Healthy Nutter Butter Recipe (gluten free + vegan) (2024)

Published: Jul 1, 2022 · Updated: Jul 1, 2022 by Jacqui Wormington · This post may contain affiliate links. · 2 Comments

Enjoy a healthy Nutter Butter Recipe! These peanut butter sandwich cookies are a gluten-free version of a beloved classic. They are made with just 12 ingredients and are entirely vegan.

💡 The recipe in a nutshell

• Vegan (eggless and dairy-free)
• Gluten free
• Made with just 12 healthy and wholesome ingredients
• Easy to make
• Homemade Nutter Butter copycat recipe

💭 Are Nutter Butters Vegan?

Nabisco's Nutter Butters are technically vegan, aside from some controversial ingredients such as palm oil and sugar.

The sugar used in store-bought nutter butters may have been processed through bonemeal in the United States. Additionally, many vegans find palm oil unethical, since it is a major reason ofthe deforestation of some of the world's most biodiverse forests. Palm oil farms are destroying the habitat of already endangered species like the Orangutan, pygmy elephant and Sumatran rhino.

To learn more about nutter butters and alternative brands read our Are Nutter Butters vegan? article. To learn more about why sugar is not always vegan in the US read our Is sugar vegan? article.

Are Nutter Butters a healthy snack?

Store-bought Nutter Butters are delicious, but far from healthy. They are packed with sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, oils, and many other fillers.

However, our easy copycat recipe makes gluten-free and vegan nutter butters from scratch. While using wholesome and better-for-you ingredients!

How do you make Nutter Butters at home?

Making nutter butters at home is very easy! All you need to do is prepare the cookie dough and form it into a log shape and press it down. Then pinch the middle of the pressed log, and score with a fork to create a hatch pattern. Bake and enjoy! Or spread with all-natural peanut butter to make cookie sandwiches.

📋 Ingredients

To make the gluten-free nutter butter cookie dough you will need:

• Plantain flour
• Almond meal, or almond flour
• Cassava flour
• Tapioca flour
• Organic cane sugar, or alternatively use coconut sugar or date sugar
• Baking powder
• Salt
• Maple Syrup
• Natural peanut butter
• Avocado oil, or other vegan oil of choice
• Vanilla extract, or fresh vanilla

Equipment

To prepare the cookies you need just a few kitchen supplies:

• Mixing bowl
• A scale, or cups to measure ingredients
• Ice cream scoop or tablespoon
• Baking sheet

👩🏽‍🍳 Variations: Nutter Butter Flavors

With these simple ideas, you can easily change your nutter butter flavors and make these again and again! A great idea is to dip the cooled and baked cookies in melted dark (or white) chocolate. After dipping sprinkle with sea salt or crushed pretzel pieces.

Sprinkle or cover them in caramel, or fudge, or serve with your favorite ice cream. They also make cute decorations on cakes, oatmeal, smoothies, or indulgent milkshakes.

If you are planning on making cookie sandwiches you vary the filling. Fill for example with a cream cheese frosting, whipped cream, or vegan chocolate spread instead of peanut butter.

If you don't have celiac disease and don't mind regular flour, you can also make these with regular flour. Simply swap all gluten-free flours and almond meal with 7.7 oz (220g) of all-purpose. Using whole wheat, or spelt flour works too.

🥣 Storage

Store without peanut butter or other fillings in an air-tight cookie tin at room temperature for up to 4 days. Store frosted peanut butter sandwiches in an air-tight container in the fridge.

❄️ How to freeze

Store plain cookies, or frosted cookie sandwiches, in a freezer-friendly bag or container. Squeeze all air out and label with the date of freezing and freeze for up to 3 months.

📖 Recipe

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