Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

So along the lines of eating healthy and I decided to find some vegan cookies. Chocolate chip is a good one to start out with! Mainly because I don't know anyone who doesn't like chocolate chip cookies! I found this recipe in one of my cookbooks. Its called Chloe's Vegan Desserts by Chloe Coscarelli. I've also made a Vegan Milk shake from this cookbook and it was awesome! Anyway, During my vegetarian month I decided to buy a couple cookbooks that were different than the ones I have so this happened to be one.


Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 TBS arrow root or corn starch (I used arrowroot. I found it in the organic section in my grocery store)
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup vegan butter or margarine
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 TBS pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup Vegan Chocolate Chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Line some cookie sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl mix together the flour, arrowroot, baking soda, and salt.
3. With a stand or hand mixer, mix together brown sugar, butter, sugar, water and vanilla extract and beat until fluffy. Slowly mix in the flour mixture.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Place cookies on the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Make sure the cookies are about 1 .
Tablespoons. Bake for 10- 12 minutes.
6. Let cookies cool and enjoy!


So the first time I made this recipe it was a flop. I couldn't figure out what we did wrong... Well until today when I decided to make it again. The first time I didn't use my mixer and I tried to mix it by hand. That doesn't work. Actually is makes your cookies look like pancakes. Next I melted my butter in the microwave but when we mixed everything together it got all soupy. So the next time I tried making them I left the butter out until it was at room temperature. It looked a lot better and actually got fluffy! I was really excited at this point that I couldn't wait to finish this! Sadly I think I ate more cookie dough than cookies.

I was so excited when these cookies turned out that I almost forgot to try it! What I found out was even thought the first batch of cookies I made didn't turned out they still tasted good! My roommates didn't like them as much as I did but maybe its because it doesn't have any eggs or animal products. Or maybe it was because I told them they were vegan before they tried them. I still think they ended up awesomely! I hope you guys try this recipe and enjoy it as much as I did!

Ta Ta for now,
Lil' Char