Peanut Butter Cookie Monster!

I don't know about you but I am CRAZY for peanut butter. Give me peanut butter and I give you a happy girl. As much as I love it, I don't necessarily love the fact that I can only have 2 tbsp per serving and that little serving packs around a whopping 190 calories and 16g of total fat (only 2 saturated). So I am aware of the need to portion control... even though it can be so HARD! This evening I was in the mood for some peanut butter... and then a cookie sounded pretty darn good too... doom awaits?Ah hah, Peanut butter cookies! Start looking around my kitchen and here's what happened:

Isn't it beautiful? At only 60 cals, 4g of fat (1 sat), 4g of carbs, 5g of protein and 1g of fiber it sure looks beautiful to me. I will admit to making two batches trying to get it just right and combining the ideas that generated from each batch to make the final recipe. If I make anymore it just...won't be good. So.....

Here's what you'll need:

• 6 heaping tbsp of all natural peanut butter (or 3 heaping large spoonfuls)
• 1 scant cup of Stevia in the raw (stevia for baking)
• Generous 1/8 cup egg substitute
• 1 scant scoop of french vanilla creme Optimum Nutrition Whey

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. mix all the ingredients together
3. form into balls and place on a pre-sprayed baking sheet (makes 12)
4. take a fork and run it through a bit of whole wheat flour (1 tbsp for the whole batch)
5. press down to make the crisscross (it may stick a bit)
6. bake for 8 minutes or so
7. Cool and move to a cooling rack

That's it and it's that easy! Enjoy guilt FREE!