These chewy vegan choc chip cookies with tahini and pecans are super easy to make with simple ingredients and take less than 15 minutes in the oven!

Right from the outset I’d like to point out that these vegan choc chip cookies aren’t just good for ‘a vegan cookie’.  Nope, even without dairy and eggs I’d be willing to bet no-one would be able to tell they’re vegan.  I do actually think that a LOT with baking though.

I wanted these cookies to be thick and chewy, a bit like (quite possibly my favourite cookie) these cinnamon sugar cream cheese cookies.  I love the texture and density.  Ever so slightly undercooking them means they have the most amazing texture – sort of a cross between a cake and a cookie.  Flavour the cookie dough with tahini and stud the whole lot with chocolate chips and pecans and we have a new favourite cookie contender!

How to make these brown sugar cookies:

I wanted to make the whole process as easy as possible with no strange ingredients.  Which means no egg replacement and the only substitution is butter for dairy free butter.  I recommend using the block type of butter rather than margarine as they won’t hold their shape as well with the softer marg.

Start by beating together the tahini, vegan butter and brown sugar.  The light brown sugar is what gives the baked cookies the most amazing caramel sweetness.  You can do this by hand or in a stand mixer – if you’re mixing by hand you’ll want to soften the butter first.

Scrape down the bowl a couple of times then beat in the milk then the flour, baking powder and cornflour until only just combined.

For the last few seconds, add the chopped pecans and chocolate chips until just mixed in.

Baking your cookies:

Shape the dough into golf ball sized pieces then roll and flatten slightly in your hands.  Place them on a baking tray – they don’t spread too much so can be placed reasonably close together.

Bake in a preheated oven for 10-13 minutes.  I cooked mine for 12 minutes.  The less you cook them the softer they’ll be, I find 12 minutes to be the ‘goldilocks’ time from my oven.  Check after 10 minutes and if you think they’re too soft, return to the oven for a couple more minutes.

I’m not even going to suggest you wait for them to cool before eating because where’s the fun in that?  Life is just too damn short to spend it waiting for vegan choc chip cookies to cool before devouring.  BUT if you have way more restraint than me, store any leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.

I’ve also frozen these and they’re still good to go once defrosted.  It took a couple of attempts to get the chewy consistency I was after and whilst I CAN, I most definitely SHOULDN’T eat somewhere north of 40 cookies all by myself in the space of a weekend.

Looking for even more vegan cookie recipes?  Try these:

Vanilla Sandwich Cookies

White Choc and Raspberry Cookies

Chia Chocolate Cookies

Coconut Almond Chocolate Cookies

Cinnamon Sugar Cream Cheese Cookies

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