Peanut Butter Peppermint Protein Cookies - Unexpected Christmas Magic

18 cookies
16 min

Unexpectedly good Peanut Butter Peppermint Protein Cookies for a rich and refreshing Christmas sweet. Healthy PB peppermint cookies use protein powder, applesauce and peppermint-flavored peanut butter for an extra flavorful recipe!

Unexpectedly good Peanut Butter Peppermint Protein Cookies for a rich and refreshing Christmas sweet. Healthy PB peppermint cookies use protein powder, applesauce and peppermint-flavored peanut butter for an extra flavorful recipe! 

About that peanut butter? I used American Dream Nut Butter Candy Cane Kisses peanut butter that’s actually got the peppermint flavor in the nut butter, and has crushed candy canes, whilte chocolate chips and crushed GF Oreos in there.

Does Peanut Butter and Mint go together?

You’re probably just as skeptical about this combination as much as I was when I heard of it, but yes! Somehow, the peppermint and peanut butter combination really goes so well together. Especially with that white chocolate addition.


As soon as I heard about that peanut butter flavor, I knew I had to make a cookie recipe that was just like it.


Ingredients for Peanut Butter Peppermint Protein Cookies:

These protein peanut butter peppermint cookies are made with flavored peanut butter, a ton of peanut butter powder and some more clean ingredients for a low fat and healthy recipe.

  • Vanilla Protein Powder for high protein low sugar cookie and also replace the sweetener.
  • I recommend Quest since it’s a whey-casein blend and bakes well
  • Peanut Butter Protein Powder also from Quest Nutrition; Or just more Vanilla.
  • Peanut Butter Powder also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend Lakanto for a sugar free version (the code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount). Or you could use the one from PbFit too.
  • Peppermint-flavored Peanut Butter from American Dream Nut Butter! It’s high protein and low sugar too. Use Code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount.
  • Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
  • Flaxseed Meal also known as ground flaxseed
  • Baking Powder
  • Unsweetened Almond Milk
  • Water
  • Unsweetened Applesauce

And to coat and top these low sugar peanut butter peppermint cookies:

  • 1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto, to keep this recipe sugar free; (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too)
  • Sugar free White Chocolate Chips or chopped chocolate. I use the white chocolate chips from Lily’s here. They also have white chocolate bar that would work too.
  • Crushed Peppermint Candycanes
Unexpectedly good Peanut Butter Peppermint Protein Cookies for a rich and refreshing Christmas sweet. Healthy PB peppermint cookies use protein powder, applesauce and peppermint-flavored peanut butter for an extra flavorful recipe! 
Unexpectedly good Peanut Butter Peppermint Protein Cookies for a rich and refreshing Christmas sweet. Healthy PB peppermint cookies use protein powder, applesauce and peppermint-flavored peanut butter for an extra flavorful recipe! 
Peanut Butter Peppermint Protein Cookies - Unexpected Christmas Magic
Recipe details
  • 18  cookies
  • Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 6 Minutes Total time: 16 min
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Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp Flaxseed Meal, 6g
  • 2 Tbsp Water, 30ml
  • 3/4 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, 90g
  • 6 Tbsp Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-casein, 34g
  • 6 Tbsp Peanut Butter Protein Powder, Whey-casein (or more Vanilla), 34g
  • 5 Tbsp Peanut Butter Powder, 30g
  • 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp Unsweetened Applesauce, 90g
  • 1/4 cup Peppermint-flavored Peanut Butter, 64g, Recommendation below
  • 1 Tbsp + 1 tsp Unsweetened Almond Milk, 20ml
  • 2 Tbsp Zero Calorie Monkfruit Sugar alternative, or regular, 24g
  • 2 Tbsp White Chocolate Chips, 28g
  • 1 Peppermint Candy Cane, Crushed, 13g
Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, combine flaxseed meal and water and let rest 5 minutes.
In a bowl combine flour, vanilla protein powder, peanut butter protein powder, peanut butter powder and baking powder.
Add in flaxseed mixture, applesauce, peanut butter and almond milk (little at a time) and mix to form dough.
Divide into 18 portions and roll into balls – about 1” wide.Roll in granulated sugar alternative, and place on baking sheet (about 2” apart).
Bake for 6 minutes until lightly browned.Immediately press white chocolate chips and crushed peppermint in center of each cookie (cookie will crack around the edges).
Transfer from cookie sheet to cooling rack to cool.
Tips
  • Nutrition value, tips, alternate ingredients, tips and storage options available on my website: https://www.haylskitchen.com/peanut-butter-peppermint-protein-cookies/
Haylee Jane Monteiro
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