These Gluten-Free Garam Masala Peanut Butter Cookies are made with RawSpiceBar spices!
Spices have a lot to offer, even beyond the flavor, they add to dishes. Adding spices to your food is just one way you can start living a healthier life and increase your daily antioxidant intake. Most people don’t realize the antioxidant power within spices such as turmeric, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, but they can help protect cells from damaging free radicals and oxidation in the body, which causes age-related skin wrinkles and chronic illness.
Turmeric has been heavily researched for its ability to prevent diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and arthritis. Want to start using more turmeric? Try this recipe. Ginger, one of my favorite spices, is helpful in relieving gastrointestinal issues and also protecting cells from oxidative damage. You can incorporate more ginger in your life with this smoothie or these overnight oats. Ready to switch out that salt shaker for spices and do your body, and taste buds, some good?
My first RawSpiceBar bundle arrived in February and came with three Punjabi-inspired spice blends, all uniquely created by Chef Vishwa Mohan, an Indian born, seasoned chef who incorporates Indian spices into North American dishes. Inspired by Chef Mohan’s ways, I wanted to take a very familiar recipe and infuse one of these special spice blends.
This simple gluten-free peanut butter cookie got an Indian spice makeover and they taste realllll good. A soft and chewy cookie with a hint of garam masala spice…oh yes, life is nice with a touch of spice! Of course, I realize that you may not have access to this specific garam masala blend from RawSpiceBar, but garam masala is readily available in supermarkets and will work just dandy in this recipe.
Ingredients
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup 100% pure maple syrup
1 large ripe banana, mashed
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 3/4 cup quick oats
1 teaspoon Garam Masala
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
I’ve already gifted a RawSpiceBar subscription to a special someone (#HiMom) and think a monthly spice subscription is perfect for newlyweds, college students, and anyone who enjoys cooking! As I write this, I’m anxiously waiting for this month’s spice packet to arrive and will be sure to share the delicious results with you guys!
Now for the best part…you can win 2-months of RawSpiceBar blends! To enter, choose one of the following ways to enter. Do all three entry options and you’ll get three entries!
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CONTEST IS CLOSED.
1. Leave a comment below letting me know what spice you enjoy cooking with the most.
2. Follow @karmanmeyer on Instagram and tag a friend in the photo of the Garam Masala Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies.
3. Follow @KarmanRD on Twitter and tweet “Spice things up & enter to win a monthly @rawspicebar subscription from @KarmanRD by entering here: http://wp.me/pY1if-12t”
Contest closes Saturday, March 14th at noon CST. Once the winner is chosen, I’ll reach out to the winner and post the name here on the blog. If that person does not respond within 24 hours, I’ll choose another individual.
Disclosure: I received a 2-month subscription from RawSpiceBar to review their service. Opinions are my own. I was not compensated for my time or for writing this post.