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Janelle Carss

Healthy Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 from 1 vote
These Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and gooey in the middle, crispy on the edges and have the most buttery, velvety smooth taste and texture. 🍪 Vegan and gluten-free, refined sugar and oil-free!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Servings: 6 large cookies
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup creamy nut/seed butter of choice* (see notes)
  • 2 tbsp ground flax seed (+ 6 tbsp water, let thicken 10 minutes)
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • ¼ cup coconut sugar (or sub brown sugar)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup + 2 tbsp oat flour* (see notes)
  • 2 tbsp almond flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • cup vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips (or a mix of raisins and choc chips)

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F, set oven rack to middle and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, add the nut/seed butter, coconut sugar, maple syrup, vanilla and flax egg and whisk until its a thick, creamy mixture.
  3. In a separate smaller bowl, combine the oat and almond flour, plus the baking powder, soda and salt.
  4. Add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture and fold until it forms a very sticky dough. Add your choc chips until just combined.
  5. Scoop about 2 tbsp sized dollops of dough onto the baking tray, about 2" apart. Try and form them so they're round-ish. With dampened fingers, gently press into the tops of the cookies to slightly flatten them.
  6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes (12 mins is perfect in my oven), remove from oven and place tray on cooling rack. They will seem undercooked but let cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes. They will firm up until they're perfectly soft with delicately crisped edges. ENJOY!

Notes

  1. Nut/Seed Butter: If you decide to use Sunflower Seed Butter (which happens to be one of my favourite ones to use) don't be alarmed by the green colour your cookies end up being after they come out of the oven. A naturally occuring chemical reaction between baking soda and sunflower seed butter creates a deep green colour, but will not affect the taste or texture whatsoever! 
  2. Oat Flour: You can easily make your own oat flour by grinding rolled oats in a high-speed blender. Add 1 to 2 cups of oats at a time if you want to keep a container of oat flour on hand. Use Gluten-Free oats if neccessary.
  3. Make Smaller or Larger Cookies: If you want large cookies, this recipe will make 6; bake for no longer than 12 minutes. If you want smaller cookies, you can get 12 from this recipe, but make sure you adjust your cooking time to about 9-10 minutes max to ensure they don't overcook/burn.