Bake A Perfect (Vegan) Cookie Everytime!

I have spent many many hours working on vegan cookies and have come up with my list of tips and tricks to the perfect vegan cookie:

• I have had good luck using Ener-G Egg Replacer in my recipes in lieu of eggs. Sometimes, if I want an extra fluffy cookie, I add an extra "egg" equivalent.


• Get to know your oven! Some take more or less time than a recipe indicates so this is really important.


• To save energy (and the earth), don't preheat your oven until after your dough is ready (unless your oven takes awhile to preheat). Most ovens take very little time to heat up and this way if you have a complicated recipe you will save on energy and save yourself some money!


• Vegan cookie recipes can be dry. I add water to make it easier to work with. But, I only add One Tablespoon at a time, otherwise the cookies get too watery :).


• Use a cookie or ice cream scoop to place your cookies on the baking rack. It makes your cookies the same size and takes much less time than measuring out tablespoons, rolling the dough, and placing it on the sheet.


• For chewy cookies like snickerdoodles and peanut butter cookies, take the cookies out no later than the maximum time allotted. They might not look done but they will finish cooking on the baking sheet.


• Always cool your cookies on a cookie rack.

And always remember when you're done to put that spatula down, pour yourself a glass of (soy) milk, and enjoy at least one of your cookies :).