If any of you saw my Crackd post last week, this peanut butter pretzel cookies recipe is for those cookies. I was originally saving this as a Recipe A Day May post, but the entire comments section on that post is about these cookies, so consider this an early gift. I realised after I posted the Crackd post I didn’t mention the flavour. If anyone was wondering, here it is and I hope you like pretzels.
Back in 2018, I posted a peanut butter pretzel granola recipe that went down really well, I loved the flavour combination, so the 2021 recipe ideas list had ‘more PB pretzel recipes??’ roughly scribbled down. There are a couple more to come, but these peanut butter pretzel cookies are the first one of the year, and they’re so simple to make with just a handful of ingredients.Â
Nutritional Information Â
As peanut butter is a main ingredient in these, it is a higher fat snack. But the nut butter comes with some added vitamins and minerals too. Each cookie provides 6g of protein and 2g of fibre. In terms of vitamins and minerals, each one provides 15% of the RDA of vitamin E, a quarter of your daily B3, 20% of your daily copper and magnesium, and 10% of the RDA of zinc. Â
5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies RecipeÂ
A super easy, one bowl 15 minute cookies recipe with just 5 ingredients. The perfect mix of a firm edge and chewy centre with the added crunch of the pretzels. Â
Ingredients Â
I used unsalted peanut butter as the pretzels are salted. Also, you want a slightly drier nut butter if possible. If it’s too runny or sticky you’ll need to chill the dough for a little while before shaping them and placing them in the oven, which sort of ruins the quick bake element. I used an oil free nut butter made from 100% peanuts to avoid this and it worked perfectly (I used Meridian). Â
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free and vegan. It can be soy free, depending on your chocolate choices.
You could also use something like Wow Butter* to make a nut free version of this too. Â
5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 250 g peanut butter
- 200 g light brown sugar
- 1 egg replacer approx 60ml Crackd
- 75 g chocolate chips
- 50 g gluten free pretzels
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 180°c
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In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix the smooth peanut butter, sugar and Crackd. Use a whisk or handheld electric mixer.
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Once the dough is fully combined, stir in the chocolate chips and pretzels. I crushed some of my pretzels and left some of them whole, but you can use all crushed or whole depending on how crunchy you want your cookies to be.
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Chill for 30 minutes if it feels too runny or sticky. Your dough should be soft and a little bit sticky, but not so sticky that it’s sticking to your hands in clumps.
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Roll your dough into 10 equal sized balls then either flatten with a fork or your hands and place on your lined baking tray, leaving enough room between them for them to spread. You may need more than one tray.
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Bake in the centre of the oven for 10-12 minutes. Leave to cool before serving.
Serve and enjoy!
Do you like the sound of these cookies? What do you think of the peanut butter pretzel combination? Â
Until next time,Â
SophieÂ
Sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing! Can’t wait to try.
Lindifique
Yes please! These cookies sound amazing and I simply love the sweet and salty combination! Thanks for sharing an early gift!
Oo these sound and look amazing! Cookies are my all time favourite snack and I love pretzels so this sounds perfect!! X
OMG these sound and look so delicious! I love peanut butter and cookies but I never really tried peanut butter cookies. I’ll definitely be giving this a try soon. Thanks for sharing!
This looks like a great recipe to add to the books! Can’t wait to try for my vegan friends.
My husband is very excited about these — I’m looking forward to making these!
Sounds delicious will have to try thanks for sharing
Omg I loveeee peanut butter! These cookies look and sound absolutely amazing, and not that hard to bake, so I’ll definitely be giving it a go during lockdown x
In five ingredients, these cookies sound crispy, crunchy, chewy, and delicious! I am forever making cookies that take two bowls and at least ten ingredients, so I cannot wait to try these.
Thanks for sharing!
These cookies look so yummy, I’ll definitely have to give them a try!
I’ve never had peanut butter cookies, but these look so good I might need to try them!
These cookies look very delicious. I would like to try them through screen.
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Oh my god Sophie these look amazing! I’m so excited to try and make these this weekend. I love that they only have 5 ingredients x
These look SO good. I’m a huge peanut butter fan so will definitely be giving these a go at some point 🙂
Kate | https://asimplesliceofkate.com/
These look and sound amazing, thanks for sharing! X
Yum!!! I haven’t heard of a pretzel cookie before – I am intrigued by this idea. Love that you were able to use these little pretzels in your cookie. Gives it a whole different vibe when it comes to texture. Pretty cool how it takes so little ingredients as well. Thanks for sharing this delish recipe!! Gotta give it a try 🙂
Nancy ✨ mdrnminimalists.com
Oh my, these are right up my street!! Deffo going to give them a go xx
Hayley || hayleyxmartin
Yessss to vegan food! I can’t eat a whole lot of food because of my crohn’s disease, so recipes like this are perfect. It looks absolutely delicious, I will try it out when I can!!
– Amy x
I was so excited thinking “I have peanut butter” to realise I have absolutely none of the other ingredients so won’t be able to make these tomorrow I will be saving this recipe to try them at a later date because they look delicious
Becky | Uptown Oracle | The Blogger Group
Sounds really yummy! Never thought of adding pretzels but you made it look amazing and so tasty.
It’s almost like you knew I was thinking about making cookies haha BUT Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies recipe, right I need this in my oven IMMEDIATELY.
peanut butter + pretzel = really what else could we want in this world. Oh 6g of protein! we love to see it!
I actually love making my own peanut butter – even if it does take a while for it to swirl in the food processor, definitely worth it! Homemade peanut butter + Nutella are top tier!
I love how there’s only 5 ingredients in these, definitely going to make these soon!
Sahara
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Your idea to infuse crunchy pretzels into your delicious peanut butter cookies is so brilliant. It’s such a lovely way to add addicting texture to the cookies!
A peanut butter pretzel combo sounds so good.. I haven’t had dinner yet so reading this recipe has made me crave cookies so much. They look great though, definitely one for me to try out in the future. Now I’ve moved into a bigger place I’m looking forward to doing some more baking in the kitchen! x
These cookies sound unreal. I’m not good at baking, so quick and simple recipes like this are ideal for me. I’m obsessed with peanut butter, so these cookies are a must!
These look and sound delicious! Thank you for sharing. I love peanut butter x