Eggless chocolate chip cookies (Best eggless cookie recipe) (2024)

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This is the BEST eggless chocolate chip cookies ever and the only basic eggless cookie recipe you need, seriously! This one cookie recipe makes tons of other recipes.

This is the most popular cookie recipe on the site that is made without eggs. A Reader commented ‘Made as instructed. awesome. I didn't want to go to the store just for eggs but I had a sweet tooth. This recipe was great. My husband said these actually taste better than regular cookies with eggs.’

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  • ❤️ You'll Love This Cookies
  • 🧾 Ingredients For Eggless Cookies
  • 👩‍🍳 How To Make Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies?
  • 💭 Expert Tips
  • 🍪 Storage Instructions
  • 📋 Recipe Card
  • ⭐ Reviews

❤️ You'll Love This Cookies

Taste & Texture:

  • These eggless cookies are rich in flavors and exploding with chocolate.
  • They are crisp around the edges and soft and chewy from the center.

Beginner friendly: Chocolate chip cookies are America’s most favorite cookies. This recipe of eggless cookies is made with basic, simple ingredients that even baking beginners can make successfully.

The first time I shared this egg-free chocolate chip cookie recipe here was in Dec 2013. I have updated the pics and write-up, but the recipe is the same, with no changes at all.

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More chocolate-based desserts without eggs

  • Eggless chocolate mousse
  • Eggless chocolate chip muffins
  • Eggless chocolate cake
  • Eggless chocolate cupcakes
  • Eggless brownies

🧾 Ingredients For Eggless Cookies

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  • Butter:
    • I recommend using unsalted butter. But if you’re using salted butter then skip the salt in the recipe.
    • Please use room-temperature softened butter. Please remove the butter from the fridge a few hours before so it comes to room temperature. Do not microwave it to make it soft.
  • Sugar: A combination of white and brown sugar makes the cookies fluffy, moist and chewy.
  • Milk: Full-fat whole milk is recommended. But again, use whatever you’ve on hand. This recipe is very forgivable.
  • All purpose flour: Make sure to measure it correctly. Fluff up the flour in the container, use the spoon to fill the measuring cup and level the measuring cup and scrape off the excess flour using back of the of a straight knife.
  • Salt: added for some flavor as we’re using unsalted butter.
  • Baking soda: It is required so cookies don’t come out flat.
  • Vanilla: Always use pure vanilla extract and stay away from imitation ones.
  • Chocolate chips: Use your favorite brand’s milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips.

👩‍🍳 How To Make Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies?

1) Take all purpose flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl and whisk it until mixed. Keep it aside.

2) In another bowl, take softened butter.

3) Beat it using a wire whisk until smooth. If using a stand mixer (with a paddle attachment) or hand mixer then skip beating only butter. Go with the next step straight away beating butter and sugar together.

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4) Add white sugar and brown sugar.

5) Beat it until smooth and creamy. (about 2 minutes)

6) Add milk and vanilla.

7) Beat again until mixed.

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8) Add dry flour mixture.

9) Again beat until it comes together like a dough. If doing by hand, then use a spatula and not a wire whisk.

10) Add chocolate chips.

11) Fold the chocolate chips into the dough. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill the dough for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

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  • Preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C for at least 10 minutes.
  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat and keep it ready.

12) Make around 1 inch size of balls from the chilled cookie dough. Place on the cookie sheet a few inches apart from each other, because they will spread as bake.

13) Bake them for 10-12 minutes in preheated oven or until the edges look set and light brown in color and the center still looks soft.

14) Let it cool on the sheet for 5 minutes. After that, transfer them to a cooling rack to cool them completely.

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💭 Expert Tips

Chill the dough:

  • Chilling the cookie dough is so important. Cold dough makes thick, soft, chewy cookies.
  • The cookies will spread out and become thin, flat if the cookie dough is not chilled.
  • If the dough is TOO cold then cookies will stay tall and mushroom-dome like shape. If you have chilled the dough for around 2-3 hours or overnight then rest the dough on the counter for 10 minutes, then roll the dough balls and bake.

Do not over bake them to keep the eggless cookies gooey and soft from the center.

🍪 Storage Instructions

  • At room temperature:Once cools completely, these eggless chocoolate chip cookies can be kept in an airtight container for up to one week.
  • Freezing instructions:
    • You can freeze the cookie dough for later use.
    • Simply make balls from the cookie dough, place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet and put them in the freezer.
    • Once frozen put them in a ziplock bag or airtight container. Keep them in the freezer.
    • Whenever you are ready to bake just place cookie balls on a sheet, then start to preheat the oven and bake as directed (maybe a few more minutes because they are frozen).
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Check Out Other Eggless Cookies

  • Eggless oatmeal cookies
  • Eggless snickerdoodles
  • Eggless peanut butter cookies
  • Eggless Nutella cookies
  • Eggless gingerbread cookies
  • Eggless molasses cookies

Did you try this chocolate chip cookies recipe without eggs? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a review in the comment section below.

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The BEST and eggless chocolate chip cookies for your holidays or Christmas. The only basic eggless cookie recipe you need, seriously! This one cookie recipe makes tons of other recipes.

Author: Kanan

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Calories: 280.6kcal

Servings 32 cookies

Prep Time 13 minutes minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes minutes

Chilling Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cups All purpose flour (Maida)
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt skip if using salted butter
  • 2 sticks or 1 cup Unsalted butter soften to room temperature
  • ½ cup White granulated sugar
  • ½ cup Light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup Milk
  • 1 cup Chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Take all purpose flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl and whisk it until mixed. Keep it aside.

  • In another bowl, take softened butter. Beat it using a wire whisk until smooth. If using a stand mixer (with a paddle attachment) or hand mixer then skip beating only butter. Go with the next step straight away beating butter and sugar together.

  • Add white sugar and brown sugar. Beat it until smooth and creamy. (about 2 minutes)

  • Add milk and vanilla. Beat again until mixed.

  • Add dry flour mixture. Again beat until it comes together like a dough. If doing by hand, then use a spatula and not a wire whisk.

  • Add chocolate chips. Fold the chocolate chips into the dough.

  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill the dough for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C for at least 10 minutes.

  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat and keep it ready.

  • Make around 1 inch size of balls from the chilled cookie dough. Place on the cookie sheet a few inches apart from each other, because they will spread as bake.

  • Bake them for 10-12 minutes in preheated oven or until the edges look set and light brown in color and the center still looks soft.

  • Let it cool on the sheet for 5 minutes. After that, transfer them to a cooling rack to cool them completely.

Notes

Chill the dough:

  • Chilling the cookie dough is so important. Cold dough makes thick, soft, chewy cookies.
  • The cookies will spread out and become thin, flat if the cookie dough is not chilled.
  • If the dough is TOO cold then cookies will stay tall and mushroom-dome like shape.
  • If you have chilled the dough for around 2-3 hours or overnight then rest the dough on the counter for 10 minutes, then roll the dough balls and bake.

Do not over bake them to keep the cookies gooey and soft from the center.

Nutrition

Serving: 2cookies | Calories: 280.6kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 1.9g | Fat: 15.6g | Saturated Fat: 9.7g | Cholesterol: 31.4mg | Sodium: 103.9mg | Fiber: 0.6g | Sugar: 23.6g

*Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving

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    This has become my go to recipe for easy no fuss cookies. A family favorite.Eggless chocolate chip cookies (Best eggless cookie recipe) (14)

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What is the best egg substitute for chocolate chip cookies? ›

Based on our experience and research on egg substitutions the most popular substitutes we found were: Applesauce, Banana, Chia Seeds and Baking Powder.

What does too much egg in cookie dough do? ›

Too little egg, and your cookies won't have quite the same ooey gooey chewy wonderfulness to them; they'll be a bit tougher and drier. Far too little, and the dough will not come together properly, and bake up dry and crunchy. But on the other hand, too much egg, and your cookies will puff up and be cakey.

What is a good egg substitute for edible cookie dough? ›

The milk replaces the eggs in this edible cookie dough recipe. I recommend starting by using 3 tablespoons of milk. Then after all the ingredients have been mixed together (except for the chocolate chips) add more milk to reach your desired consistency.

What is the best egg substitute for baking? ›

Both yogurt and buttermilk are good substitutes for eggs. It's best to use plain yogurt, as flavored and sweetened varieties may alter the flavor of your recipe. You can use 1/4 cup (60 g) of yogurt or buttermilk for each egg that needs to be replaced. This substitution works best for muffins, cakes, and cupcakes.

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Using too few eggs will make your desserts dense, but using too many will make them rubbery. The explanation for this lies in the fact that eggs are made up of protein. As Fine Cooking explains, when the protein in eggs combines with the protein in flour, they produce the overall structure of the baked good.

Is cookie dough without eggs bad for you? ›

If you're thinking that choosing an eggless cookie dough recipe makes it safer, think again. It's not just raw eggs that come with a food poisoning risk. Uncooked flour can contain illness-causing bacteria, too. Indeed, eating raw flour was linked to two recent outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing E.

Should you beat eggs before adding to cookies? ›

For cookies, the answer may depend on the specific recipe, but often recipes that call for unbeaten eggs involve adding eggs one-at-a-time. If people beat the eggs ahead of time, they are more likely to combine them, which makes it more difficult to then do the staggered additions.

Should I use baking soda or baking powder in cookies? ›

Baking soda is typically used for chewy cookies, while baking powder is generally used for light and airy cookies. Since baking powder is comprised of a number of ingredients (baking soda, cream of tartar, cornstarch, etc.), using it instead of pure baking soda will affect the taste of your cookies.

Can you overmix eggs in cookies? ›

Overmixing your batter can lead to runny cookies.

Overmixing — or overcreaming, in baking-speak — resulted in a runnier batter. The fluidity made for a cookie that baked quickly and spread out more widely than a properly creamed batter usually would.

What can I substitute for eggs in cookies? ›

You can whisk 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons of water and 2 teaspoons of baking powder together to replace each egg in baked goods like cookies, brownies or quick breads. This substitution won't impact a recipes' flavor profile the way egg substitutions like mashed banana or flaxseed might.

Can you use milk instead of egg in cookies? ›

Some alternatives to eggs in baking include applesauce, mashed banana, yogurt or silken tofu, flaxseed or chia seed "eggs," and commercial egg replacers. Milk alone cannot replace eggs in baking due to differences in their properties.

Can I use mayo instead of eggs? ›

Mayonnaise. Eggs are a key ingredient in mayonnaise, so it makes sense that it can be a perfect substitute when you're out of eggs. Use 3 tablespoons of mayo as an egg substitute.

What can you substitute for an egg in cookies? ›

You can whisk 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons of water and 2 teaspoons of baking powder together to replace each egg in baked goods like cookies, brownies or quick breads. This substitution won't impact a recipes' flavor profile the way egg substitutions like mashed banana or flaxseed might.

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Eggs promote puffiness and spreading in cookies, while also holding the cookie together during baking. The height and texture of the final product is determined by how much egg is incorporated into the batter. Substituting ingredients can make or break a recipe.

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Cookies usually call for 1 to 2 eggs. Subbing in mashed banana or applesauce will be acceptable, but the overall texture will likely be cakier. Flavor could be altered, depending on the substitute used.

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Egg yolks also help to keep all of the ingredients together, so, with cookies, they're needed to achieve the right consistency of the dough. And egg whites can help get the cookies to a fluffy end result. Using whole eggs will result in a cookie that has a cake-like texture with a rich flavor.

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