Perfect bakery style chocolate chip cookies with crispy edges & chewy gooey center!
Prep Time20mins
Cook Time15mins
Resting Time5mins
Total Time40mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate chip cookies, vegan
Servings: 12medium cookies
Ingredients
1 1/2 cupsall purpose flour220g
1 teaspoonbaking soda
1 1/4 teaspoonsalt
1/2cupearth balance (1 stick)113g
1/2 cuporganic brown sugar (packed)110g
1/2 cuporganic cane sugar110g
1/2 banana (ripe)50g
1tablespoontapioca starch
2tablespoonswater
2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
1cupvegan chocolate chips or chopped chocolate (50-70% cacao content)150g
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C).
Whisk flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
In a stand mixer with paddle attachment, mix earth balance, cane sugar, and brown sugar until well incorporated.If you don't have a stand mixer, melt earth balance on low heat; let it cool completely. Whisk melted butter with cane sugar and brown sugar until well incorporated. Then proceed with the steps below using a large bowl, whisk, spatula, and arm strength to mix your dough.
In a separate bowl, mash banana with a whisk until smooth. Whisk in tapioca starch, water, and vanilla. Slowly incorporate this mixture into your stand mixer bowl with your butter and sugars.
Add your dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda) into stand mixer. Mix on low until cookie dough forms. Add chopped chocolate or chocolate chips; mix on low until chocolate is evenly distributed throughout the dough.
Portion out balls of dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Be sure to leave enough space in between each cookie as the cookies will spread while they bake.
Bake cookies until golden brown around the edges, about 12-15 minutes (baking times will vary depending on your oven and the size of your cookies).
Let cookies cool on baking sheets for at least 5 minutes or until cookies are firm enough to handle. Cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days in an airtight container.
Notes
You can portion out cookie dough balls and freeze them, then you can have freshly baked cookies on the fly.