Vegan chocolate chip cookies recipe
These delicious vegan chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy and studded with a bazillion, gooey chocolate chips.
Servings: 20 3 ½-inch cookies
Calories: 175kcal
Equipment
- Bowls
- Cookie sheet or baking tray
Ingredients
- 2½ cups unbleached all purpose flour
- ¼ cup blanched almond flour (optional. Substitute with an additional ¼ cup of all purpose flour)
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ¾ cup applesauce
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1¼ cup vegan semisweet chocolate chips (divided)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C. 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 1 cup of chocolate chips.
- Scoop out mounds of cookie dough on a parchment-paper-lined or silpat-lined baking sheet. Add more chocolate chips on the cookie tops, pressing them in lightly. Bake each batch of cookies in the oven for 15 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
How to vegan store chocolate chip cookies
Baked cookies: Store the cookies in an airtight jar at room temperature for up to a week. You can store the cookies in the fridge for up to a month, and freeze them for up to six months. Thaw before eating.
Cookie dough: The cookie dough can be refrigerated for up to four days and baked cookies can be stored in the fridge for up to four weeks.
The cookie dough can also be frozen for up to two months. Thaw completely before baking cookies.
The cookie dough can also be frozen for up to two months. Thaw completely before baking cookies.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 vegan chocolate chip cookie | Calories: 175kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2.47g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 1.3g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 3IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg