No Bake Protein Cookies
No bake protein cookies cookies made with just eight simple ingredients and without any butter or white sugar! They're oil-free, vegan and gluten-free.
Servings: 17 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 scoop (21 grams) vanilla or chocolate protein powder
- ½ cup creamy natural peanut butter look for one that's thin/drippy
- ½ cup almond milk
- 1 mashed banana or 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Combine oats and protein powder in a medium sized mixing bowl. Stir until there's a nice dusting of protein powder over all the oats.
- Place almond milk, peanut butter, banana or maple syrup, cocoa powder and sea salt in a saucepan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring often until cocoa powder is completely dissolved and the sauce has thickened. Take the pan off the heat and stir in vanilla.
- Pour peanut butter chocolate mixture over oats/protein powder and mix until all pieces of the oatmeal are covered.
- Place batter in the fridge for 10 minutes to let the batter set up – this step is optional, but the cookies will be cool and much easier to shape if you do it.
- Drop chilled dough by spoonfuls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, using hands to work cookies into desired shape – I made these into little round cookies.
- At this point they're ready to enjoy or you can place them in the fridge if you're serving them later. Store any leftover cookies in the refrigerator for 1 week or in the freezer for longer storage.
Notes
- Peanut butter – You can also use almond butter or any other nut/seed butter in place of the peanut butter.
- Non-dairy milk – I like using unsweetened vanilla almond milk but any dairy-free milk works!
- Mashed banana – I love using a mashed banana instead of sugar for this recipe, but if you don't love the flavor of banana you can use maple syrup instead.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 96kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 94mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g