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New York Times Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last updated on April 13, 2021 By Anna 4 Comments This post may contain affiliate links.

As usual I couldn’t resist the siren song of a new chocolate chip cookie recipe and had to try the latest New York Times Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are so good! They're vegan, plus they are way easier than the other New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies. They call for only one kind of flour, there's no mixer required, plus the recipe halves easily since there are no eggs.

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gluten-Free Vegan Cookies

The NYT says you can use almond flour to make these gluten-free, but I made them with regular King Arthur AP flour. For the vegan butter, I used Country Crock Plant Butter straight out of the tub. It's soft when cold, so there's no need to soften it before using. The egg substitute in this case is ground flax, which I just happened to have in the freezer leftover from a flax cracker making adventure. The flax/water mixture worked perfectly as a binder.  Here's a picture of the dough.

New York Times Vegan Chocolate Chip

Because I do not currently have access to my stand mixer (or even a proper mixing bowl), I had to just stir everything together in a plastic tub.  And going by how good these cookies were I'd probably do it that way again. The texture of the cookies is dense with crunchy edges.  As for the flavor, I think the flavors from the plant butter, flax and coconut sugar work together to give the cookies a distinct and slightly more unusual flavor.  The salt on top also makes the cookies special. I used leftover pretzel salt from a box of frozen pretzels.

vegan new york times cookies

I'm just kind of bummed right now because I can't share these.

Recipe

vegan new york times cookies

Small Batch Vegan New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vegan version of the famous New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 18 minutes mins
Optional Chill Time 1 day d
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

  • ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (114 grams)
  • ⅜ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 5 tablespoons Country Crock Plant Butter, Almond Oil type (70 grams)
  • ¼ cup sugar (50 grams)
  • ¼ cup coconut sugar (40 grams)
  • ½ tablespoon flaxseed meal mixed with 1 T. water
  • ¾ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 6 ounces chocolate chips (170 grams)
  • Handful of untoasted walnuts broken up
  • Sea Salt or pretzel salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 if you plan on baking right away.
  • Mix together flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside
  • With a spoon, mash together the Country Crock plant butter, cane sugar and coconut sugar until blended.
  • In a small bowl, whisk the flaxseed with 1 tablespoon water to combine. Add the flax and the vanilla and stir until blended, then stir in the flour mixture. Add the chocolate chips and chunks last.
  • Scoop the dough into 4 large mounds, each weighing a little more than 100 grams. This really depends on how generous you were with the chocolate
  • Time to bake! I baked one cookie right away (the one in the photo) and am chilling the rest of the dough. Put the cookie dough mound (or all of them) on a parchment lined baking sheet and press down to around ½ inch thick (like in the picture). Sprinkle with some pretzel salt or sea salt. Bake for 18 to 21 minutes. I think my cookie was done in about 19 minutes. Chilled dough might take a full 21.
  • Also, when you suspect the cookies are close to being ready, pull from the oven and squish the edges inward nudging the cookies into neat circle. a
  • Allow the cookie (or cookies) to cool, then put in the freeze long enough to set the chocolate. Bring back to room temperature before serving.
Keyword Chocolate Chip, Vegan
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  1. Anna

    March 26, 2020 at 1:19 pm

    A mixture of coconut oil and butter might work. I don't know.

  2. Stephanie

    March 26, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    That's a good question Sue. Being a non-vegan, I want the best of both worlds: the ability to use a vegan recipe but use non-vegan ingredients!

    I'm curious to try this though. I'll have to wait for my next trip to the supermarket to look up plant-based butter. I do have ground flaxseed that I use in energy bites so that's an ingredient in my freezer.

  3. Anna

    March 26, 2020 at 1:17 pm

    Sue, I'm sure butter would work.

  4. Sue

    March 26, 2020 at 12:49 pm

    These sound great. Are all of the vegan butters made with palm oil? Do you think you could get good non-vegan results with butter?

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