vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe

[darkoshi]

Based on this recipe, but modified for extra chewiness with the rice-flour paste element of this recipe.

Chewy Chocolate Chip cookies (makes about 2 dozen)

(Note to self: The bar-cookie recipe is below in the comments!)

1/8 cup sweet rice flour, mixed with 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 white sugar
3/8 cup vegetable oil
1 Tblsp. tapioca starch
2 tsp. vanilla extract (or 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp almond extract)
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
1/2 cup white flour
1/8 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
3/4 cup chocolate chunks

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease two large light metal baking sheets.

Heat the 1/8 cup rice flour and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan, stirring constantly, until it forms a thick paste. Set aside to cool.

Mix together the sugars, oil, and tapioca starch in a mixing bowl. Mix them well, then stir in the vanilla and the rice-flour paste.

Add the dry flours and salt. Mix until well incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips and nuts.

Drop spoonfuls of dough in about walnut size balls onto the baking sheets. Bake for about 10-12 minutes until they are just a little browned around the edges. Remove from pan immediately.

Note: Sweet Rice Flour is made from glutinous (sticky) rice, and can be found in some Asian groceries. It is not the same thing as (plain) rice flour, which is made from non-glutinous rice.

Comments

[darkoshi]

Bar cookies

Doubled the recipe. (NOTE TO SELF: If I want to make 2 pans of bar cookies, I need to *quadruple* the recipe, not just double it!)
Added a small individual serving container of applesauce (4 oz; about 1/2 cup).
Used 2 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp almond extract.
Omitted the nuts.
For the chocolate chunks, used mostly semisweet chocolate chips, with some broken up pieces of extra dark chocolate.

13x9 inch pan

Bake about 45 minutes - until it just starts to brown on the edges. It will still look pale (undone-looking) in the middle.

Tastes very good, and is chewy inside.

[darkoshi]

note to self:

Next time, when making the brownie recipe (linked), mix all the dry ingredients together (including sugar), before adding in the melted margarine and rice flour paste (together). That may avoid some clumping.

Alternately, mix all the wet ingredients first, and then mix the flours in.
Can use oil instead of melted margarine.
Can use regular flour in place of 1/2 cup of the rice flour.
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*Do* use oil instead of margarine; I think the margarine makes the flavor worse rather than better.

I tested using a full cup of flour (half white, half whole wheat), and the results were similar to using half cup regular flour, half cup rice flour. I think the prefer the latter though.

For both the brownies and choc. chip cookie bars, when cutting them into bars, cut off the whole outer edge (cut off a narrow strip on each edge). The edge is crunchier, and it's better to have the crunchy parts separate from the nice chewy parts.