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Happy Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

What you need: 

2 cups unbleached flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
cinnamon, to taste, optional
handful vegan chocolate or carob chips
1 cup raw sugar (turbinado; sucanat works too, but sucks up a lot of the moisture)
1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup water

What you do: 

1. Very important-make sure all ingredients are at room temperature. It will work if they're not at room temp but it works much better if they are. Also while your oven is pre-heating put the cookie sheets you are going to use on top of the oven so they get preheated as well. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir in chips. Make a well in the center and set aside. In a medium size bowl, add together sugar and oil; mix well.
3. Add the vanilla and then add the water; mix well. Add the wet to the well in the dry. Mix it well but be careful not to overwork it. Add more chips if you need to.
4. Spoon onto ungreased cookie sheets. Put them in the oven. Bake for 5 minutes and then flip and rotate the sheets (top to bottom and 180 degree rotation). Bake another 4 minutes and check them. The cookies are done when they seem a little bit softer then you want them to be. They will harden up some as they cool. I usually go in 2 minute increments from here until they get to where I like them.
5. Take them out when they are done and move them to wire cooling racks. If they split or come apart when you try to remove them let them sit on the pan for 2 minutes before transferring them to the racks.
These cookies have come a long way, lots of time and tasting spent on getting them to where they are now. Vegans and non vegans love them. In the words of my 6 year old son:Mom, you're the greatest because you know how to make the best cookies. Enjoy and let me know if you have questions. Sweet travels.

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SO HOW'D IT GO?

My daughter (13) LOVES making these cookies! And I love eating them.  ;)
She's been making them for about 6 months now and has the ingredients, time, and temp perfected to make them soft and chewy even after they cool. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

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These are soo good! My hubby and I made these during our Hurricane Irene weekend! Kept us warm! The kids loved them too

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Just cooled my first batch from the oven - yummers! An excellent recipe, no saturated fats and delicious! Thank you very much.

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I loved these!  I added coconut flakes, dried cranberries and chopped hazelnuts to mine.

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:D. These are REally good,,
My boyfriend actually loved them and he has a hard time with vegan baked goods ....success!
They had a consistency like regular cookies, and to make it more interesting I added some local (New Mexico) red chili powder.... And vegan dark chocolate chips......omg YUM!!!

Highly recommended
Cheers

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Make these  :now!: They're  :smooth: :-D

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This was the first vegan cookie recipe that I've made that people couldn't tell was vegan! I took these puppies to a barbeque and no one had a clue...when I told them they asked for the recipe : D  Thank you. Has anyone found a way to subsitute for the oil, I'm not a fan of veggie oils, etc. I've tried applesauce but they come out too moist.

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these cookies are bar none the best vegan or otherwise.  car and driver voted them the best cookies in their class. 

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I know there are 27 pages of reviews...but just wanted to add that these turned out well! I used vegan margarine instead of oil, almond milk instead of water, and I added a banana because I read that it helps hold them together.  I also added a TON of cinnamon, because I love it :) The cookie dough was amazing! Slight banana flavor, which is a plus for me.  The cookies baked pretty quickly, but didn't taste that great at first.  I was really disappointed, but about an hour after coming out of the oven my non-vegan roommates gobbled them up, so I would say overall a success!

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These were perfect. Best vegan choc chip cookies I've ever made. I put in a few twists of fresh ground cinnamon and it really took em over the top! You def have to flatten them into cookie shape before baking.

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