Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Peanut Butter Sandwiches

With sweet peanut butter cookies and a rich peanut butter filling, these Vegan Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies are the ultimate plant-based finger-food dessert. Plant-based, gluten-free, and oil-free.

Author:

Elizabeth | At Elizabeth's Table

Serves:

15

Prep:

30

minutes

Cook:

12

minutes

TOtal:

42

minutes

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Cookies

  • 1/2 Cup Natural Peanut Butter
  • 1/2 Cup Date Sugar *see notes for substitutes
  • ¼ Cup Maple Syrup
  • ¼ Cup Unsweetened Applesauce
  • 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Tablespoon Ground Flaxseeds
  • 1 1/2 Cups Oat Flour
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 Cup Mini Vegan Chocolate Chips

Peanut Butter Filling

  • 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Date Sugar *see notes for substitutes

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the applesauce, cashew butter, date sugar, and vanilla extract.
  3. Add the flaxseeds, oat flour, baking soda, and salt and mix until combined.
  4. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  5. Scoop into 2-teaspoon sized balls (I used a #70 cookie scoop) and arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Use your hand to flatten to a 2" diameter - you want them to be as flat as possible for the sandwiches.
  6. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until the cookies are slightly brown around the edges and solid enough to pick up - a crisp cookie is ideal for sandwiches. Let the cookies cool completely.
  7. While the cookies cool, make the peanut butter filling. In a small bowl whisk the peanut butter and sugar.
  8. When the cookies are completely cool, spread 2 teaspoons of the peanut butter filling on the bottom of half of the cookies and create sandwiches.