Peanut Butter Cookies (vegan)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup natural-style peanut butter
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f degrees.
• 2 in a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• 3 in a separate larger bowl combine the peanut butter, maple syrup, olive oil, and vanilla.
• 4 pour the flour mixture over the peanut butter mixture and stir until barley combined ( still a bit dusty looking).
• 5 let sit for 5 minutes, give one more quick stir (just a stroke or 2).
• 6 drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheets. press down on each one gently with the back of a fork.
• 7 (note: this i a loose batter, so if you're set on doing criss-crosses, go ahead and chill the batter for an hour or so before this step).
• 8 bake for 10-11 minutes. keeping an eye on them so they don't over bake. or they'll be dry.
• 9 let cool five minutes and transfer to a cooling rack.