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Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Learn how to make the best vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies ever! These cookies are slightly crispy around the edges and soft and chewy inside. They need just eight ingredients, one bowl, and are so easy to make!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time16 minutes
Total Time31 minutes
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings: 22 2-inch cookies
Calories: 179kcal

Equipment

  • Bowls
  • Cookie sheet or baking tray

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add the wet ingredients-- sugar, oil, applesauce and pure vanilla extract-- to the bowl.
  • Use a spatula to mix until combined.
  • Stir in chocolate chips.
  • Scoop out mounds of cookie dough on a parchment-paper-lined or silpat-lined baking sheet.
  • Bake each batch of cookies in the oven for 16 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
  • Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Then, gently, using a spatula, transfer them to a wire rack where they will continue to cool and firm up.

Notes

  • These are drop cookies, so you just need an ice cream scoop of a spoon to drop them on the baking sheet. You can just mound them, or, for a nicer shape, you can roll them up into balls. They'll spread nicely while baking into perfect rounds.
  • These cookies are perfect with unbleached flour or with whole wheat pastry flour -- I make them with both -- and for some added complexity and even more flavor you can sub out a half a cup of the flour with almond flour.
  • I use avocado oil in these cookies, because it's a healthy fat and flavorless. But I've also made these with olive oil and with coconut oil. Olive oil is great, but coconut oil tends to add a stronger flavor I am not crazy about. You can also just use an equal quantity of vegan butter.
  • The applesauce subs for some of the fat you might have added to the recipe, and it gives the cookies even more flavor and tenderness.
  • Line the baking sheet with a silpat sheet or with parchment paper. This will ensure you can lift out the cookies easily after they bake.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 3IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg