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Soft Chewy Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
These addictive vegan chocolate chip cookies are soft and chewy. The dough can be mixed in one bowl. Bake them as single cookies, or a giant cookie skillet.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 27 mins
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 176 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable shortening eg. Crisco
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup Homemade Vegan Yogurt
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ tsp table salt or 3/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream shortening, sugars, and vanilla together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, around 1 minute.
- Beat in the yogurt or applesauce until well-combined.
- Add flour, salt, and baking soda (no sifting required). Mix on low speed until just combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Cover and chill for at least two hours (see Note 1).
- Shape cookie dough into balls, each weighing around 40g (about 2½ tablespoons) and place on a sheet of parchment paper 2 inches apart.
- Flatten each ball to 1-inch thickness.
- Bake at 350 °F for 12–14 minutes, or until tops are just beginning to brown. Cool fully before serving (see Note 2).
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Notes
- Important not to skip the chilling step. Chilling the cookie dough fully firms up the dough and makes it either to roll into balls without sticking to your hands. It also ensures that the cookies spread just the right amount when baking, and develop a nice chewy texture.
- Just like it's important to chill the dough before baking, it's just as important to cool the cookies fully after baking. Fresh out of the oven, the cookies are very soft and have no structure, and the baking soda taste is quite prominent. They will taste much better once they have fully cooled.
Nutrition Information
Calories
176kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
22g
(7%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
1g
Sodium
119mg
(5%)
Potassium
41mg
(1%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Vitamin A
1IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
0.05mg
(0%)
Calcium
11mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 176
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 176kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 22g | 7% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Sodium | 119mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 41mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 1IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0.05mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 11mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.