Perfect Soft Baked Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

These soft-baked chocolate chip cookies are vegan, simple to make, and made with wholesome ingredients. Fill your cookie jar with these delicious vegan cookies all year round. Both vegans and meat eaters alike will fall in love with these classic soft-baked cookies. 

Do Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies Taste Good?

Yes, they absolutely taste amazing. While they have no white flour, they still cook up nice and chewy and soft, the perfect texture for the best chocolate chip cookies. The best way to enjoy these cookies is straight out of the oven and warm! About 10 minutes after baking in the oven, grab yourself a freshly baked cookie and dig in without any guilt!

What Makes These Cookies Vegan?

These vegan chocolate chip cookies are made with dairy-free ingredients. You will only find high-quality plant-based ingredients such as vegan butter, vegan chocolate chips, and flax egg instead of real eggs. And, the good news is that they still taste amazing. Once you try these, you might just ditch your traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe. 

Why You Will Love These Cookies

They are a healthy sweet treat. These are so good that you won’t mind keeping them on hand in the house. Let them tempt you because they are really healthy. You won’t find any processed ingredients like white al- purpose flour or brown sugar in this vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe. 

They are easy to make with simple ingredients. You might just have all of the ingredients sitting in your pantry, they are that simple. They are only made with 10 ingredients which makes it an easy recipe to whip together.

They taste as good as a traditional chocolate chip cookie. There’s nothing better than enjoying cookies and not having to worry about what they are doing to your waistline.

They are kid-friendly and mom-approved. You won’t feel guilty if you or your children go in for seconds. These cookies have no junk. and only real ingredients that you can actually pronounce.

They are easy to make for meal prep. These cookies store great in the freezer which is why I personally always have them on hand. 

They are made in one bowl. How easy is that? Simple and quick cookies and a speedy cleanup is a win-win in my book! Trust me when I say this is one of those vegan recipes that you’ll want to print out and have on hand for whenever that cookie craving hits! 

They are not boring. Who said vegan baking had to be boring? These delicious cookies will prove anyone wrong. Enjoy life and eat vegan cookies. LOL.

The Ingredient List

Vegan butter: I am thrilled that there is a nice replacement for real, dairy butter. Fortunately, vegan butter cooks up these soft cookies perfectly. You will want to make sure you are working with soft butter.

Coconut sugar: This sugar variety is a great replacement for white, nutrient-stripped cane sugar. And, the best part is that you cannot taste a coconut flavor for those of you that aren’t a fan.

Maple syrup: You will only need a little bit of this natural sweetener. I have always been a big fan of using this more wholesome sweetener instead of processed sugar varieties. 

Flax egg: Use filtered water and ground flaxseed to create a great egg replacement that is plant-based. Who knew that a seed could act as an egg in baking? All I know is I am thankful for this mixture as a vegan.

Vanilla extract: It really does make a big difference using fake imitation versions. Make sure to find yourself real and pure vanilla extract or better yet, make your own.

Oat flour: This is a wonderful unprocessed flour to use for all of your baking needs. It’s a great replacement for nutrient-stripped white flour that is not healthy by any stretch of the imagination. 

Baking powder, baking soda, and salt: These are pretty standard cookie ingredients and they all work together to help the cookies rise, provide a great texture, and finish off the cookies by balancing all of the flavors.

Dark chocolate bar: While dark chocolate chips can work too, I highly recommend using a chocolate bar instead. There’s just something beautiful and more tasty about cookies with actual chocolate chunks instead of chocolate chips.

The Instructions

*Note: These cookies are best after the dough has chilled in the fridge for 24 hours.

Step one: Make the flax egg by mixing the filtered water with one tablespoon of ground flax egg. Gently mix the two ingredients together with a fork in a small bowl and set it aside to thicken.

Step two: Add the room-temperature soft butter and coconut sugar to a large mixing bowl. Use an electric mixture to beat the ingredients until they are nice and creamy.

Step three: Next, add the maple syrup, flax egg, and vanilla extract. Mix together for about 20 seconds.

Step four: Now it is time to add the dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients. Add the oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix everything together until a thick cookie dough forms.

Step five: Chop up your chocolate bar and add that to the cookie dough mixture. Use a spatula to gently fold in the chocolate pieces until they are evenly incorporated into the dough.

Step six: This is the hardest part. Cover the large bowl with plastic wrap and place the dough in the fridge for 24 hours to chill. Don’t skip this step. It makes for the perfect chocolate chip cookie.

Step seven: You made it! Now, let’s bake these vegan cookies. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking tray with a silicone mat or parchment paper.

Step eight: Remove the chilled cookie dough from the fridge. Grab a cookie scoop and scoop out 11-13 evenly-sized cookies and place them on the cookie sheet. You will want to cook them in two batches so you have room to spread them apart on the cookie sheet. Do not flatten the cookies as they will spread while baking. Also, do not put two trays in the oven at the same time. Cook one half at a time on one cookie sheet.

Optional: Before placing the cookies in the oven, add a few extra chocolate chunks to the tops of the cookies. Promise me, the cookies will turn out beautiful if you do this. 

Step nine: Bake the cookies for roughly 12 minutes. *Baking time depends on your oven, location, etc. You may need to add another minute or cook a minute less. The cookies will look and feel underdone when you pull them out of the oven but don’t worry, once they cool, they will harden up a bit. 

Step ten: Remove the cookies from the oven, and carefully tap the tray a few times on the counter to finish off the texture of the cookie. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes and then transfer them to a cooling rack.

How to Store Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Place your completely cooled cookies into an air-tight container and either keep them on the counter for up to 3-4 days, in the fridge for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to a month. Note: these are very soft cookies (hence the name of this recipe.) 

Can You Freeze Vegan Cookie Dough?

Yes, it is easy to freeze vegan cookie dough. Make sure to follow these simple steps for the best outcome.

Step one: Use a cookie scoop to create cookie dough balls.  

Step two: Add them to a parchment paper lined plate with space in between each ball of dough. 

Step three: Free the raw cookie dough. Once the balls are totally frozen, transfer them to a ziplock bag or an airtight container and place them back into the freezer.

Note: Keep in mind that you will need to add another 2-3 minutes to the baking time if starting with frozen dough.

Is it safe to eat raw vegan cookie dough?

This may shock you. It is not recommended to eat raw vegan cookie dough and it is not why you think (raw egg). Did you know that eating raw flour could cause food poisoning such as E. coli and Salmonella? That’s because four has not been treated to kill harmful germs that cause these illnesses.

Tips + Modifications

Do not replace the oat flour with any other variety such as almond flour. They just won’t cook up well. 

I do not recommend using Earth Balance in a container. The butter does not bake as well as other block vegan butter brands.

Other Delicious Vegan Cookie Recipes You Will Love

These extra-chewy vegan cookies will be your new favorite fall treat. Seriously, what’s not to love? They are healthy, easy to make, and the ingredients are simple. If you are looking for a meal prep dessert this fall, these Chewy Vegan Almond Butter Cookies are just what you are looking for.

These Vegan Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, moist, and decadent all while being good for you! They are dairy-free, refined sugar-free, and easy to make. Your family won’t be able to have just one, they are that good. They are easy to freeze for later which make them a great meal-prep sweet treat. With simple ingredients, you will have the week’s healthy dessert ready in just 20 minutes.

A simple classic sugar cookie without the junk. No dairy, no oils, and no refined sugar. These Vegan Vanilla Sugar Cookies are perfect for kids. They are easy to make, healthier, and tasty. You can have a healthy holiday season without giving up sweets!

Enjoy!

XOXO

Michelle