Best 8 Low Fat Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies Recipes

FLOURLESS PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets., Bake until edges are firm, 7-9 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Press an indentation in center of each cookie with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Fill each with 1/2 teaspoon Nutella; sprinkle with salt. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

LOW-FAT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg white; beat until blended. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Shape into an 8-in. roll; wrap in plastic. Freeze for 2 hours or until firm., Unwrap and cut into slices, just over 1/4 in. thick. Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray; press with a fork to make crisscross pattern. Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes for chewy cookies or 8-10 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool for 1-2 minutes before removing to wire racks; cool completely.

LOW-FAT PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• Stir cake mix (dry), peanut butter, water, margarine and egg in large bowl, using spoon, until blended. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until tops look dry and light golden brown. Immediately press back of 1/2 measuring teaspoon into each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet; cool cookies completely. Fill center of each cookie with about 2 teaspoons frosting.

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINT COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and move a rack to the middle of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
• Combine the peanut butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla extract and egg in a large bowl and stir until fully combined. Form 24 balls, 1-inch in diameter, and set evenly spaced apart on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until lightly browned and crisp on the edges, 15 minutes.
• Remove the cookies from the oven, and cool for 5 minutes. Use your thumb or the back of a spoon to press into the middle of each cookie to create an indent about 1/4-inch deep. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon of the chocolate-hazelnut spread into each cookie indent, refrigerate until the chocolate-hazelnut filling is no longer runny, 10 to 15 minutes.

REDUCED FAT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Both peanut butter and butter should be used at room temperature Heat oven to 350 F, Coat 2 large baking sheets with cooking spray.
• In medium size bowl, mix flour,baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl,beat peanut butter and butter until smooth for 2 minutes.
• Add sugar; beat 2 minutes.
• Beat in egg, milk and vanilla.
• On low, beat in flour mixture.
• For each cookie, roll about a tablespoon of dough into a ball.
• Place balls on sheets, 2 inches apart.
• With fork, flatten each ball in crosshatch pattern into 2 inch round, if desired.
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes.

PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat butter, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla together in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Scrape sides of bowl with a rubber spatula. Add egg to butter mixture and beat on medium speed until blended. Scrape side of bowl down again.
• Beat flour mixture into butter mixture on low speed until just blended. Scrape bowl and mix a few more seconds.
• Scoop dough into 2 tablespoon-sized balls and arrange on a baking sheet. Cover baking sheet and refrigerate at least 4 hours (overnight is ideal).
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper and arrange cookie balls atop paper.
• Bake cookies in the preheated oven until partially cooked, 11 minutes.
• Place raspberry jam in a bowl and stir until syrup consistency.
• Press a soda bottle cap into the center of each cookie until edges of cookies bulge and begin to crack, making an indentation. Fill each indentation with about 1 teaspoon jam.
• Bake cookies until edges are lightly browned, 7 minutes longer. Cool cookies completely on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack.

PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINT COOKIES II

Steps:

• For cookies, cream margarine with peanut butter. Mix in sugar, then beat in eggs and milk. Stir in baking soda, oats, and flour.
• To Make Filling: Combine raisins, water, and lemon juice. Heat until nearly boiling. Mix sugar with cornstarch; add enough (cold) water to make a paste. Stir into raisin mixture and heat until clear.
• Shape dough into walnut-sized balls. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Using your thumb, indent the center of each ball, making a fairly good-sized hollow spot. Fill with about a teaspoon of filling. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 10-12 minutes.

PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large mixer bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and peanut butter until well blended.
• Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• Stir together flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• Gradually add to peanut butter mixture.
• Shape dough into 1 inch balls; roll in chopped peanuts.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are just set.
• Press thumb gently in center of each cookie; cool slightly.
• Remove from cooking sheet and cool completely.
• Prepare thumbprint filling:.
• In small mixer bowl; beat cream cheese, corn syrup and vanilla until well blended.
• Add melted chocolate chips, beating well.
• Gradually add powdered sugar; beating until blended and smooth. (Makes about 1 1/3 cups of filling).
• Pipe about 1/2 teaspoon filling into each thumbprint.
• Note: On cooking time I just put 10 minutes because it depends on how many cookies you are able to put on each cookie sheet; how many cookie sheets you have; if you have a double oven, etc.