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Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cookies
Easy little cookies for colder days — a nutritious, lightly sweet treat to see you through between meals. About 147 calories each.
Serves 10Prep 40 minCook 15 minDessert
Containsdairy · gluten · peanut
Inspired by a recipe from The Healthy Mummy
Protein 8%Carbs 38%Fat 54%
About 147 kcal a serve — 3 g protein, 14 g carbs, 9 g fat. Each segment is that macro's share of the calories, within about 10%.
Ingredients
Serves 10
Method
Soak the chia
Soak 10 minBring the butter to room temperature. Soak the chia seeds in 2 tsp water for 10 minutes to plump into a gel.
What goes inSoak →
Cream & combine
CreamWith electric beaters, cream the butter and coconut sugar. Beat in the peanut butter and the chia gel.
In the bowlCream →
Make the dough
Chill 20 minAdd the flour, baking powder and cacao; mix until a dough forms. Roll into a log, wrap in cling film and chill for 20–30 minutes.
What goes inMix to a dough →
Slice & shape
10 cookiesPreheat the oven to 180°C and line baking trays. Slice the log into 10 even discs and space them out on the trays.
Bake
10–15 min · 180°CBake for 10–15 minutes until golden. Cool a few minutes on the tray, then move to a rack.
Want it lighter?
about 25 kcal less a serve, all swaps taken
These are already fairly sensible cookies (wholemeal flour, chia, coconut sugar), so the savings come mainly from trimming the fat and sugar. Expect a slightly drier, less rich and marginally less sweet cookie — still tasty, but not quite as short and buttery. Don't cut the fat any further than below or they'll turn…
0.25 cup Butter → 2 tbsp butter plus 2 tbsp unsweetened apple puree (applesauce)
Halves the butter and replaces the rest with fruit puree. Cuts a fair bit of fat, but the cookies will be a touch cakier and less crisp/short than the all-butter version.
0.333 cup Coconut sugar → 0.25 cup coconut sugar
A modest sugar reduction. Slightly less sweet and a little less spread/chew, but still holds together thanks to the peanut butter.
0.25 cup Peanut butter → 3 tbsp peanut butter (natural, no added sugar/oil)
Trims the richest component slightly and avoids any added oils/sugar. Marginally less intense peanut flavour and a touch drier.
Estimated per serve
147 kcal · 3 g protein · 14 g carbs · 9 g fatestimates, within ~10%
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