This post originally appeared in Genius Recipes on Food52.
World, this is the genius chocolate chip cookie we’ve been waiting for. Oh, and one other thing: It’s vegan.
Notice that I didn’t say it’s genius for a vegan chocolate chip cookie or in spite of it. This cookie, which comes from Ovenly founders Agatha Kulaga and Erin Patinkin, can rest entirely on its own merits: its soft-bellied, chewy, caramelly-crisp-edged, rippled and ringed and puddled with melty chocolate, well-salted, incidentally vegan merits.
I realize this is almost incomprehensible if you grew up, like I did, making chocolate chip cookies by beating soft butter with sugar, then dropping in eggs one by one, ignoring what everyone says about eating cookie dough. But I’ve come to understand some of the kitchen science at work. We’ll get to that, because you’re going to want some talking points.
Even if you’re not vegan, sometimes you’re out of eggs. Or your butter isn’t soft (or, whoops, way too soft). Or you have a new friend or in-law who’s allergic to eggs or dairy. Of course, for the people who’ve been limited ... Read more
