best eggless chocolate chip cookies

Name: Best Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Ingredients: 1 cup salted butter, softened at room temperature (2 sticks, 16 tbsp, or 226 grams); 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tbsp corn starch; 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp warm water; 2 and 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, spooned & leveled; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp salt; 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

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Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies have gooey centers, crisp edges, and are full of melty chocolate chips. They taste like the chocolate chip cookie of your dreams – you’d never know they were made without eggs! This recipe uses basic pantry ingredients and a simple egg substitute that you likely already have on hand.

A stack of broken open cookies, showing their gooey insides, studded with melty chocolate chips.

Why you’ll love this Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe:

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies – These cookies are soft and chewy, with a slightly crisp edge, and plenty of chocolate chips!
Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe – With eggs being more expensive right now, this is a great chocolate chip cookie recipe to make! This is also a great option for anyone with an egg allergy.
Easy Recipe – Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of the easiest things to make, and this recipe is certainly easy! But, I still include lots of tips to ensure perfect cookies.

Eggless chocolate chip cookies on a vintage wire rack.

Ingredient Overview:

Butter – I always use salted buter for the best flavor, but feel free to use unsalted butter if you prefer.
All-purpose Flour – Spoon & level your flour for best results, or use a scale. Scooping the measuring cup directly in will lead to too much flour.
Cornstarch & Water – Make a cornstarch slurry by stirring together cornstarch and water until the cornstarch is dissolved. This is our secret ingredient to make an egg substitute! It couldn’t be any easier – and it’s something you can easily keep on hand in your pantry, unlike applesauce or bananas which I often do not have on hand, haha.
Brown Sugar – Brown sugar helps give a chocolate chip cookie its classic flavor. You can even use dark brown sugar to deepen the flavor, which I love doing.
Granulated Sugar – Granulated sugar adds sweetness but also helps keep the cookies moist and soft.

Ingredient Substitutions:

Dairy-free & Vegan – Use your favorite dairy-free or vegan butter and chocolate chips to make this recipe dairy-free and vegan.
Gluten-free – I haven’t tested a gluten-free version of this recipe, but cup for cup gluten-free all-purpose flour is a good place to start. Let me know if you try these gluten-free!
Eggs – If you do want to use eggs for some reason, swap out the cornstarch and water mixture for two large eggs.

How to Make this Egg Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Step-by-Step:

Step 1: Make the Cookie Dough. Beat the butter and sugars together in a large mixing bowl until well creamed together. Then, mix in the a cornstarch & water slurry and vanilla extract. Add the dry ingredients, mixing until a cohesive dough forms. Mix or fold in the chocolate chips last.

Two images: one of the wet ingredients mixed together, and one of the dough mixed up.

Step 2: Form Dough Balls & the Cookies. Form dough balls about 80 grams in size, pressing on some extra chocolate chips. Don’t skip this step – it helps ensure that the cookies don’t spread too much during the bake, and it helps develop the flavors a bit more.

Chocolate chip cookie dough balls on a baking sheet.

Step 3: Bake the Cookies. Bake as directed in the recipe card below for the best eggless chocolate chip cookies! See my expert baking tips below on how to get your cookies looking like the below right photo after they come out of the oven looking like the below left photo.

Two images: one of the cookies fresh out of the oven, and one after they've been scooted.

Serving + Storing this Recipe: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets placed on cooling racks for 5-10 minutes before enjoying with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt and glass of cold milk. Or, let them cool completely first (but we all know a warm, gooey cookie is far superior!). Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days or in the fridge an extra 1-2 days.

Two halves of a broken open cookie, showing their gooey insides and melty chocolate chips.

Expert Success Tips for Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Chill the Cookies – Don’t skip this step! Chilling the cookie dough ensures that they will bake properly without overspreading, and helps develop the flavor.
Don’t Over Bake – Follow the doneness cues given in the recipe card below for best results.
Picture Perfect Cookies – Cookies never bake into perfectly round circles, so use a round cutter to “scoot” them into place. Use a cutter just larger than the cookie, place it around the cookie (don’t cut off the edges), and swivel it around to round out your cookies. Top any bare spots with extra chocolate chips.
Oven Thermometer – An oven thermometer will tell you if your oven is actually running at the temperature you set it to. Your oven may not be accurate. Accurate oven temperature is crucial for most bakes, so I leave an oven thermometer in at all times to keep an eye on my oven’s calibration.
Kitchen Scale – A food scale is the best way to make sure your flour is at the proper weight, since amounts will vary SO widely based on how you measure it, as well as the measuring cup you use, as they are not standardized.

FAQs:

What do eggs do in a cookie recipe?

Eggs provide structure and moisture, and help bind all the ingredients together. This is why we need a substitute if you want to skip the eggs. They certainly play an important role!

Can I double this recipe?

Yes you can!

Can I halve this recipe?

Yes, this is fine too.

Can I bake this as a skillet cookie?

Yes! Press the dough into a greased 9-inch oven-safe skillet or similar oven-safe baking dish and bake starting at 15 minutes, adding a few minutes at a time until the edges appear set and the center looks just a tad underdone. A toothpick inserted into the center will pull out some gooey cookie crumbs. Don’t over bake!

Can I bake this eggless cookies recipe as bar cookies?

Yes! Follow the bake time on my brown butter chocolate chip cookie bar recipe.

Recipe Variations:

Mix-Ins – Feel free to use milk or dark chocolate chips in place of the semi-sweet if you prefer. You can also swap half or 1/3 of the chocolate chips out for nuts – try chopped walnuts or pecans. M&ms would be yummy in these too!

A close-up on the stack of chocolate chip cookies with their gooey insides showing.

Special Tools:

Cookie Scoop – Use this cookie scoop to make your cookies the size I did. It’s technically an ice cream scoop, but it’s the perfect size for large bakery-style cookies.
Baking Sheets – These are my favorite cookie sheets!
Silicone Baking Mat – This is my favorite silicone baking mat. It reduces waste because it’s washable!
Flaky Sea Salt – I adore adding a sprinkle of this flaky sea salt over almost any cookie recipe.

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