Healthy Peanut Butter Blossoms
These healthy peanut butter blossoms are a fun, lower calorie twist on this classic recipe using oats and vegan vanilla protein powder.
Servings: 14 cookies
Calories: 86kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 flax egg
- 1 scoop vegan vanilla protein powder
- 1/4 cup quick cooking oats
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- Chocolate chunks for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Beat together the peanut butter, syrup and flax egg until smooth and creamy. Fold in the remaining ingredients (minus chocolate chunks).
- Scoop about one tablespoon of dough onto the baking sheet and gently flatten with your hands. Repeat until all dough has been used.
- Press a chocolate chunk into the center of each cookie and bake for 9 - 10 minutes until the cookies are lightly golden brown. Cool on the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
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Notes
* please see substitution notes in the post above!
Nutrition
Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 49mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g