Monster Cookies made without Flour

• 1 cup natural peanut butter (crunchy or smooth)

• 2 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened

• 2 eggs

• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar

• 1/2 cup white sugar

• 1/2 tsp. baking soda

• 1/2 tsp. salt (1/4 tsp. if your peanut butter is salted)

• 1 heaping cup old-fashioned rolled oats

• 1/2 heaping cup M&M’s (or raisins also work!)

• 1/2 heaping cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a mixer, beat the peanut butter and butter until smooth and combined. Mix in the eggs, vanilla and beat until combined. Add in the sugars and beat until smooth.

3. Add the baking soda, salt and oats and mix until combined. Add in the chocolate and M&M’s until mixed in.

4. Refrigerate the dough for about 30 minutes or until hardened and easier to scoop. This is especially important if your peanut butter is pretty drippy.

5. Scoop tablespoon-sized dough on a cookie scoop and bake for about 9-10 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Let cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.