Homemade Nutterbutter Cookie (Gluten/Dairy Free)

Ingredients

For the cookie:

• 2 cups oat flour (gluten free all purpose or almond flour would work as well)
• 1 cup + 2 T peanut butter
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar
• 4 T coconut oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 T almond milk (You can add a bit more milk if the batter looks dry.)
• 1 egg

• For the filling:

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 T coconut oil

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Mix all the dry ingredients in a small bowl.
• In a microwabable bowl, combine the peanut butter, flax egg, coconut oil, vanilla and milk. and heat until melted. Combine well.
• Once the peanut butter mixture is cooled, add it to the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
• Form the dough into thin, long logs and place them onto a lined baking sheet.Use a fork to make the impressions on the cookies.
• Use your fingers to push the sides of each cookie in at the center to shape them like nutter butters.
• Bake them in the oven for about 15 minutes.
• While the cookies are baking, add all the filling ingredients to a blender.
• Mix until smooth.
• Frost the cookies and form sandwiches after the cookies have completely cooled.

These turned out great. You can use plain peanut butter to fill them or leave them unfilled. Elijah was happy just eating the plain cookies before I iced them but the filling is SUPER YUMMY!

My awesome helper!