Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies

These soft and chewy cake like Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies are definitely a winner this season. Its gluten free, flourless and made with only 7 ingredients. It’s addicting and you cannot stop at one cookie for sure.

A stack of Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies in a white small bowl with more cookies and a glass of milk as the prop

Sweet potatoes have their own earthy sweet flavor and texture. It makes an awesome baby food. Well, I am dealing with a 1 year old so I still have baby food at the back of my mind. Whereas, peanut butter is a world wide favorite ingredient. Therefore, when I combined these two famous ingredients the outcome had to be simply awesome.

However, I have been working on these cookies for a while to get the right firmness in just few ingredients and minimum steps. My 7-year-old has been a great helper. She kept criticizing them at every step and finally stopped tasting until I got it absolutely right. Phew! It’s hard to impress these elementary kids.

A plate filled with sweet potato cookies

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies

Mashed Sweet Potato
Peanut Butter
Baking Powder
Salt
Maple Syrup
Banana
Crushed raw peanuts

Top view of the ingredients

I did not make any special trip to the grocery store because I often have all of them stocked up in my kitchen. I am sure the same must be true with you.

How to make these delicious Sweet Potato Cookies

One of the prepping steps is to boil the sweet potatoes and mash them. Then measure it to one cup.
Now, preheat oven at 350-degree Fahrenheit and prepare a cookie sheet with a well-greased parchment paper.
Then, in a mixing bowl I combined all the ingredients except (crushed peanuts).

Ingredients in a mixing bowl


Thereafter, I mixed them up with my hands. You may use spatula but with hands it mixes up really well. Now let it stand for 5 minutes or until it is sticky and somewhat dry.

Batter in the mixing bowl


Now, I tossed in crushed raw peanuts and mixed them nicely.

Crushed peanuts in the batter with a spatula


Afterwards, with the help of a cookie scoop I placed 12 cookies on the cookie sheet with equal spacing between each of them. I pressed the cookies gently with my fingers to smoothen the surface a bit.

Sweet Potato Cookies on the cookie sheet ready to be baked in the oven


Next, I placed the cookie sheet in the preheated oven and let it bake for 30 minutes.
Once done, turn off the oven and take out the cookie sheet. Let it cool down to room temperature before picking them. As the cookies cool down, they will easily leave the parchment paper without breaking and gets firm as well.

A close up view of Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies in the cookie sheet fresh out of the oven


Now, its time to enjoy this amazingly delicious dessert.

If you are sweet potato fan then you may like my other recipes….
Roasted Sweet Potato in Habanero Sauce
Sweet Potato Pomegranate Soup

If you are looking for more recipes with Peanut Butter then I got you covered too…..
Peanut Butter Apple Pancakes
Peanut Butter Amaranth Cookies
Quinoa Flakes Porridge

Expert Tips:

  • Greasing the parchment paper extremely well is important so that the cookies do not stick.
  • 1 large sweet potato makes up to 1 cup mashed sweet potato.
  • If you have leftover boiled sweet potato in the refrigerator it works well but bring it to the room temperature for a better result.
  • If using bottled peanut butter make sure to drain the top oil and use only the peanut butter. We do not want a runny batter.
  • You may use food processor to crush the peanuts. However, if you like crunchy texture of the cookies then just use mortar and pestle to crush the peanuts.

Frequently asked questions:

  • These cookies stay fresh for 2-3 days in an air tight container at the room temperature. However, if stored in the fridge it stays good for longer time. Just microwave it for 10 seconds to bring it to the room temperature.
  • These cookies are quite filling so serving size is 1 cookie per person.
  • These cookies can be made in Air Fryer as well which I have mentioned in the recipe card.

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A stack of Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies in a white small bowl with more cookies and a glass of milk as the prop
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Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies

These soft and chewy cake like Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies are definitely a winner this season. Its gluten free, flourless and made with only 7 ingredients. It’s addicting and you cannot stop at one cookie for sure.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, glutenfree, vegan
Keyword peanut butter cookies, sweet potato cookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 114kcal
Author Gunjan

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mashed sweet potato
  • 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 large banana (mashed)
  • 3/4 cup crushed raw peanuts

Instructions

  • Preheat oven at 350-degree Fahrenheit and
    prepare a cookie sheet with a greased parchment paper.
  • In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients
    (except crushed peanuts). Mix it with a spatula or hands until all the ingredients
    are well blended. Let it rest for 5 minutes or until it becomes sticky and
    slightly dried up.
  • Now, toss in crushed peanuts and roughly mix
    with a spatula.
  • Next, with the help of a cookie scoop place 12
    round cookies on the cookie sheet at equal distance.Then, gently with fingers smoothen the sides and the top of the cookies. (do not press them hard).
  • Place the cookie sheet in the oven and let it
    bake for 30 minutes.
  • Once done turn off the oven and let it cool down to room temperature. Once cooled these cookies will leave the parchment paper without breaking. As they cool they become firm as well.
  • Enjoy!!!!

Notes

  • For Air Fryer Version – Follow until step 3. Then grease the basket of the Air Fryer. Now with the cookie scoop place the cookies properly in the basket. Turn on the Air fryer at 300 degree and bake for 20 minutes. Then, let it cool down and scoop out the cookies gently. 
  • These cookies stays good for 2-3 days in an air tight container at room temperature and up to 5 days in the refrigerator. 
  • This recipe makes up to 12 cookies and the serving size is 1 cookie per person.
  • I have provided step wise images in the post above

Nutrition

Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 74mg | Potassium: 133mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg
A close up view of a tall stack of Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Cookies

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