Eggless Peanut Butter Cookies; crunchy, eggless and with whole wheat in them! These egg free peanutty beauties have some healthier, non refined sugar in them too!!! With jaggery and whole wheat, there is no reason not to bite into one or two of these beauties, is there? Spending time in the kitchen, concocting new dishes or even preparing a simple meal has always been my de-stressor! If I am baking, well, you can be sure I would have gone to a meditative stage! I am so into the nuances and nitty gritty steps of baking that all my worries, stress, negative thoughts go poof!!! My boys have always loved all my bakes, be it pizzas, cookies or cakes! Although they love chocolate cookies, brownies or chocolate cakes any time, they do love a variation from chocolate sometimes; mind you, sometimes!
Peanut butter cookies have always been one of the cookies I dish out when I have excess peanut butter or when I need to just bite into peanut butter and not just slather them on breads for a peanut butter and jam sandwich! My regular recipe is made with eggs and now that I am on a no-egg baking spree, I decided to tweak my original recipe by substituting with flax meal instead of eggs.
Flax meal (a good substitute for eggs in baking) is ground flax seeds which is a rich source of the “good fat”, Omega-3 essential fatty acids, a good source of fiber and high in protein too! When you grind flax seeds to a powder, it unlocks its nutritional benefits. Once ground, you need to store it in the refrigerator(preferably freezer) to maintain its freshness and nutrition. Jaggery (unrefined Indian cane sugar) is way better in nutrition than white sugar, so I have substituted half the sugar with jaggery as this was my first attempt at using jaggery in a cookie and I am totally in love with the flavor it lends to the cookie! Whole wheat flour in baking has always produced a dense texture to a cake or cookie, so I have used half whole wheat and half all purpose or maida. (A full disclosure…..I tried using only wheat flour and “Mmm”, they still taste so amazing and scrumptious and with less guilt too!! My 2 year old granddaughter was hogging them too like rest of my family!) This is the first time I have experimented with flax meal so I was a bit tense when the cookies were baking, expecting them to collapse without any eggs…but, what do you know; they came out crispy, flaky and buttery with a beautiful golden brown color!!
Yayy!! With butter, peanut butter (I have used crunchy peanut butter, you can use the creamy variety instead), whole wheat and flax meal in these buttery bites with hits of crunchy peanuts, this eggless peanut butter cookie is a winner and now in my blog to be chronicled forever to help me and you enjoy making it over and over again! Do try these and enjoy with your family because, they are:
Crispy! Buttery! Peanut buttery! Healthier as they have whole wheat flour! Crunchy with a kick of peanut bits in every bite! Eggless
Whip up a batch of these today and enjoy with family or pack it up and gift it away to your loved ones! Love this? Then do try other similar scrumptious and easy to make cookies like:
Karachi/Candied Fruit Cookies Khara or Spicy Biscuits Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies Rich Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
I am sharing this with #RecipeoftheWeek | #FiestaFriday along with co hosts Judi @ cookingwithauntjuju.com and Mollie @ The Frugal Hausfrau Cook Time: 15 minutes
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature ½ cup sugar ½ cup jaggery powder (unrefined cane sugar) or brown sugar 1 tbsp flax meal ½ cup crunchy peanut butter ¼ tsp vanilla extract/essence ¾ cup whole wheat flour ¾ cup all-purpose flour/maida 1 tsp baking soda ¼ tsp salt
Instructions Notes If you cannot get jaggery, use brown sugar instead. You can substitute the whole quantity of sugar with brown sugar. If you like eggs in your baking, use 1 egg instead of the flax meal. Store leftover cookies in an airtight container; if they get soft, bake in a hot oven for 5 to 7 minutes to get them crispy again. If you like my posts and recipes, do not forget to Pin, Share, comment in the box below or like my Facebook page
