Ct In Ut's Peanut Butter Cookies - Pantry Friendly & Healthy

Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup dried pinto bean, ground flour (or bean flour)
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar substitute
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed (break up any large clumps)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup peanut butter (chunky preferred)
• 3 tablespoons water (only add if too dry)
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 whisk flours together in order listed in medium mixing bowl.
• 2 add splenda & baking soda, whisk.
• 3 add light brown sugar, whisk & break up any large clumps.
• 4 add applesauce & vanilla, mix with spoon until all ingredients are wet.
• 5 add peanut butter & mix well with spoon.
• 6 add 1 tb of water at a time if your dough is "very" dry. this happens in arid climates & if your flours are older.
• 7 tear off 20" sheet of wax paper or plastic wrap. spoon dough into a 16" log (or two 8" logs) onto paper. pat dough gently with fingertips (coat fingertips with cooking spray if you want do it the easiest way) until dough is a nice round 16" long log. wrap log tight in paper & freeze for at least 6 hours or for 3+ days for later use.
• 8 preheat oven to 350°f coat two 12”x17” sheet pans with cooking spray.
• 9 slice the frozen dough log into 1/3” thick cookies, about 40 count. put on pans 1” apart because they will spread while cooking into a nice oval shape.
• 10 cook for 9min in convection oven or about 13min regular oven. cool 5min on pan, remove onto wax paper or cooling racks & cool 5min more. enjoy! store any remaining "completely cooled” cookies in zip top bag.
• 11 notes: i tried several different flour combos & here is what i found. can use only ap flour, or half wheat & half ap flour, but not all wheat because the wheat overpowered the peanut butter flavor. i wanted bean flour in there because of the added protein. do not change the bean flour ratio because it will give it a subtle bean flavor.
• 12 to fancy it up drizzle 1 cup of melted chocolate chips on the warm cookies for a more decadent look.