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15 Creative Vegan Cookie Recipes to Elevate Your Baking Skills

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Is there anything better than a fresh-baked tray of cookies? They’re comforting, delicious, and one of the quickest and easiest desserts to make. We love a good chocolate chip cookie, but sometimes you want to get a little more creative with your cookies – check out these 15 amazing cookie recipes that you can find on our Food Monster App!

1. Lemon Basil Sugar Cookies

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The best part about these Lemon Basil Sugar Cookies by Gabrielle St. Claire is everything! It’s your staple vegan lemon sugar cookie recipe, slightly soft and chewy texture, packed with lemon flavor, has notes of basil that keep you on your toes, aesthetic appeal, is perfect for entertaining and is just such a fun concept!!

2. Caramel Macadamia Cookies

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These Caramel Macadamia Cookies by Michele Elizabeth are bakery style chewy good-ness! An absolute favorite packed with caramel and macadamia nuts and vegan of course!

3. Blackberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies

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These easy Blackberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies by Angelina Papanikolaou are simple, delicious, and made with only five healthy ingredients! Paleo-friendly, gluten-free, and vegan!

4. Matcha-Cream Shortbread Cookies

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Matcha-Cream Shortbread Cookies by Marie Reginato are the perfect dessert for the healthy home cook! Gluten-free, vegan and made with delicious ingredients that will suit the dietary needs of every guest. With a creamy center that’s tinted with matcha powder and sandwiched between classic shortbread cookies, this is an amazing sweet treat!

5. Apple Cider Cookies

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These chewy Apple Cider Cookies by Michele Elizabeth are the best fall cookies ever! They are chewy in the middle and have crisps edges, they are vegan and absolutely delicious!

6. Chocolate Sunflower Protein Cookies

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Sunflower seeds add a surprise texture to these softly crunchy Chocolate Sunflower Protein Cookies from High Protein Vegan by Ginny McMeans! Bake a few dozen for your cookie jar and your tummy.

7. Flourless Chocolate-Dipped Cookies

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These Flourless Chocolate-Dipped Cookies by Christina Bedetta gain their richness from a generous helping of nut butter. They’re then dipped in melted chocolate for extra goodness! Try this recipe with a variety of nut or seed butters to find your favorite.

8. Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

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When the cookie craving comes, the easiest thing to do is making a big batch of Easy Peanut Butter Cookies by Laine Rudolfa! They’re easy to make, super delicious and filling. And this recipe is a lot healthier that the classical one (that involves tons of refined sugar and butter!). So it’s a win-win situation – your cookie cravings will be satisfied with no harm done to your health.

9. Chewy Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

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These cookies are vegan, have a gluten and refined sugar free option, and are, clearly, full of nutrients. The texture is soft and chewy, reminiscent to that of your favorite pumpkin bread! Check out these Chewy Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies by Christina Bedetta!

10. Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles

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Here’s a take on classic snickerdoodles that will leave your tastebuds in amazement. Try this vegan cookie combination of chocolate and cinnamon with Emily von Euw‘s Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles!

11. Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookies

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These Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookies by Christina Bedetta combine the best qualities of classic gingerbread cookies with tradition chocolate chip. They are soft, chewy, super flavorful, and cozy- perfect with a warm mug of hot chocolate!

12. Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Soft and chewy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies by Fabio Gallo – the perfect cookie for chocolate lovers. This recipe is using strong espresso, which blends perfectly with the chocolate flavors, but you could also use regular coffee or replace the coffee with water.

13. 1 Bowl Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

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Oats and coconut collide in these amazing 1 Bowl Coconut Oatmeal Cookies by Nicole Dunai! These are naturally vegan, perfectly sweet, chewy, and full of amazing coconut flavor!

14. Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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A style of cookie that somehow manages to satisfy everyones needs: Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies by Marie Reginato! A cookie that is chewy on the inside, yet crispy on the outside and light as a feather. Enjoy!

15. S’mores Cookies (Minus the Campfire!)

S'mores Cookies (Minus the Campfire!) [Vegan]

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These S’mores Cookies (Minus the Campfire!) by Gretchen Caldwell are packed with the goodness of chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers: the classic flavor of s’mores! Make them the next time you want the “flavor” of camping without having to go to the trouble of sleeping in the great outdoors.

Loving these delicious recipes? Check out these other cookie recipe ideas: 30 Awesome Cookie Recipes to Fill Your Cookie Jar and 15 Dairy-Free Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes!

Learn How to Cook Plant-Based Meals at Home

Reducing your meat intake and incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet is known to Support various health benefits, including reducing chronic inflammation, improving heart health, enhancing mental well-being, achieving fitness goals, meeting nutritional needs, managing allergies, and promoting gut health, among others. Dairy consumption also has been linked to many health problems, including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer, prostate cancer, and has many side effects.

For those of you interested in eating more plant-based, we highly recommend grabbing our favorite plant-based cookbooks and downloading the Food Monster App — with over 20,000 delicious recipes, it is the largest plant-based recipe resource to help reduce your environmental footprint, save animals, and get healthy! And, while you are at it, we encourage you to also learn about the environmental and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

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