Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Name: Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup nut butter of choice (I recommend chocolate hazelnut butter); ½ cup Bob’s Red Mill Paleo Baking Flour; ⅓ cup maple syrup; 1 flax egg (1 tablespoon flax + 3 tablespoons water); 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon sea salt; ¼ teaspoon baking powder; ½ cup cacao nibs; ½ cup dark chocolate chips, minimum 70% cacao; Shredded coconut and extra cacao nibs to top

June 15, 2021 by Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CN

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It may seem like vegans would have a difficult time enjoying baking classics without eating eggs, but thankfully, there are more and more sweets that are vegan-friendly, including my vegan chocolate chip cookies.

There’s no cookie more quintessentially American than the chocolate chip cookie, and really, there’s probably none that’s as delicious. That sweet dough studded with little chocolate morsels — it’s hard to resist.

You can dress them up with peanut butter, add in oatmeal or try another bunch of variations, but it’s the classic chocolate chip version that keeps us coming back for more.

There’s only one problem: Most chocolate chip recipes require butter and milk, which is a no-no for vegans. In addition, if you’re eating gluten-free, the white flour used in these recipes presents its own challenge.

That is until now because this vegan chocolate chip cookies recipe is just what the doctor ordered.

Key Ingredients

What makes this vegan cookie recipe so great? For starters, it doesn’t require any crazy ingredients and just may result in the best vegan chocolate chip cookies you’ll ever make.

The dough is made primarily from your favorite nut butter and gluten-free flour. I used chocolate hazelnut butter, which can be purchased at health food stores, to give these cookies an extra chocolatey flavor, but almond butter works really well, too.

You can make your own version at home, too. I like this Paleo homemade chocolate butter recipe.

For the flour, I go with Paleo baking flour. You can find this at your local grocery store or online easily. It combines several different nut flours and root starches for a gluten-free flour that’s perfect to use in your favorite baking recipes.

These cookies are sweetened naturally with maple syrup, for no sugar crashes later, and given even more fantastic flavor with the addition of vanilla extract. I also use a flax egg in this eggless chocolate chip cookies recipe so it’s suitable for vegans, but feel free to use an egg if you’re not vegan.

Finally, the combination of heart-healthy dark chocolate along with superfood cacao nibs means you’ll enjoy health benefits from these flourless chocolate chip cookies, including a better mood!

How to Make Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you’re ready to whip up these delicious vegan cookies, let’s get started!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a food processor, add in your choice of nut butter, Paleo flour, maple syrup, flax egg, vanilla extract, sea salt, baking powder, dark chocolate chips and cacao nibs.

This is going to be your (very delicious!) vegan chocolate chip cookie dough.

Look at that chocolate. You can already tell these are going to be good.

Process all the ingredients together until they’ve reached a dough-like consistency. Then chill the dough in the fridge for 20 minutes.

The fun part about these vegan chocolate chip cookies is that, unlike normal ones, you can use cookie cutters to make them into fun shapes! Scoop a tablespoon of dough at a time and shape into cookies — you can do regular circles, but I say it’s time to get creative here.

This is a great step to get the children to help with, too. When you’re done shaping the cookies, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Top the vegan gluten-free chocolate chip cookies with shredded coconut and cacao nibs, and then bake them for 12 minutes.

Let them cool, and enjoy!

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