Peanut butter cookies with Nutella centers

Peanut butter, sugar and egg

My idea of any great peanut butter cookie is one without flour. There's something about flour and peanut butter together that doesn't sit well with me. Instead, I use three basic ingredients to make delicious peanut butter cookies.

My favorite addition to peanut butter cookies is some sort of chocolate. I often use Hershey's kisses, but I used Nutella for my last batch.

Peanut butter cookie ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar brown or white
• 1 egg
• Nutella

Peanut butter cookie preparation

Peanut butter cookies

Mix the peanut butter, sugar and egg in a bowl. Use a regular tablespoon to roll out golf ball sized peanut butter cookie balls. 

Use your fingers to create a hole in the center of the cookie, and place the peanut butter cookie balls on a greased baking sheet. Do not poke a hole all the way through the cookie though.

Going in the oven

Use a teaspoon or butter knife to add Nutella to the centers. Bake the cookies on 375* for eight to 10 minutes; more if you like your cookies crispy.

Heart healthy options

• PB2 or natural peanut butter
• Splenda, or whatever other sweetener you like
• Sugar free chocolate

***I have never made these cookies with Splenda, other sweeteners or PB2. It is an alternative.