Soft and cakey, these vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are a healthy and egg-free spin on traditional pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Vegan butter
- 2 tbsp 100% pure pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp Almond extract
- 2 tbsp Granulated cane sugar
- 2 tbsp Brown sugar
- 1/4 cup Finely ground almond flour
- 1/4 cup All purpose flour can use gluten free AP flour too like Cup4Cup
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking soda
- 1/3 cup Pecan pieces
- 1/3 cup Chocolate Chips I used milk, but semi sweet will work as well
Instructions
- First off, melt the vegan butter by microwaving it for 10-15 seconds.
- Then add in the pumpkin puree (if it’s not at room temperature, then microwave it along with the vegan butter for 10-20 seconds.
- Using a spoon or whisk, mix the vegan butter, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, and almond extract well as seen in step (1) in the image below.
- Using a spoon, mix the dry ingredients; such as the almond meal, AP flour, salt, granulate sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon, together in another bowl.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients as seen in step (2) in the image below.
- Add the pecans and chocolate chips to the mix and mix well as seen in step (3) in the image below.
- Divide the dough into 6 balls as seen in step (4) in the image below. Chill the balls for 30 minutes.***
- Preheat oven to 375*** degrees and when the oven is ready, place the vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cookie balls onto a silpat or parchment lined baking tray and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let sit in baking pan for a couple of minutes. Then place them on a cooling rack to cool and then they are ready to enjoy.
Notes
*I used a mixture of brown sugar and white sugar in these cookies as brown sugar seems to result in cookies that are more moist. Brown sugar also reacts with baking soda to result in puffier, thick cookies. However, if you bake these cookies about 3-5 minutes longer, the result will be a much crispier cookie.
**Speaking of thick and tall cookies, I find that chilling the dough for 30 minutes or more helps generate taller cookies.
***These cookies can be made without chilling the dough as well. Just make sure to roll the cookie balls up tight. And preheat the oven to 350 degrees (not 375) and bake for 10 minutes at 350. If you bake these un-chilled ones at 375 the result will be a very crisp cookie and not a soft one.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 193mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 14g
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