This post is part of the SPLENDA® 365 SWEET SWAPS™ Blogger Program by McNeil Nutritionals, LLC and The Motherhood, who sent me products and compensated me for my time. Opinions, experiences and photos shared here are my own, and I hope you enjoy them.
Last year, my Mom was diagnosed with diabetes. It was hard for her, especially because she has such a sweet tooth, but she’s cut out all sugar from her diet. Her health has drastically gotten better and over the summer, I decided that I wanted to cut sugar from my diet too. Once you start being aware of what you’re eating, you’d be surprised how much sugar is in everything you eat! After all, the average American consumes more than 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day. That’s more than TRIPLE the recommended amount for women and more than DOUBLE the recommended amount for men!
During this time of year, it can be hard not to indulge in all the sugar-laden treats that are all around us. It sometimes seems that during the month of December, it’s all about SUGAR! That’s why I decided to make the perfect treat that both my Mom and I can enjoy – and that my husband and kids loved too – that has less added sugar AND calories!
I’ve always been a fan of EASY recipes that don’t use too many ingredients and this recipe for Peanut Butter cookies is exactly that. Using only 4 ingredients, including the SPLENDA® Sugar Blend. SPLENDA® Sugar Blend is a mix of pure sugar and SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener. It provides functional properties for your baked goods –such as browning, volume, texture and moisture retention – but with only half the calories and carbohydrate of sugar!
- 1 Cup of Creamy Natural Peanut Butter
- ½ Cup of SPLENDA® Sugar Blend
- 1 Egg
- 1 Tablespoon of Vanilla
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix all ingredients together.
- Scoop mix onto baking pan {about the size of a walnut}.
- Dip a fork into the SPLENDA® Sugar Blend and make a criss-cross pattern on top of the cookie.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- Let cool and then enjoy!
Check out these guidelines for using SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated, SPLENDA® Sugar Blend or SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend instead of sugar in your own recipes!
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My Dad is diabetic and I use Splenda all the time to make him treats with! I like the taste of it! I love the Four Ingredient Peanut Butter cookies! These would be good for my Dad! Thanks for sharing.
I love peanut butter cookies. Thank you for the recipe
Love that you use splenda. I love making pb cookies they were my mom’s favorite 🙂
I love cookies like this that are so easy to make. They sound so yummy!
I LOVE peanut butter cookies! These look SO yummy! Glad they taste just as delicious using Spleda – what a great substitute!
OMG :0 this looks soooooooo good. I wanted to eat my computer screen. I have to try this recipe
These kind of cookies are my hubbys fave, yet my recipe calls for way more than 4 ingredients! I’ll have to try this one next time,. thanks!
I love peanut butter cookies! The less ingredients the better and I love that these are made with Splenda!!
Making these now! I just showed hubs- we have it all but the splenda- heading out now!!! Thank you! What a great treat!
i like that you added vamilla. I have made those but without the vanilla. I will have to add it next time.
Peanut butter cookies sound so good right now. The fact that they only require four ingredients is super convenient.
I am excited to try baking with Splenda. I am going to be doing my Holiday baking this weekend.
This is the perfect recipe to swap out the sugar. I love to bake with Splenda.
Splenda is the best. I can’t wait to try this quick and easy recipe.
I was just thinking tonight how much I would love to bake some peanut butter cookies! I’ve never tried to bake with Splenda, though.
We love peanut butter cookies at our house. This is such quick and simple recipe. Thank you for sharing.
I love peanut butter with a passion, that sold me instantly; I need some of these!
Only 4 ingredients?! I’m pretty sure I can handle that, or at least try to. I love peanut butter cookies, yum!
Yum, I am a peanut butter lover and these sound fantastic!
I have never used Splenda but these cookies look yummy, would love to try this recipe.
These cookies are exactly what I’ve been looking for – lower calorie and healthy – I love peanut butter cookies and haven’t made them in ages. I want to make these asap!
I bake a lot but have never used Splenda in my baking. These cookies look delicious!
I love simple recipes like these! We all love peanut butter cookies! I’ll have to try it with splenda next time.
Sounds delish! We love peanut butter in this home!
peanut butter cookies are so simple and yummy, but I would never use splenda, I still use regular cane sugar in mine, or honey in some other types of sweet baking.
Those cookies look good and you couldn’t ask for an easier recipe. My hubby and I both use Splenda and love peanut butter. We’ll give these a try. Thanks 🙂
I had no idea you could make cookies this simple. this sounds awesome.
Thanks for sharing the recipe! This looks so simple and I love that it is a lower calorie option! I will definitely be trying this out!
These cookies look both easy and delicious!
This sounds like an easy way to get my peanut butter fix. Also, it’s healthier too.