Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies (small batch), that also happen to be gluten-free, too!
I'm prone to girl crushes, quite frequently, actually. I tend to not enter a friendship unless I have a crush, you see. If I meet someone and they completely amaze me by having 'extreme shit togetherness,' I usually can't stop thinking about them. Then, I start to figure out how to grow the relationship and how to reach out. And has it been too long since I sent that last message? How can I impress her so that she wants me in her life? Does she really have time for me? Does this sound like the beginning of a regular relationship? Yes.
Female relationships are a freaking force to be reckoned with. I can't tell you the number of amazing women I have in my life that just get me. And surprisingly (or maybe not), a handful of these women I met on the internet. There's an online dating serving for boss babes seeking fellow boss babes to inspire, encourage and lift up...it's called 'blogging.' And just in case you're on the outside of the blog world, let me fill you in: the blog world is lovely. Ten times out of ten, if I reach out to a fellow blogger, I get an enthusiastic, kind response (with tons of heart emojis, too). We share the ups and downs of blogging, we share brand contacts (shocking, I know), and we just encourage each other.
So, when I stumbled upon the One Part Plant podcast and was introduced to Jessica Murnan you can imagine how much of a girl crush I developed, almost immediately. Jessica's goal in life is to get everyone to eat one plant-based meal a day. Naturally, I flipped to the dessert chapter first thing in her beautiful new book, One Part Plant.
I've made a few other things in her cookbook (creamy millet bowl, za'atar swirl bread, and pistachio-coconut squares!), and everything has been completely delicious. She has a lot of chef contributors to the book, and nothing makes me happier than a chef who normally eats butter & red meat re-tooling a recipe to be plant-based.
I made these vegan chocolate chip cookies (that also happen to be gluten free) for breakfast the other day, and I don't regret it at all. I will tell you, though: these are soft and fluffy vegan chocolate chip cookies. I did a little research, and I think it's the flax egg that causes it, but I have zero problems with it. I also used almond meal with the skins on (the bag from Trader Joe's with the orange label), because it's what I had in my pantry, but I think Jessica may have intended for us to use blanched almond flour. Now you know that you can use either.
I cut her recipe in half, which is so easy to do with vegan recipes (<-- click for more of mine!)and that makes me so happy!
You're going to get 10 lovely cookies out of this batch. And I'm gonna say the serving size is 5, k?
Vegan chocolate chip cookies, gluten free also.Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies (small batch)
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 184Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 177mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 2gSugar: 10gProtein: 3g
You might also like these Double Chocolate Chip Cookies for two.
Beth E. says
Thank you for this! Having celiac and being vegan with many, many food intolerances, these surprisingly will work for me! Hooray! I can't eat oats which are in so many GF recipes, as are dates, which I also can't eat. I'm so excited!
Teresa says
Hello I was wondering if I could use a other flour like oatmeal or any flour besides rice flour.
Teresa says
I was wondering if I can replace almond meal and rice flour with oatmeal flour instead?
Christina Lane says
I don't know; that's a lot of changes to a very small recipe. I'm sorry.
Holly M says
Are almond meal and almond flour the same thing? Could I use coconut flour instead of the brown rice flour? I have that on hand and want to make these asap. Thanks!
Christina Lane says
You can use either! The photo in her book looks like she used almond flour (which is almond flour made with blanched (skin-less almonds). I used almond meal (which is flour made with whole almonds...it has brown flecks of the skins in it). Does this help? I can send you photos if you need it :)
Aimee says
I have so many girl crushes as well. Would you be flattered or freaked if I said you're one of them? <3 These cookies look divine - totally acceptable for breakfast cookies.
Stuti says
I don't have rice flour, do you suggest a substitute?
Christina Lane says
Hi Stuti! Someone on Instagram used oat flour instead (just ground up oats), and they said it worked great! Do you have oats?
Brielle @ Breezy Bakes says
Hahaha! I was dying reading this post. How true it is! I love your wit and sarcasm. Right up my alley!
Jessica says
CRUSH right back at you! Thank you so much for such a special post (and PHOTOS!!). Love, JM
Jessica says
These look awesome! Have you read Women re Scary by Melanie Dale? So funny but so good.
Phillip || SouthernFATTY.com says
Did I just become vegan? I might have. If this is what I can have every day, I’m in. Looks great!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
food blogger buds are the best!!! <3 and I love how delicious these cookies look-the textures look sooo good
Nan says
Just made these cookies for the 2nd time and they are fantastic. We have been looking for a simple gluten free chocolate chip recipe and this hits the nail on the head. Thank you for sharing this!
Christina Lane says
Yay! I'm so glad!! Thanks for writing me :)