Flourless Peanut Butter Thumbprints

Name: Flourless Peanut Butter Thumbprints
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 8 dozen
Ingredients: 2 cups peanut butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup Nutella; Coarse sea salt

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling YIELD: about 8 dozen

I had been searching for a dessert to make for my brother's girlfriend (who is gluten intolerant), and I came across a naturally gluten-free dessert—a flourless peanut butter cookie. After tweaking the recipe a bit and adding Nutella and a sprinkling of sea salt, I finally found the perfect cookie for her. —Dana Hinck, Pensacola, Florida

Ingredients

2 cups peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup Nutella
Coarse sea salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Cream peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets.
2. 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.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 66 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 4mg cholesterol, 26mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

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