My Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are cookie perfection. Sweet, chocolatey, crispy on the outside, and chewy in the middle. Perfect! Oooh ahhhh, can you say: Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!
These vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are my idea of cookie perfection. Sweet, chewy, chocolatey, eat as much raw dough as you like, dip that sucker into a glass of dairy-free milk, cookie perfection.
Best yet, they are so simple to make with no hard to find ingredients! This is exactly the theme of my first book, Fuss Free Vegan: All my classic, favourite recipes made vegan with no hard to find ingredients. Because veganism isn't as hard as it sounds, I promise.
...Ok, I admit there is nutritional yeast in the book, but depending on how long you have been vegan, it isn't a hard to find anymore. You just have to know where to look 😉
I remember, one of the most difficult things about writing my first book (apart from actually writing the thing), is that I'm making all these scrumptious recipes and meanwhile I had to leave you guys hanging until the next year. I felt so mean! I was so used to sharing my creations with you as I developed them. Alas, you had to wait, but hopefully, these vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies made it all better until the book was released.
To Make Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Add all those dry ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together.
Add all the wet ingredients to a bowl and use a beater to cream the vegan butter and sugar together. It will be nice and fluffy like this.
Now dump the butter mixture into the dry ingredients and mix together. When it just comes together, add in the chocolate chips and stir to combine. Feel free to munch on the cookie dough, vegan cookie dough is always totally safe to eat raw. Woot woot!
If you manage to not eat all the cookie dough and make it to this stage, take two tablespoons of cookie dough, and roll into a ball. Place on the cookie sheet and pop in the oven to bake.
The cookies will look pretty raw when they are ready, but you will know they are done because they will have spread and the underside of the cookie will be golden brown. That's the secret for chewy cookies, don't over bake them. Let the cookies cool to set.
Try not to turn into the cookie monster.
Can you freeze vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies?
If stored in a freezer-safe container and stored after cooling, they should last up to two months.
How long can you keep vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies?
Baked cookies will stay fresh in your fridge for approx. 5 days if stored in a sealed container.
What are the best kind of rolled oats for cookies?
I think old-fashioned rolled oats are the best because they do provide a chewy texture and nutty flavour to the cookie, which is so darn good. But if you're in a pinch, any rolled oat will suffice 🙂
Bon appetegan!
Sam.
Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
Dry ingredients:
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet ingredients:
- ¾ cup vegan butter , cold (such as Earth Balance)
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup vegan chocolate chips (or sub raisins for oatmeal raisin cookies)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F (180C). Lightly grease a baking pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients.
- In a medium bowl, add all the wet ingredients, and use a beater to cream the vegan butter and sugar together. Dump the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix. I find different vegan butter brands have different moisture contents, so if you find the dough is a little dry, add up to 1 Tablespoon of water until the dough holds together. When it just comes together stir in the chocolate chips. Feel free to snack on cookie dough, it can be eaten raw!
- Take two tablespoons of cookie dough and roll into a ball and place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat until you have used up all the cookie dough. Bake 14 to 18 minutes, the cookies will have spread but look almost raw, they should be golden on the on underside. Let cool on the pan to let the cookies set.
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Kyla Hackett says
These cookies are awesome! I wasn’t sure how they’d turn out at first having doubled the recipe and using vegan Becel. I added 6 tbsp of water and they turned out beautifully! Thank you!!!
Heather Ebbs says
I made these for my vegan brother, but we non-vegans like them too. For me the recipe made 36 cookies, about 2 inches in diameter, so a good size.
Bev says
These are my go to cookie recipe. They get devoured in my work staff room!
Sam Turnbull says
So happy you love them, Bev!
Jared says
I made those today and they turned out great. I wouldn’t have done it without my aunts. They tasted good. I like it better than oatmeal raisin. Great recipe Sam
Sam Turnbull says
So happy you loved it Jared!
Shawna says
I've made these numerous times with a variety of substitutions. Its a solid recipe. Today I used cacao, medicinal mushrooms, maca, psyllium, oat bran, and dried strawberries in the base recipe. Absolutely delicious. I use an ice cream scoop with release button and gently press for perfectly shaped cookies.
Holly Toy says
I dont know what happened but they came out still in the ball shape. They never flattened. I added the tbs of water and the dough still looked dry. I've made these before and they turned out. I don't know where I went wrong
Sam Turnbull says
Hi Holly, if you made them before and they turned out well the first time, but not the second time, it sounds like you measured something wrong the second time. It's easy to do, I've done it myself many times! 🙂
Holly Toy says
I suppose! I felt like I followed the recipe very closely though
Serra says
These were so easy and delicious!! So happy I found these
Li says
Delicious cookies. I made a batch to take to the cottage and split them between raisins and chocolate chips. I loved the raisin ones best. Excellent recipe. Thank you.
Jennifer says
I need these for friends the other night. They absolutely loved them and none of them are vegan. I also made some gluten-free and no one knew the difference.
Brenda says
I just ran across this recipe and so glad I found it. We love vegan chocolate chip cookies, but this is the best one I’ve tried that includes oats without using any kind of Nut butter. They are so delicious! I will definitely be trying some of your other recipes. Thanks so much for sharing this one.
kathleen says
So yummy. Made them today with the kids and they loved them. We used chocolate chunks. ❤️
Robin says
The family loves these
...baked or not!
Keira J says
My favourite cookie recipe. It's reliable and delicious. Non vegans i know make this recipe now too 😀
MSD says
So yummy! I love how the butter and sugar caramelizes, giving them the perfect crispy edge with a chewy center. 🙂
Sherry says
Just tried these today and they are pretty bomb. Not my usual oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe but decided to try it and will add it to the rotation! I put half chocolate chips and half raisins for a chocolate covered raisins feel. Turned out great. Thanks again Sam!
Ps I was in Ajax last week and drove by Turnbull St and I thought of you!
Tracey lear says
Easy to put together. I used earth balance, followed everything to a t.
I am an experienced Baker. Baked minimum time but turned out too crispy for me.
Hopefully my daughter will like them ok.
Amy says
These are my whole family's favorite cookie! I like to do a 1/4c regular brown sugar and 1/4c coconut brown sugar mix or add finely chop up walnuts sometimes. It's hard to not eat them all in one day!!
Shirley Price says
I would love to see recipes without sugar or oil. I don’t believe sugar is vegan and it certainly is not part of a healthy diet.
Lori Guidone says
use swerve or like. No need to denigrate others choices for sometimes using/having sugar. BTW we all need fat in our diets, bc every single cell in your body requires fat to work correctly.
Taylor says
Lol check yourself because vegan sugar definitely exists
joe says
This not a comment but a plea for help!!! What are we vegans going to do? Where are we heading? I have just read by Peta that coconut products are no longer vegan. Monkeys are tortured and forced to collect the coconuts. Deprived of the essential oil for butter ice cream and hundreds of other recipes I am going crazy!!!!
What do you think? What are doing now?
Tina says
I feel the same way as you. I now am buying coconut products that don’t exploit monkeys. Poor babies.
Jen says
My regular go to oatmeal chocolate chip recipe. Made time and time again- always great