Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (Vegan)

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (Vegan)

These cookies have a nice brown color so you might assume that they are crunchy, but after one taste, they fall apart in your mouth. Plus, they have the slightest hint of coconut.

Adapted from recipe in BabyCakes.

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup coconut oil
• ½ cup (1 stick) Vegan Margarine
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened apple sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups cane sugar
• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• ¼ cup ground flaxseed (as the egg substitute. Click here for more information)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons Xanthan gum (to make it chewy)
• 1 cup vegan chocolate chips (60% or more chocolate)

(Flavor combinations)

Makes 48 cookies

Directions:

1.    Preheat oven to 325 Fahrenheit.

2.   In medium-sized bowl, combine the various oils, applesauce, salt, vanilla, and sugar using a mixer.

3.   In another medium-sized bowl, mix together the flour, flaxseed meal, baking soda, and Xanthan gum.

4.   Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.

5.   Remove from the mixer, and fold in the chocolate chips.

6.   Using a spoon or a small ice cream scoop, place the cookies on a pan with parchment paper and bake for 15 minutes.

7.   Enjoy!