Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
You will never believe that these chocolate chip cookies are vegan! These thick, chewy, chocolate-filled cookies are sure to please vegans and non-vegans alike!
Servings: 18 cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup Coconut Oil, solid
- 1¼ cup Brown sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Almond Extract
- ¼ cup Applesauce
- ¼ cup Coconut Milk
- 2¼ cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1½ cup Chocolate Chips (I use a mix of the Enjoy Life brand semi-sweet chocolate chunks and mini chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside
- In a medium, bowl mix the coconut oil (make sure it's solid and not melted at all!), vanilla extract, almond extract, and brown sugar until combined.
- Add the coconut milk and applesauce and mix well
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until everything is combined
- Fold in 1½ cups of chocolate chips into the batter
- OPTIONAL: You can chill the dough for an hour (and up to 48 hours), but see my note above
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop dough onto your prepared baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, checking for doneness around 10 minutes
- Remove cookies from oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool for another 10 minutes