Chewy Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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Need a delicious dessert but don’t have any eggs? These chewy chocolate chip cookies are eggless, but don’t compromise on flavor.

I’ve heard before that the original chocolate chip cookies were an accident. (A very, very, amazing accident.) Ironically, this eggless chocolate chip cookie recipe came about as an accident as well.

My eight year-old daughter has expressed interest in working in the kitchen more and learning how to cook, so I taught her how to make scrambled eggs and hard-fried eggs. Well, turns out that girl loves eggs and loves the little bit of independence that making eggs has given her, so we’ve been going through eggs like crazy.

My friend invited us to have dessert together one night, and I had trouble figuring out what to bring. I finally decided on chocolate chip cookies, because I thought we had all the ingredients.

Nope.

I usually pull out all the ingredients before I begin to make sure I have everything, but this time I was in a hurry and did not do that. After making a few substitutions right off the bat, I discovered that my daughter had used all of the seven eggs I thought we still had in the fridge. In a panic, I looked up several ways to replace eggs in a recipe and was not excited to find suggestions like applesauce and bananas as egg substitutes. I finally discovered a webpage that advised using oil, water, and baking powder instead and I jumped on that.

Well, I actually really liked the cookies. My mom makes the best cookies, but I was still pleased with the happy little accident I made with what I had on hand. The cookies were soft, flat, and chewy, and I didn’t miss the eggs one bit. In fact, I made another batch with eggs instead, and I much preferred the eggless ones. Look at the difference! The eggless cookie is on the right.

So whether you discover you don’t have eggs, have an egg allergy, or if you just want a good cookie recipe, please proceed to how to make these eggless chocolate chip cookies!

PSA: we also have killer recipes for melt-in-your-mouth chocolate Rolo cookies and dreamy no-bake cookies!

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: ~ 28 cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, very soft
• ¾ cup white sugar
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 2 egg substitute ( 4 T water, 4 tsp. baking powder, 2 tsp. vegetable oil = 2 eggs )
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• (at least) 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

• Before prepping the dough, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and put parchment paper on two large cookie sheets.
• Using a hand mixer or Kitchen Aid, whip together the soft butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl.
• In a small separate bowl, mix the ingredients for the egg substitute together. Add this mixture to the large bowl. Add vanilla and blend everything together well.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the flour (Make sure it’s sifted! It makes the cookies so much lighter!), baking soda, and salt. Slowly add these dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in the large bowl and blend until smooth.
• Finally, add the chocolate chips and stir until they are dispersed evenly throughout the dough!

This is how my cookie dough looked:

• (Note: I didn’t chill my dough and proceeded to drop the dough by spoonfuls onto the cookie sheets. I love using my Pioneer Woman Cookie Dropper!)

• Bake the cookies until light brown, about 9 to 11 minutes. Serve warm!

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