Mouth Healthy Recipe: Sugar-free Peanut Butter Cookies

These sugar-free cookies are perfect for a football tailgate!
These sugar-free cookies are a perfect party treat!

Ingredients
1 large egg
1 cup Splenda (or other artificial sweetener)
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 cup creamy natural peanut butter
1 tsp water

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use an electric mixer to beat the egg, Splenda, baking powder, and vanilla together for about a minute. Add peanut butter and water, and then mix until well combined. Use a heaping teaspoon of batter for each cookie, placing on a cookie sheet about 1” apart. Flatten each ball of dough with a fork. Bake for 15 minutes or until cookies feel firm and are slightly browned. This recipe makes about 2 dozen small cookies.

Nutritional values not provided
Recipe courtesy of Kalyn’s Kitchen

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Sandi Perez
Sandi Ernst Perez, Ph.D., joined Delta Dental of Arizona in 2006 and has a dual role as vice president of community benefit and executive director of the Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation. A champion for the mouth-body connection in health and wellness, she works to fulfill the Foundation's mission to improve the oral health of underserved and uninsured populations across the state by educating the public, increasing awareness and providing grants, leadership and technical assistance. Originally from Ohio, she has lived in Arizona since 1992 with her husband, two children (one still in braces) and four rescue dogs. That translates into 296 teeth to take care of! [Editor's Note: Sandi is no longer a current DDAZ employee.]