Heart Shaped Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

For Munchkin’s homeschool Valentine’s party, I happily agreed to make the cookies.  Because it was a Valentine’s Day theme, I wanted to make sure I transformed the regular flourless peanut butter thumbprint cookies into something a little more special.

I mixed together 2 cups of sugar, 2 tsps baking powder, 2 cups of peanut butter, and 2 eggs until thoroughly combined.  I then took about a tablespoon of the dough and rolled it into a ball.  The dough ball was rolled in pink sugar crystals.  I then flattened the balls and shaped them into hearts.  I baked them for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees F.  Immediately upon removing them from the oven, I pressed the Dove chocolate hearts into the center of the heart cookie.  I allowed the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet, and then cooled them completely on a cookie rack.  This gave me 2 dozen cookies.

The kids loved these cookies as did the adults.  No one knew they were gluten free until I told them.  While they know that we’re gluten free, they didn’t think about the fact that I would be bringing gluten free baked goods to the party.