Vegan Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
These Vegan Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies are soft baked & chocolatey delicious because chocolate makes everything better.
Servings 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon grond flax seeds
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 cup flour - all purpose or whole wheat pastry work well
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup vegan butter or coconut oil, firm
- ¾ - 1 cup coconut sugar or cane sugar Florida Crystals is certified vegan
- ¼ cup apple sauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup vegan chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a cookie sheet.
- Whisk ground flax and water in a small bowl and set aside for about 5 minutes to thicken.1 tablespoon grond flax seeds, 2 tablespoon water
- Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Whisk well to combine. Set aside.1 cup flour - all purpose or whole wheat pastry work well, ¼ cup cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt
- Cream butter or coconut oil and sugar until fluffy using a stand mixer or a hand mixer.½ cup vegan butter or coconut oil, firm, ¾ - 1 cup coconut sugar or cane sugar
- Add flax egg, applesauce, and vanilla and mix to combine.¼ cup apple sauce, 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Add flour mixture and mix to combine.
- Using a wooden spoon stir in oats and chocolate chips.1 ½ cup rolled oats, ¼ cup vegan chocolate chips
- Spoon dough about the size of a tablespoon on prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Allow to cool on the pan for a few minutes before moving to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- Store cookies in an airtight container cat room temperature for up to 3-4 days.
Notes
My family prefers the whole wheat pastry flour/coconut oil combo, but the butter/cane sugar is tasty as well. I used ¾ sugar and found that sweet enough. Use more if you prefer a sweeter cookie.
