These easy dairy free chocolate chip cookies are the perfect recipe if you are looking to make a dairy free cookie recipe that’s also vegan.
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Just because you may dairy free doesn’t mean you have to give up amazingly delicious things like chocolate chip cookies. In fact, you can still have surprisingly decadent chocolate chip cookies that are dairy free and even vegan.
How do you make dairy free chocolate chip cookies?
The two biggest reasons that chocolate chip cookies are not dairy free is the butter and the chocolate chips themselves. Luckily, these two things can easily be swapped out with a dairy free chocolate chip and vegan butter.
Once you make these two swaps, you can proceed to make any cookie recipe as you normally would. If you are looking to make your recipe completely vegan, like we do in our dairy free chocolate chip cookie recipe, then you would need to also swap out the eggs. In replace of eggs, we use flax eggs.
How do you make flax eggs?
In order to make a flax egg, you need one tablespoon of ground flax seeds and three tablespoons of water. If you need to replace multiple eggs in a recipe, then you would use this amount PER egg you are replacing. Once you combine the ground flax seeds and water, whisk together until the mixture starts to become gelatinous. Then, let mixture sit for 15 minutes.
You can use flax eggs in many recipes, like these dairy free chocolate chip cookies, and other recipes such as muffins, pancakes, or brownies.
What Ingredients Do You Need For Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies?
Of course the full recipe is below this, but the ingredients that you will need for this dairy free cookie dough recipe are:
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Ground Flax Seeds
- Water
- Coconut Oil
- White Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Vanilla
- Dairy Free Chocolate Chips
More Dairy Free Cookie Recipes
After you try our dairy free cookie recipe and see how easy it is to make delicious dairy free cookies, you may be looking for other dairy free cookie dough recipes. We’ve got you covered!
- Almond Butter Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
- Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
- Vegan Sugar Cookies
- Vegan Gingerbread Cookies
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Where do you find dairy free chocolate chips?
Luckily, you don’t have to go far to find dairy free chocolate chips anymore. It is important to know that dairy free chocolate chips are more expensive than ones that are not dairy free.
You can find dairy free chocolate chips at almost any grocers now, not only Wegman’s or Whole Foods like even just a few years ago. Many Targets are also now caring a brand of them. *TIP* If your Target or local grocer doesn’t carry them, ask to speak to a manager about getting them. And if you never want to leave your house, you can find them dairy free chocolate chips on Amazon.
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Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
- 1.5 cup all-purpose flour (ensure vegan if needed)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup coconut oil, melted
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ cup dairy free chocolate chips (ensure vegan if needed)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a very small bowl, whisk together water and flax seeds. Set aside for at least 10 minutes. (*This makes the flax egg)
- In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
- Place coconut oil and both sugars in a large bowl and combine until a creamy consistency (roughly 3-4 minutes).
- Mix in vanilla and flax egg.
- Slowly add flour until fully combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips with a spatula.
- Scoop out a tablespoon and form a ball.
- Place on parchment lined sheet tray.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cooked completely.
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Awesome! I’m not the vegan one in the house but the flax eggs will make a big difference in keeping some of his favorites alive!
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Delicious. 🙂
Love that you’re enjoying the recipe!
Wonderful recipe! Didn’t use brown sugar just organic cane sugar but still came out great!
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