These vegan chocolate chip cookies are gooey, chewy and delicious. The same, if not better than a classic chocolate chip cookie.
Many of you guys are vegan or don’t eat eggs, and I like sharing my favourite recipes, modified for dietary preferences [1] so that you can enjoy them too. I only post recipes that I really like, and this one is for the books. It’s a great alternative to my regular chocolate chip cookies recipe [2], minus the egg and butter.
I make this recipe quite often in different shapes or forms because it’s so easy to whip up. Before beginning, here are some tips to help you get perfect cookies each time.
This vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for both, granulated and brown sugar. I love brown sugar, it adds a nice caramel flavour, and keeps these cookies soft and moist. The granulated sugar keeps the edges crisp and helps these vegan chocolate chip cookies spread just slightly.
When I was developing this recipe, I instantly thought of using coconut oil because the texture is closest to butter. I wasn’t able to find vegan butter. I’ve used both, refined and unrefined coconut oil for this recipe: refined coconut oil doesn’t have the coconut flavour. If you’re not vegan, you can use regular butter. I’ve also tried olive oil before, but there is a slight difference in flavour. For best results, follow the recipe as written.
Most cookie recipes call for 1 egg. I replaced the egg with non-dairy milk. It does give you a slightly less puffy cookie, but it worked just fine. Try to use a non-dairy milk that doesn’t have too much added flavour, such as almond or soy.
This is a crucial step to ensure that your cookies won’t spread too much while baking. It allows the dough to come together and for the dry ingredients to absorb the fat better. Please be sure to do this! You can get away with skipping this step is if you make one giant cookie (meaning a deep dish cookie), where you just bake all of the batter in 22 cm (9 inch dish). You’ll need to bake it for around 25 min.
The baking time for this vegan chocolate chip cookies recipe depends on a few things.
I bake these in 1-1/2 tbsp sized mounds of dough. This means that I usually bake the cookies for 9-10 minutes because I like them quite soft, gooey and chewy. They do firm up as they cool. Note that each extra minute in the oven will make them firmer and crispier.
If you make larger cookies (say 3-4 tbsp), you’ll need to bake these for a longer period of time. Say more like 12 minutes.
Enjoy this chocolate chip cookie (vegan) recipe!
Looking for more vegan recipes? I’ve got you covered:
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[1] modified for dietary preferences: https://www.hotchocolatehits.com/category/recipes/eggless/
[2] chocolate chip cookies recipe: https://www.hotchocolatehits.com/2015/05/salted-chocolate-chip-cookies.html/
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