Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Vegan Cookies

Submitted by theresa913

"Hearty, heavy, comfort food vegan cookies! So good as a treat, but I usually have two for breakfast and it gives me energy all day! They are chewy and dry, more like a scone than a cookie and really good with tea or juice! I make them big enough so that I only get 8 cookies out of the batch, but you could make them smaller and probably cook them a few minutes shorter. I adapted this recipe from a vegan tea cookie recipe in a magazine."

 

• Ready In: 23mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 8-12 cookies
• Serves: 8-12

ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar (I use Florida Crystals evaporated cane juice instead)
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 cups soymilk (vanilla, plain, or chocolate, you can also use almond milk)
• 1⁄4 cup canola oil (or other preferred oil)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1⁄2 cups old fashioned oats (more or less if desired)
• 1⁄2 - 1 cup semisweet vegan chocolate chips (I like tropical source, enjoy life, or trader joe brands)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. 1. Mix together soy milk, oil, and vanilla.
3. 2. Then mix in all other ingredients except the chips and oats. If batter is too dry, add in extra 1/4 cup of soymilk.
4. 3. Add oats and chocolate chips. Depending on the amount of oats you prefer, you might have to use the full 1 1/2 cups of soymilk to keep the batter the right texture, whereas if you only use 1/2 cup of oats 1 cup soymilk works fine.
5. 4. Spoon onto cookie sheet. I usually make these cookies huge (about 8 per batch), but they work if you make them smaller too.
6. 5. Bake at 350F for 13 minutes. (Less time if you make them smaller than I do.).
7. 6. ENJOY!:-) I usually store them in the fridge and reheat for 25 seconds in the microwave cuz I like them warm!

Reviews

[joop]

really not a cookie per se. There was nothing sweet but the chocolate chips. I would up the sugar by at least double. I only made a few for my husband and myself and the total chocolate addict was very unimpressed. Maybe as a scone this could fly - not a cookie.

 

[Geniale Genie]

Subbed the oil with a (128ml) jar of sweet potato baby food, used 1/2 cup (packed) of brown sugar instead of white sugar, used skim milk, and 70% cocoa chocolate chips. I also added some 4-spice, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. The batter was VERY liquid... I ended up using 2 1/2 cups of oatmeal. The result was a delicious, light, and very filling healthy cake-like cookie! I personally prefer my oatmeal cookies more dense and chewy, so next time I think I'll remove 1 cup of flour and add more oats. I got 11 thick cookies, each 4-inches in diameter which baked for 15 minutes. Thanks for the recipe Theresa!