Type 2 Diabetes and Peanut Butter Cookies + Recipe!
The last two years have been an adventure in learning, letting go and enjoying real food. When Nove was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, I was stunned. I really didn’t know what to do first, but I knew enough about foods to know that my being lazy wasn’t going to help her anymore.
So, with a lot of help from family and online communities, I’ve learned how to cook all over again and what to cook that will help all of us avoid needless sugars.
Did you know that flours and starches break down in our bodies to sugar? So, while you think – “oh, I cut out sodas, I must be doing great!” you are probably missing the bun on your hamburger. And before you get excited and think that the tortilla on your Taco Bell is safer than the bun, you are wrong.
That’s what I mean by my not being lazy anymore. I can’t get away with grabbing foods that are already prepared, unless I want my kid to be on insulin shots and even more medications than she already is. However, if I plan and bake the right foods, her diabetes can be pretty much be controlled through her food intake and yet, she won’t miss the foods she’s used to.
I’m writing a little book about what to do to avoid flours and wheat. I’ll have it for sale here on the site soon.
But, until then, I wanted to share one of our favorite new recipes that goes to show how much you actually still can have yummy foods while cutting out sugars and the ingredients that can send your blood sugars sky high.
The first peanut butter cookie recipe that we tried was just……. okay. It called for way too much sugar and it didn’t hold together well. The cookies came out as crumbs. But, this recipe has been a staple for several weeks now and Nove even took them to school to share as a treat for her class mates.
You will find this recipe along with over 30 others when the book is released by the end of September. If you want to know about it when it’s ready, join the list by adding your name and email address on the side bar of this page.
Nove’s Type 2 Peanut Butter Cookies
Serves: about 2 1/2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar (we use a sugar substitute like swerve)
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar (we used a mix of 1 tsp and 1/4 c. of sugar sub.)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
About 30 mini Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped – optional (we left this out since we didn’t have any at the time and since we avoid candy anyway)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Stir together the sugars and the baking soda with a fork.
- Stir peanut butter into sugar mixture with electric mixer until creamy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla until completely combined.
- Using a tablespoon of dough form into balls.
- Place on cookie sheet. I used parchment paper lined cookie sheets.
- Flatten to about 1/2 inch thick. I used a large serving spoon sprayed with butter to keep the dough from sticking to the spoon in a rocking motion.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
Cookies should be soft set and golden. Cool on pan for 1 minute. Top warm cookie with a peanut butter cup. Tap gently to make sure the chocolate melts into the cookie. Cool five minutes more on pan before removing to wire rack.
crystal touchton
09/07/2014 @ 8:03 AM
These cookies sound really good. Have you tried black bean brownies?…so good!
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Mel Day
09/06/2014 @ 7:22 AM
It must be so hard to re-engineer you’re taste buds, shopping and cooking techniques to accommodate special food issues with kids. Yore doing great to make changes. As I sit here reading, with a block of chocolate!, I’m aware I really need to kick sugar. Hmm … cookies …
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Alexandria Gunn
09/06/2014 @ 2:44 AM
These look delicious. I don’t eat that many cookies or sweets (or anything similar) and I’ve cut down on bread considerably over the last couple of years because it just makes me bloated. I’m not sure it’s the sugar that’s causing my problem but the wheat.
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Mommy Mafia
09/05/2014 @ 5:34 PM
Thank you for this, my father has diabetes and I would love to share this with him!
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MryJhnsn (@mryjhnsn)
09/05/2014 @ 3:42 PM
I use and love this recipe minus the sugar substitutes but will have to try this! Thanks!
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traditionallymodernfood
09/05/2014 @ 3:15 PM
Without flour.. Sounds interesting will try soon
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Victoria Virgo
09/05/2014 @ 2:20 PM
Wow – these look tasty. You have proven how uneducated we are about diabetes and where sugar lurks.
Thanks for sharing – I’ll take two cookies please 🙂
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shifa
09/05/2014 @ 1:59 PM
thnx for sharing such a yummy recipe!
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tara pittman
09/05/2014 @ 12:03 PM
Most people think with diabetics just cut out sugar but it is more about carbs too. I am glad there is a cookie recipe that you daughter can have.
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Amy Bovaird
09/05/2014 @ 11:53 AM
This recipe sounds pretty good. My brother has type 2 diabetes and craves sweets. He’s very picky and doesn’t like substitutes of sugar-free things. He’s having difficulty accepting it. I’m the cook so I try to do what I can. Can you and I will try this recipe. Very useful post!
Amy
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Scott
09/05/2014 @ 11:48 AM
You still need some sugars for your body to operate, but most people get way too much in their diet everyday.
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Joan Harrington
09/05/2014 @ 11:23 AM
Awesome post! Thanks for sharing your recipe on type 2 diabetes and peanut butter cookies 🙂 Shared
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