Adorned with a decorative topping made from peanut butter and cream cheese, these pretty cookies have surprisingly few ingredients, yet are absolutely delectable and sugar-free.
Peanut Butter Cookie Logs
Serves: 40 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup no-sugar-added smooth peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar substitute*
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Peanut Butter–Cream Cheese Topping (recipe follows)
- Garnish: chopped, salted, roasted peanuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat together peanut butter, egg, sugar substitute, baking soda, vanilla extract, and salt with a mixer until smooth and dough holds its shape, 2 to 3 minutes. (Dough will be thick.)
- Transfer dough to a large cloth pastry bag fitted with a 1⁄2-inch round piping tip (Wilton #1A or Ateco #806). Pipe dough (squeezing bag with force for dough to come out) into approximately 40 (1 1⁄4×1⁄2-inch) dough logs onto prepared baking sheet. Using fingers, gently press down on dough logs until they are 3⁄4-inch wide. Freeze for 10 minutes.
- Bake until cookies are set, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Place Peanut Butter–Cream Cheese Topping in a piping bag fitted with an open-star tip (Wilton #21). Pipe topping in swirls onto cooled cookies. Garnish with peanuts, if desired. Serve within 2 hours.
Notes
*We used Swerve Granular sugar replacement.
Make-Ahead Tip: Cookies can be baked a few weeks in advance, cooled completely, placed in an airtight container, and frozen. Let thaw at room temperature before piping with topping.
Make-Ahead Tip: Cookies can be baked a few weeks in advance, cooled completely, placed in an airtight container, and frozen. Let thaw at room temperature before piping with topping.
Peanut Butter–Cream Cheese Topping
Serves: approximately ¾ cup
Ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup no-sugar-added smooth peanut butter
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar substitute*
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, beat together peanut butter, cream cheese, and sugar substitute with a mixer at medium-high speed until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.
Notes
*We used Swerve Granular sugar replacement.
