5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Granola Cookies
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Published Apr 03, 2019, Updated Jun 08, 2023
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Cookies with peanut butter and granola? Yes, please. These peanut butter granola cookies are super easy to whip up and require only 5 ingredients! Vegan + gluten-free.
I originally shared this recipe on Instagram and you guys absolutely loved it! So I figured why not share on the blog too?! If you’re anything like me, you have a million Instagram posts bookmarked but they aren’t the most organized. I can never remember where I saved certain recipes that I find in magazines or take screenshots of BUT when I find things on blogs, I can keep them organized. So I hope, by adding this recipe to my blog I’m helping you out too. 🙂
Can You Make Cookies Out of Granola?
Yes! I ground half of the granola in this recipe into a flour and then left the other half in it’s original state to add some amazing crunch.
5 Ingredients You Need for Peanut Butter Granola Cookies
- Granola – Feel free to experiment with flavors to adjust the flavor of these cookies! I used a summer berry granola and it was the perfect compliment to the peanut butter but I think a vanilla almond or cinnamon walnut would be incredible too!
- Peanut butter – Peanut butter and chocolate is one of my favorite flavor combinations. You can totally swap out peanut butter for a different nut or seed butter if you want to switch up the flavors!
- Flax egg – To make this a vegan cookie, I used flax eggs instead of a traditional egg. Making flax eggs is super simple – you just mix 1 Tablespoon ground flax seed with 3 Tablespoons water!
- Dark chocolate chips – Like I said, PB + chocolate = love. Any dark chocolate chip brand will work but I love the Enjoy Life brand.
- Coconut oil – Mix the coconut oil with the chocolate chips to keep the chocolate from drying out as you drizzle it!
These cookies could not be easier to make. They take 10 minutes to throw together and 12 minutes to bake. 22 minutes for a healthy, sweet treat?! Yes please!
Start by grinding half of the granola in a food processor until finely ground. Make your flax egg in a small bowl. In a medium sized bowl, add the ground granola, flax egg and peanut butter. Stir until well combined. Add in the unground granola and stir well. Scoop tablespoon sized balls of dough on to a baking sheet and flatten slightly with a fork. After cooking for 12-15 minutes at 350°F, drizzle with the melted chocolate and enjoy!
If you make these 5-ingredient peanut butter granola cookies, please be sure to leave a comment and star rating below letting me know how it turns out. Your feedback is so helpful for the EBF team and other EBF readers.
5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Granola Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups granola, divided in half (I used Nature’s Path Organic Summer Berries granola)
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 flax egg, 1 Tablespoon ground flaxseed+ 3 Tablespoons water
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Make flaxseed egg. Add 1 cup of granola into your food processor and pulse until finely ground; transfer to a medium bowl.
- Add the peanut butter and flaxseed egg to the bowl. Stir the mixture until smooth. Add the remaining granola and stir until combined.
- Scoop tablespoon sized balls of dough and arrange them on the prepared baking sheet. Flatten the balls with the tines of a fork.
- Bake about 12-15 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned around the edges. Let the cookies cool completely on cookie sheet, melt chocolate with coconut oil and drizzle it over the cookies. Place in fridge or freezer to let chocolate set and enjoy. Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi Brittany,
These look delicious! I have been following your blog for awhile now and just LOVe your recipes and your site. I would love to try these. Can we buy Love Grown granola locally or is it only available online? I will be making the your Magic Cookie bar recipe soon too!!!
Thanks,
Heather 🙂
I love simplicity, it’s amazing how wonderfully these turned out and while only using 3 ingredients. Amazing
Can I use a regular egg?
Yes! I think a regular egg should work just fine.
I’m looking forward to trying these out. I love that there’s no added sugar. I may even try them pre-run instead of my usual packaged “fuel”
👍
Lacked flavor (used dark chocolate coconut granola) and were very dry and crumbly. May have been the natural PB? Better recipe: 1 c regular PB, 1 egg, 1 c sugar. Bake 350* for 10 min, let cool 4 min on pan before removing. Perfect crowd pleaser every time!
Oh no! I’m so sorry they didn’t turn out well for you, Traci. Thanks for letting me know. Perhaps it was the type of granola you used that made the cookies dry.
I’m going to try leaving a question in the comments and see how it goes.
In your recipes that call for making flax egg what is the ratio if I want to use chicken eggs? Does the recipe on these peanut butter granola cookies flax egg equal one bird egg?
My apology if this site is strictly anti egg eating.
Hi Kate! Yes! I think one regular egg should work just fine. Let me know how they turn out for you.
Hey Brittany. These look delicious! How many calories is in one cookie?
I just added the nutritional info, sorry about that! One cookie has about 132 calories.