Micheles Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate-Chip Cookies
1 cup soy margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups tightly packed brown sugar
1 cup table sugar
1 ripe, mashed banana (if the banana peel isn't, like, spotted black, cover the mashed banana with the juice of half a lemon for about 15 minutes before incorporating it into the mix)
3, 4, or 5 teaspoons vanilla (be generous)
2 tablespoons water
1 3/4 cups all-purpose or whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder stirred into the
2 1/2 cups rolled oats (quick oats work well)
2 1/2 cups vegan chocolate chips
Beat together the margarine and vegan sugars. Electric mixers are unnecessary. Add the well-mashed banana and mix well, then add the vanilla, then the water. The water will try to separate; keep mixing with a figure-eight motion and add the dry ingredients, in the order above, bit by bit (say, by half-cup increments).
The final batter should be almost too dry to hold the chocolate chips; if it isn't, I've misrepresented the amount of flour or oats you need and you should add more or less, according to the problem. Dry batter is good, since any chips that fall off the batter can go directly into your mouth, and no one will miss them.
Bake them for 9-10 minutes in a pre-heated, 375-degree F oven on an ungreased cookie sheet. Cook them longer if you prefer a hard cookie, but be aware that bananas only approximate the action of an egg in the mix, and you can get cookies as hard as the cookie sheet if you aren't careful.
Let them congeal on the sheet for a moment after removing them from the oven, then cool on a plate or a wire rack. Store in an air-tight container. They taste even better after they sit overnight or in the fridge.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
AMAZING!
I changed the recipe for a GLUTEN FREE Vegan! I used Brown Rice Flour, also i didn't use the chocolate chips, instead I added Peanut Butter!
These cookies are delicious! If you have been looking for a great vegan cookie recipe this is it!
I changed up the recipe a teeny bit, by adding an extra banana, 4 TBL SP of water instead of two, and 1 1/2 cups of shredded coconut! They came out moist and soft, and delicious!!! Oh yeah I baked them for about 15 min since I added in the extra wet ingredients.