Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Simple vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies filled with flavor and oat-y goodness! Using flaxseed, oil (no vegan butter needed!) rolled oats, brown sugar and plenty of chocolate chips. Dairy free, nut free and gluten free friendly!

Say hello to my new favorite oatmeal cookie recipe! And they just so happen to be super easy to make – no eggs or butter needed.

Yes, truly. No eggs, no butter and you still get a delicious oatmeal chocolate chip cookie that everyone will love.

They’re thick, have a delicious oat-texture and come loaded with chocolate chips.

What’s not to love?!

Easy Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Vegan Oatmeal Cookie Ingredients

So you pretty much need your standard oatmeal cookie recipe ingredients, plus milled flaxseed (this will act as your binder to replace the egg) and then we’re replacing the butter with oil.

Here’s What You Need:

• rolled oats – I recommend old-fashioned rolled oats here, not quick.
• flour – what’s great about this cookie recipe is you can use a variety of whole grain flours with little to no difference in the finished results. I’ve made with whole wheat pastry, whole wheat white, gluten-free 1:1 baking flour, all-purpose. I have not tested with grain-free flours though, so I can’t confidently recommend those.
• baking soda & salt – the leavening agent for this recipe, then salt for flavor.
• avocado oil, light olive oil, or melted/cooled coconut oil – use a mild flavored oil so the brown sugar cookie flavor really comes through.
• dark brown sugar – I personally like dark brown sugar here. Dark brown sugar means there is more molasses compared to light brown sugar. More molasses means more flavor in these cookies.
• milled flaxseed – you’ll need to create the flaxseed “egg” by mixing 2 tablespoons of milled flaxseed with 5 tablespoons of water. Once that has sat for about 5-10 minutes and gets nice and gel-like in consistency, it’s ready. This helps hold the cookies together a bit better than leaving out, and it provides an additional health boost.
• vanilla extract – all the vanilla!
• chocolate chips – Use a mix of sizes for different textured bites.

Vegan Cookie Baking Tips

First things first, gather all of your ingredients, line a baking pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Mixing the Oil & Sugar

When mixing the brown sugar and oil together, make sure you mix for at least one minute. You can start mixing on medium speed and gradually work to high speed at the end. You want to make sure it’s well combined.

The flaxseed mixture

The milled flaxseed gets mixed with water and sits for at least 5 minutes, which allows the flaxseed to absorb some of the water and you get a gel-like consistency. This helps replace the eggs in the recipe, and adds a little health boost too.

Shaping the Cookie Dough

Use a medium cookie scoop to get the right amount of dough. Then you’ll want to actually press the cookie dough to about 1/2″ thickness. The cookies don’t spread a ton, so this step is important for getting the right shape and thickness for baking time.

Don’t overbake

Be careful not to over bake the cookies either! They’re best just slightly underdone, then allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet to set before transferring to a cooling rack.

I’m literally about to make my way to the kitchen and make a batch of these easy vegan oatmeal cookies right now.

I hope you’re about to do the same!

Let me know if you make these vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies by leaving a comment and rating below! It helps others learn more about the recipe too! Xx Ashley

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