#CookieWeek continues with these super peanut-buttery (because they are made without flour), tender, slightly crumbly thumbprint cookies. And why fill the little thumbprint with jam when you can fill it with… MARSHMALLOWS?! Your kids and the kid inside of you will absolutely love these {flourless} Fluffernutter Thumbprint Cookies!
Welcome back to #CookieWeek! Susan of The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen and Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic have joined together this week with 23 of their blog friends to present to you a week of cookie treats! We have every type of cookie you can think of listed this week, including something for our furry friends! Now is the time to bookmark these recipes for the upcoming holidays and cookie swaps or simply visit our Pinterest board! Make sure you enter the giveaway with some fabulous prizes from KitchenAid, King Arthur Flour, OXO, Silpat and Zulka Pure Cane Sugar to help with your cookie making needs!
Have you ever had a Fluffernutter sandwich? Gonna be honest, I’m not sure that I have. Hmm, maybe once my mom gave me one as a treat, but I was always a ham or turkey sandwich kind of girl. I’ve mentioned my food ruts before. The ham sandwich on a potato roll rut. Yeah, that lasted from about sixth to twelfth grade. A ham sandwich with an apple sauce cup and a Jell-O or pudding cup. Maybe I’d buy an occasional Fudge Round or Rice Krispie treat as a snack, or a bagel for lunch in high school. But I don’t think even a peanut butter & jelly ever really made a lunch bag appearance. Then when I started to bring lunch to work, it was all turkey all the time, till I moved on to pita and hummus.
But I don’t need to be a regular consumer of Fluffernutters to know that MARSHMALLOW + PEANUT BUTTER = AWESOME. I mean, I’m an engineer. That’s just simple math.
And then throw flourless peanut butter cookies into the mix – perfect because the peanut butter flavor is so much more pronounces without any dang flour getting in the way. Who needs that? Especially when you have a wheat allergy and don’t feel like dealing with rice flour and potato starch and millet flour and tapioca starch. Just make cookies that don’t have any flour at all.
Then just like the classic thumbprints, when they are nearly done baking, just make a little indentation with your thumb and instead of boring old jam, well, you got it… marshmallows! Yay!
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And check out all of today’s #CookieWeek recipes at the bottom of this post!
I’ve been asking cookie questions all week, so let’s change it up. What was your favorite sandwich to find in your lunchbox?
{flourless} Fluffernutter Thumbprint Cookies for #CookieWeek
Flourless peanut butter cookies with a thumbprint filled with marshmallows to remind you of a childhood favorite - the fluffernutter sandwich!
Ingredients
- 1/2 c sugar
- 1/2 c dark brown sugar
- 1 t baking soda
- 1 c natural peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1 t vanilla
- About 60 mini marshmallows (three per cookie)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Using a fork, mix together the sugar, brown sugar, and baking soda in a bowl.
- With a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat in the peanut butter until cream.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
- Form balls using about 1 tablespoon of dough, place on the cookie sheet and flatten slightly with you hand.
- Bake for 8 minutes, remove from oven, and make an indentation in each cookie with your thumb.
- Place three marshmallows in the indentation on each cookie and return to the oven for 2-3 minutes, or until lightly browned and set.
- Cool on the baking sheet for several minutes before transferring to a rack to cool completely.
Enjoy!
How about some more {flourless} treats inspired by other treats?
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Also make sure you check out all of today’s amazing #CookieWeek recipes!
- Bacon & Parsley Puppy Treats by Omeletta
- Cinnamon Chip Snickerdoodles by In The Kitchen With KP
- Coconut Chai Chocolate Chip Cookies by Beyond Frosting
- Flourless Fluffernutter Thumbprint Cookies from Cupcakes & Kale Chips
- Ginger Cookies by Total Noms
- Homemade Funfetti Cookies by i heart eating
- Linzer Cookies from Jen’s Favorite Cookies
- Peanut Butter Hazelnut Cookies by Love and Confections
- Peanut Butter Pinwheels by Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker
- Peppermint Meringue Pillow Cookies by It’s Yummi!
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Biscotti from Chocolate Moosey
- Oatmeal Rum Raisin Cookies by The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
- Samoa Macaroons by 52 Kitchen Adventures
- Sandwich Cookies by Texana’s Kitchen
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What a perfect transportation device for the peanut butter, Brianne! It’s always about the peanut butter 🙂
I agree, Becca!
Anything PB & Marshmallow is amazing. I remember when I had my first fluffernutter sandwich many years ago. My great-aunt made one for me when we visited her in New Hampshire on vacation. Anytime I think about them it brings a smile to my face. Thanks for the memory!
Food does conjure such memories!
Yum!
My favorite sandwich was always salami + mustard.
Hmm, salami & mustard. Not a combo I’ve had 🙂
What an awesome flourlless Christmas cookie! I love the mini marshmallows.
Thanks, I thought they were cute.
I love the mini marshmallows in the middle. that is such a good idea!
Thanks! I thought they were fun!
OOOOOHHHHH yes! These are one of my fave recipes from your site! They look fab!
Thanks! They were fun!
This is the BEST IDEA EVER. Pinned!
Thanks Dorothy! You ladies amaze me with all of your dessert ideas, but every once in awhile inspiration strikes me.
Love flourless pb or almond butter cookies. I always melt homemade marshmallows on top of mine. In fact I had one last night! So yummy!
It is a perfect combo.
The recipe is so great because I just love marshmallows and being Gluten Free makes me feel so much better!
These turned out soooo good! I wasn’t very sure of the marshmallow and pB but they turned out great!
Oh yay, thanks!
Thanks! Marshmallows and peanut butter are always good, especially when flourless!
Had me at fluffernutter Brianne 🙂 Love that these are flourless too! Pinned!
Marshmallows and peanut butter are never a bad thing.
I have never had a fluffernutter and as close as I’ve gotten is PB RTK’s, but these, yeah these I think these need to break that streak. I love everything about it all!
Haha, thanks so much Susan!
Peanut Butter and Fluff BELONG TOGETHER.
These cookies look awesome.
Pinning!
Absolutely! Thanks!
is it supposed to be baking soda or baking powder?
Sorry about that – the baking soda is correct! Thanks!