Your tastebuds will thank you for using these recipes!

While coming up with cookie recipes that don’t use animal products such as eggs and milk may seem like a daunting task, tasty vegan recipes are easy to find and even easier to make. Here are a few delicious vegan cookie recipes to keep the cookie monsters in your family sugared and satisfied.

 

Vegan Chewy Ginger Cookies

Ingredients:

 

2 ª cup all-purpose flour

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp baking soda

? tsp ground cinnamon

® tsp ground cloves

pinch of salt

? cup vegan margarine (softened)

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp unsweetened applesauce

1 tbsp water

ª cup molasses

 

Preparation:

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together vegan margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the applesauce, then the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture.
4. Shape dough into small balls and place two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove and allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for five minutes. Place on a rack to cool completely.

 

Vegan Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies

Ingredients:

 

? cup white sugar

?-cup brown sugar

?-cup vegan margarine

?-cup soy yogurt

1 ® tsp vanilla

? tsp baking soda

? tsp salt

1 tsp lemon zest

2 ® cups flour

? cup poppy seeds

 

Preparation:

 

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together the white sugar, brown sugar and margarine until smooth and creamy. Add the soy yogurt and vanilla and mix well. Add the remaining ingredients.
3. Drop by tablespoons onto a cookie sheet and bake for eight minutes or until done.

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Vegan Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

 

® sucranat (available at your local whole foods store)

3 tbsp coconut oil

® cup tahini (sesame butter)

1 tsp baking powder (aluminum free)

ª tsp baking soda

1-cup whole-wheat flour

1-cup old-fashioned oatmeal

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

® cup chopped walnuts

® cup raisins or carob chips

 

Preparation:

 

1. Mix sucranat, coconut oil and tahini in a large mixing bowl.
2. Dissolve baking powder and baking soda in one tablespoon of purified water and add to the oil, sucranat and tahini mixture.
3. Add whole-wheat flour, oatmeal, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix thoroughly until the dough becomes thick and pulls easily away from the sides of the bowl into a ball.
4. Add the nuts. Note that you may substitute walnuts for any type of nut, raisin or carob chip you prefer.
5. Chill the dough for two hours. Form into balls and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 2-3 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and place on a rack to cool.

 

Vegan Ginger Molasses Cookies

This is one of the easiest vegan cookie recipes around.

 

Ingredients:

?-cup vegan margarine

1-cup sugar

Ener-G Egg replacer for one egg

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp ground cloves

ª tsp nutmeg

2 cups flour

 

Preparation:

1. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together the margarine, sugar and egg replacer until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and stir to mix well.
3. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. Roll the dough into one-inch balls and place on a baking sheet. Bake for eight to 10 minutes or until done.

 

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Being a vegan doesn’t mean you have to miss out on this old favorite. No list of vegan cookie recipes would be complete without this one.

 

Ingredients:

 

3 cups whole-wheat flour

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

?-cup brown sugar

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp vanilla

1cup unsweetened carob chips

 

Preparation:

 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix together the flour and baking soda in a large bowl. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, beat together the applesauce, brown sugar and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and mix together.
4. Stir in the carob chips.
5. Drop one-inch spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes.