When I think of coconut oil, baking is not the first thing that comes to mind. My parents are from India, so my memories of the stuff are the blue bottles of Parachute coconut oil at my Grandmother’s house in Calcutta. She would rub it into my hair at night when I was a kid, and then I’d wash it out in the morning. I thought it was kind of weird, but I just went with it.
Now coconut oil is a thing here in the US. People use it for everything these days- face wash, furniture polish, deodorant, cooking, and even mixing it into peanut butter. Have you ever tried coconut peanut butter
The original vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe I used uses canola oil, and while it is delicious, I subbed melted coconut oil and coconut peanut butter. You can also use regular peanut butter in place of the coconut peanut butter. Fact: adding peanut butter to anything enhances the deliciousness.
I made several batches of these cookies, and I experimented with refrigerating the dough. The dough for the cookies in the pictures were not refrigerated at all, and they didn’t spread too much. I also made a batch in which the dough was refrigerated for about 60 minutes, and those cookies were slightly thicker, so if you like a puffier cookie, stick the dough in the fridge for a bit. However, I would NOT recommend refrigerating this dough overnight. Unlike butter based cookies, it becomes crumbly and difficult to work with.
I’m usually pretty good about eating a cookie or two and sharing the rest, but I could not stop eating these cookies. Somehow I convinced myself that they were health food because they were vegan. The lack of butter gives these a lighter, less rich texture, which makes a habit forming cookie. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted and slightly cooled
- 1/4 cup non-dairy milk such as almond or coconut
- 1 tablespoon tapioca flour
- 1/4 coconut peanut spread (or peanut butter)
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine the brown sugar, white sugar, coconut oil, almond milk, and tapioca flour. I used an electric mixer, but you can do this by hand. The mixture should resemble a smooth caramel, so keep mixing until you reach that texture.
- Mix in the vanilla and coconut peanut spread.
- Mix in a cup of the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the rest of the flour and mix until the ingredients are just combined.
- Gently mix in the chocolate chips.
- Using a cookie scoop, scoop the dough onto the cookie sheets one inch apart.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes and let cool on wire racks.
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Recipe adapted from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar
What a great use of coconut oil in the chocolate chip cookies! They look so good! Pinning!
Thank you for the pin, Nami!
These look amazing! I love using coconut oil in baking.
Thank you, Melissa!
Vegan, pb, coconut and choc chip cookies? What’s not to love? š
No wonder the coconut tree is considered the tree of life because of its fruit. It can be used for numerous purposes and all of which are very important in our lives.
Since I discovered your recipe I made the cookies three or four times already and every batch turned out AWE-SOME. Slight alterations of the recipe did nothing to the greatness of those cookies but after having baked about hundred (work party) of these now I think yours is best. Another bis plus is that those vegan cookies are still great on the next day which usually is not the case when you’re using egg replacements or non-dairy products. Everyone loves them, seriously. Thanks a lotlotlot.
Thanks for your feedback, Sophie. I’m so glad they turned out well for you!
Nothing can beat a peanut butter cookie with chocolate chips. Yum!
Is the tapioca flour supposed to act as the binder in this recipe? Do you think an egg replacer would work in lieu of tapioca flour?
The tapioca flour does act as a binder. I’ve never tried egg replacer in cookies, but let me know how it turns out if you try it. I have successfully subbed cornstarch in this recipe.