The best EGGLESS chocolate chip cookies recipe

I've been allergic to eggs my entire life and I'm always on the lookout for new no-egg recipes.  These are best EGGLESS chocolate chip cookies EVER!  You don't have to look any further.  People always ask if they have eggs because they are so good.  They can't even tell.

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We make these several times a month at my house and now my 12 year old has taken over some of the duties and can make them by himself.  (He usually leaves the cleaning up to me though!)  We're working on that!

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In fact, It's also great if you like to snack on the dough and I have to remind my kids that most people put eggs in the dough and you can't eat it.  I think each of my three kids eat at least 2 cookies worth of dough.

If you are wanting more egg free desserts, you can look under my food tab and you can click on eggless desserts.  I am adding things all the time!

The best EGGLESS Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

For those of of you that are just finding me and my recipes for the first time, I'll tell you a little about myself.  I'm allergic to eggs and I don't like making things I can't eat.  My mom discovered I was allergic to eggs when I was around 6 months old- so 40 years ago.

When I was young I really just stuck to Dairy Queen ice cream, Oreos, and Chips Ahoy, and M&Ms for my any sweet treats.  Now I have more time and my kids are older to try out some recipes that I can eat. However, I still love Dairy Queen!!

More Eggless Desserts

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More Eggless Dessert Resources

If you’re like me. then you’re probably on the lookout for more recipes that are egg free.  I hate finding a recipe and clicking on it and it has an egg in it!

I I started an eggless recipe board on my personal Pinterest page and then realized that I should probably link it to my blog.  

It’s great finding recipes that are egg free and when I need one I can go look and eat everything in it. I pin on it every week because I’m ALWAYS on the lookout for new recipes.

I also have a EGG FREE RECIPE Facebook page that I just started, so there is only one follower right now, me!  (Update:  It’s over 1800 now!!) Go follow over there and I’ll post any good recipes I find!

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Ingredients for No Egg Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • Butter (1 stick)- I normally use salted butter because that's what I normally have in my refrigerator.
  • White sugar
  • Brown sugar
  • All-purpuse flour
  • Baking soda
  • Vanilla extract- You can make your own.  Here are the instructions to do that.  It’s REALLY easy!
  • Water
  • Vegetable oil
  • Chocolate chips

Directions for Egg Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • Preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Beat the butter with white and brown sugars for 1 to 2 minutes, until creamy with an hand mixer (This is the one I got for my wedding and it’s still going strong).  I just got this mixer as a Christmas gift and LOVING it!
  • Add in flour and baking soda. Mix.
  • Add water, oil, and vanilla and mix.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips with a wooden spoon.
  • Drop by spoonful  onto the baking sheet.  I usually do about 1-2 tablespoons and put 12-16 on the cookie sheet.  
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Tips

I’ve had a few people mention that their dough is dry and crumbly. First,  it should not be crumbly and should look moist and stick together well.  You may have to go back several times with the water to get it just right. 

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The best EGGLESS chocolate chip cookies

Do you have an egg allergy? Did you run out of eggs? You'll want to save this recipe. These are the BEST eggless chocolate chip cookies EVER!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate chip, Cookie
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 24 cookies
Author Holly- Keeping Life Sane

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter 1 stick
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 cup chocolate chips or more:)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350F
  • Beat the butter with both sugar for 1 to 2 minutes, until creamy with an hand mixer
  • Add in flour and baking soda. Mix.
  • Add water, oil, and vanilla and mix.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips with a spoon.
  • Drop by spoonful onto the baking sheet. I usually do about 1-2 tablespoons and put 12-16 on the cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Notes

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookie Tip

I've had a few people mention that their dough is dry and crumbly. First,  it should not be crumbly and should look moist and stick together well.  You may have to go back several times with the water to get it just right.  
Second, I've noticed that a lot has to do with the room temperature of the butter.  If I rush things and the butter is still a little cold, the dough needs more water.

475 Comments

  1. I made these tonight! They were fantastic. I substituted unsweetened applesauce instead of oil. Will make again!

  2. Thank you so much for this recipe!! My little girl is highly allergic to eggs and it was nice to finally find a recipe that tasted just as good as “normal” cookies. My entire family loved them. Will definitely be making them again and again!

    1. I'm not familiar with that condition so I'm not sure. I would talk to your doctor about that.

  3. Just made these with the kids. I didn’t have any eggs so this recipe was perfect! Added a little more water.
    They came out warm crunchy and chewy!! Will make again!

  4. These came out delicious. There's a snow storm outside and im out of eggs. I needed something sweet and this hit the spot. Only change i made was added 2 more tbsps of hot water. Ive never had eggless cookies before, thanks for the recipe. 5 stars from the kids as well.

  5. Thank you for an awesome eggfree chocolate chip cookie recipe.

    We made one batch with dairy butter and one with vegan butter. I found that they both needed 2 extra tablespoons of water. We also cooked them for 14 minutes because ours were quite large lol!

    Great recipe. Easy to follow for my 12yo daughter

  6. Considering no eggs, this recipe was excellent! Turned out delicious. I added half a teaspoon of salt.

  7. Hey,
    I tried this recipe but i didn't turned out the way it looked in pictures also they aren't crispy at all...i there any baking technique m missing here?

    1. Did you roll them in a ball or drop them by spoonful? I just drop them by the spoonful. These are chewier at first while warm. When they cool, they are crispy on the outside but have a chewer middle.

  8. Should I use powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar? The cookies came out to be very sweet and also they are wet in the inside parts..

    1. No, use granulated sugar. Sounds like something went wrong. I would try again.

  9. I made these cookies for the whole family and we couldn't help but eat around 8 of them in one go, they really are amazing and deserve the title best eggless cookies in my opinion. I did substitute the vegetable oil for light olive oil in the same measurements and the result was delightful, I doubt it changed the taste or texture of the cookies. I've read a lot of comment stating that the dough was too crumbly and to ensure that I didn't face this issue I made sure my butter was at room temperature first. As an additional note, I used all purpose flour for my flour and it turned out great. I like that the dough isn't overly sweet and the chocolate chips really balanced out the sweetness. One thing I did notice was that the cookies seemed quite soft when they first came out of the oven but become crisper as it cooled making my first batch a little overbaked (although that was a mistake only on my part) so I made sure to bake them a little less than I did with the first batch to avoid over baking them. The taste and texture was great so I have to give it 5 stars, will be baking these again

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