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Easy Vegan Chocolate Chip CookiesIngredients (use vegan versions): 3 cups Gold-Medal Flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup shortening
1 large banana
1 cup softened margarine
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed (dark) brown sugar
24 oz. vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:BLEND the banana so it is gooey or liquidy.
Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, leaving out salt, baking soda, and chocolate chips - stir. You may wish to add an extra tablespoon of vanilla or a few tablespoons of hot water if there is some powder remaining.
Stir in salt and soda, then stir in chocolate chips. It should now look and smell like raw cookie dough, with a little hint of banana
Drop tablespoonfuls on an UNGREASED baking sheet and bake at 350 for 10 minutes (take them out after 10 minutes, they'll look undone, but after a minute out of the oven they'll look perfect. if you leave them in for any more the bottoms will burn).
Enjoy!
Serves: 6-7 dozen
Preparation time: 10 minutes
numm-y!!!!!
(mmm)
Archived comment by: mudilis
correction, or at least a suggestion - 24oz. of chocolate chips is a little much, ive realized. i wouldn't put much more than 12oz. in a batch this size. chocolate chips usually come in bags of 12 or 24 oz., so if you buy 1 12oz bag you should be good
Archived comment by: timmy_tofu_breath
These are the best vegan cookies I have ever had. They were like Mrs.Fields cookies, thin but soft and chewy cookies. I did have a couple of problems with the recipe. Before adjusting, they were way greasy and totally flat, but still good. I ended us using 4 cups of flour to make them less wet and added some more baking powder for more lift- perfect!
Archived comment by: vegmommy
These are SO good!
My husband couldnt stop eating them while I was making them
I'm getting ready to make some more today
They are delicious! Perfect for the holidays
Thanks so much!
Archived comment by: lk33408
I decided to make these cookies for church this week.Every other week I donate cookies for the members after service. I wasn't all that pleased with them. They tasted great. Howe'ver they baked horrible. You suggest making them into tablespoon size chunks of dough for baking. When I made them this big they came out VERY flat and all connected.I ended up getting rid of a dozen and a half worth of dough because of how bad they baked.I was able to salvage the rest by making only 1/2 tablespoon sized dough and even then the cookies were to flat and at that point to small. The taste was there but the easy wasn't. I had saw someone else had the same problem and added flour.That might have worked for them but for me I think it would have made the taste too bland and the texture of the dough too hard. My opinion is that if you really want to make these make them really small or end up with a dough mess. Not trying to be mean...just honest.
Archived comment by: jacobJuliansMom
I love these cookies! Like Vegmommy, my dough came out very wet and oily, but I think that was at least partly because I substituted olive oil for the shortening (I'm new to baking!) I added more flour, but the first batch still didn't want to solidify, even though I cooked them for an extra 5 minutes. For the second batch, I let the dough sit for some time with coconut and crushed pecans added, then baked at about 15 degrees warmer and 5 minutes longer, and VOILA! The most perfect cookies I ever tasted! After the first batch had been out of the oven for some time, I put them back in for 10 minutes at the higher temp. They got very cripsy as opposed to the soft almost cake-like consistency of the second batch, but the flat crunchy ones were a big hit too. I only used about 6 oz of chocolate chips since I addec coconut flakes & pecans. I also used 50% whole wheat flour, which gave them a nice hearty taste, went well with the nuts. Perfect, thanks for the awesome easy recipe for a beginner baker. Oh, and no one believed me the cookies were vegan! One very keen taster noticed and enjoyed the subtle banana flavor, but no one else believed me about the banana either. ^_^ I'm going to try bananas in a whole bunch more vegan recipes,
thanks for the idea. Happy thoughts & Pixie Dust!
Archived comment by: lazaruskid
the cookies came out great but next time i would probably use a fourth cup of apple sauce so there won't be a banana after taste.
Archived comment by: paddygreen
These cookies are soo good, they taste like regular chocolate chip cookies!! I used a half cup of applesauce instead of the banana,2 cups whole wheat and 1 cup bleached flour and they turned out perfect!! Even my vegan food phobic brother ate them.
Archived comment by: mushrifdjw
The original recipe was great for my partner, who loves his cookies flat and buttery/crispy. I added wheat flour, some oats, and some baking soda and they were perfect for me... structured, not too buttery and still sweet. Note: I found 8-9 minutes was perfect, at 10 minutes they were burnt.
Archived comment by: jchampag
