Late one morning, my wife Sarah and I sat on the couch drinking some coffee and eating a post workout meal. We started talking about peanut butter cookies. We like the 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies we’ve seen and tried before. However, we wanted to make them better with a higher protein amount. Hence, we started to formulate ideas on how we could improve them and make them are own.
She came up with using PB2 Powered Peanut Butter and a scoop of protein powder, added to the original recipe. After tasting hers, I decided to make another batch, but I used Smuckers Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter instead of the PB2, and I doubled the protein powder. They turned out well, but not as "cookies" in texture. They are more like cake bites.
After only 10 minutes in the oven, a shiny, spongy, dense, crunchy, peanut buttery goodness was taken out of a heated 350° oven. I cut the protein "cake" in half and then in half again to make BIG "bites."
The serving size is two pieces, and the macros are as follows: 8g Carbs, 16g Fat, 33g Protein. This receipe is a wonderful complement for people whose nutrition plans, such as Keto, require "low to no" carbohydrates. Though my wife and I prefer to look at it as high protein, low carb.
Bottom Line: We really enjoyed collaborating on this recipe. We love the taste, we enjoyed using only 5 ingredients for quick preparation, and we like the short 10 minute baking time.we even tried topping them with cream cheese or maple syrup. We recommend YOU trying these and dropping us a comment on what you thought, or how you may have modified the recipe to suit your tastebuds.
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Recipe Ingredients and Instructions:
3 Tbsp natural peanut butter (Smuckers)
2 Scoops of protein powder (Bodylogix Ultra Whey)
1 Whole egg
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 Cup water
*stevia packet (optional)
Place all ingredients in a bowl.
Mix until combined.
Spread out evenly on a *lined baking pan.
Bake in preheated oven at 350° for 10 minutes.
Cool completly before cutting and serving.
*parchment paper
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