Make: 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

4/16/15 - By Anna Fader

If you like peanut butter and jelly, you'll love these super-easy-to-make, healthy, gluten-free and protein-packed cookies. All you need is three ingredients and about 20 minutes. I made this recipe up, and while these cookies aren't going to win anyone a place on Iron Chef, they make for a great after-school snack with a glass of milk. You could even eat them for breakfast. Why not?

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Ingredients:

1 cup of peanut butter (you can substitute another nut butter if you prefer)
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
Jam or jelly

1. Preheat oven to 350° and mix the maple syrup into the peanut butter.
2. Use a spoon to drop tablespoon-size dollops onto your baking sheet. Push your finger into the dough to make holes and fill with jam.
3. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until the edges start to brown. Allow the cookies to cool completely before serving or they'll be too crumbly.

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A fourth-generation Brooklynite, Anna started Mommy Poppins in 2007 to help families find the best things to do with kids in NYC, with a particular emphasis on sharing activities that are free, affordable, and enriching. The site, used by millions of families, has grown to become the ultimate resource for parents in the major US cities, plus travel guides for 100s of destinations.

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