Happy Friday- and happy Victoria Day long weekend to my fellow Canadians!
I am especially excited for this weekend because Eric took today off work, so I have him around for 4 whole days! :heart:
But first, Cookie Friday. Despite being the huge cookie monster that I am, I don’t think I have ever officially done Cookie Friday. Well, today that changes. Sort of. I actually made this cookie on Thursday. Does that disqualify me? :biggrin:
Let’s begin.
A while back I spotted a creation by Tina called the 3-Minute Oatmeal Raisin Cookie.
A cookie…in 3 minutes? Naturally, I was game. I told myself I was going to make a vegan version of the cookie.
Well, you know how it goes. Hours turn into days and days turn into months. Dish water blonde hairs become grey hairs.
Until yesterday.
I was struck by a cookie craving, but I didn’t have the time to make an entire batch of cookies. I just wanted 1 cookie. One GINORMOUS cookie all to myself that I would not have to share with my husband. (insert evil witch cackle here). :devil:
I immediately looked for Tina’s 3-Minute Oatmeal Raisin Cookie and I decided that today would be the day I would try my hand at making a vegan version.
My challenge was to replace the egg white. I used to assume that it was impossible to replace an egg white in a recipe. Its’ thick, binding, gooey texture is not found in many foods!
However, there is a way to replace an egg white and it is actually very easy!
You need chia seeds and water.
I used ‘chia flour’ which is simply ground up chia seeds. Regular chia seeds or ground flax seed would also work too!
Ground chia seed and water:
Vegan Egg White
- 1 tsp chia flour (or 1 tsp ground flax or 1 tsp chia seeds)
- 1/8th cup water
Directions: Mix water and chia together in a small bowl. Set aside for 2 minutes and whisk again for 20 seconds. The egg white consistency will form before your eyes! Note this recipe is the equivalent of replacing 2 egg whites.
Voila, Egg white texture.
I have also talked about using this method to replace entire eggs in recipes, otherwise know as the chia or flax egg. As a rule of thumb I try not to replace more than 2 eggs in a recipe for best results.
Now back to the cookie.
3-Minute Vegan Maple Oatmeal Cookie
Adapted from Tina.
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup regular oats
- 1 vegan egg white (combine 1 tsp ground chia, chia seeds, or ground flax + 4 tbsp water)
- 1 tsp sucanat (brown sugar works)
- 2 tsp whole grain spelt flour
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp dried fruit like raisins (I used chopped dried apricot)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Nature’s Path gluten-free rice crisp cereal
- 1/2 tbsp cacao nibs (or dark chocolate chips)
- 1 tbsp pure maple syrup
- Pinch of sea salt
Directions: Mix the dry ingredients together and then pour on the vegan egg white, maple syrup, and all of the vanilla. Mix well. Microwave for 60-80 seconds. Let it cool for several minutes and gently pop the cookie out with a spoon. It will look like a big oatmeal cookie!
Nutritional info: 197 kcals, 3 g fat, 41 g carbs, 6 g fibre, 18 g sugar, 4 g protein.
The modifications I made were using spelt flour, dried apricots, sucanat, maple syrup, and adding rice crisp and cacao nibs for crunch. The cookie had a great texture!
Adding wet ingredients…
Put the mixture into a small bowl and microwave for 60-80 seconds.
Let it cool.
I was quite pleased with how well the cookie held together! It looks like the vegan egg white was a success.
This is the bottom side of the cookie. As you can see it is very gooey as the bottom didn’t cook as much as the top. I was not complaining.
What did I think?
I think this was a good first attempt, but I would make modifications for the next one. Next time I think I would use raisins (hmmm maybe chocolate coated ones??) and replace the sucanat with a bit of smashed banana. For a banana chocolate raisin oatmeal cookie. Yes, that shall be my next version!
Oh by the way, as you may have noticed in the very first picture, I put a blob of cashew nut butter on top. Swoon.
In honour of cookie Friday, I’d like for you to tell me what you all time favourite cookie recipe is! Bonus points if you link to it or tell us where we can find it.
I have a lot of favourite cookie recipes, but my two most recent favourites are Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies and Banana Apricot Spelt Oatmeal Cookies. Mmmmmm.
Here’s to COOKIES!
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YUM! I have a 3-minute cookie that i make (based on Tina’s) with cocoa, peanut butter, and a few chocolate chips. it’s definitely way too good to be true…but i want to try the vegan egg whites ASAP!
Heather…what is your 3 min cookie recipe using cocoa, pb,and a few choc. chips???
it’s on this post: http://heathersdish.com/2010/01/28/tired-feet/
i was just thinking about it this morning…it’s not even fair how good it is! plus you could totally use a vegan egg sub (like flax & water) instead of the whites.
Your cookie looks delicious!
My favorite (or at least my trusted no-fail recipe
) is Dreena Burton’s recipe for vegan chocolate chip cookies: http://viveleveganrecipes.blogspot.com/2006/01/homestyle-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
Sometimes I modify the recipe by using oatmeal, wheatgerm, whole wheat flour etc – but without any modifications, this recipe will impress even you non-vegan friends.
Most of all, I love how quick these are to make! The only downside to me – as always – is that the dough tastes even better than the cookies…
I love making such things in a microwave!
It’s great to add some sour fruit in it too, like frozen cherries. just mix flour, a bit of flax, some kind of milk, baking powder or baking soda, any kind of additions you like, pop it in a microwave and voila! Amazing cookie/doughy dessert
that cookie looks amazing!!
I would definitely go with the chocolate covered raisins next time. Yum.
I loooove cookies. i don’t really bake too much so I don’t have good recipes but I love snickerdoodle cookies, oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies, and plain old chocolate chip.
Pumpkin spice chocolate chip
I will be making them soon and link to my blog then: bonus points will have to wait.
I like the idea of just making one cookie. Making a whole batch can be dangerous.
I’m so boring and love simple chocolate chip cookies, although I definitely switch it up and now then. These sound delicious and oh-so Canadian.
That cookie looks great! I’ve never had cashew butter before even though it’s my favorite nut! I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen it in a store before!
Well, I don’t have a recipe, but my all-time favorite cookie remains homemade chocolate chip. Can’t top it.
Any subs for peeps with gluten allergies and can’t get ahold of any gluten free oats? Maybe using all gluten free rice crisps and gluten free flour?
Thank you for providing the nutritional info, I am fallowing weight watchers and I would love to try more recipes in the blog world but I am fearful due to not having the nutritional info.
This looks great and love the fact that it’s vegan!
Awesome tip! I have a HUGE bag of chia seeds and always looking for a way to use them. THANKS!
I made these banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies from Tina’s website last night and they were soo good! Even my skeptical boyfriend (who wanted to make a butter laden recipe) was impressed! I added raisins + slivered almonds to the recipe as well because I like chunky cookies
http://carrotsncake.com/2009/02/banana-oatmeal-chip-cookies.html
YUM YUM YUM! I love me some cookies, and I REALLY love the idea of having one ready in 3 minutes! Thanks for the idea on the egg substitute…good to know!
These look yummy but I don’t have a microwave so I wonder how I should heat them.. in the oven maybe? Also I thought maybe you would like to take a look at this article
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/05/18/microwave-hazards.aspx
Yummy! I had wanted to try Tina’s recipe for a really long time too, just… forgot about it, just like you!
Thanks for reminding be about this recipe. I’m thinking I’ll make a peanut butter oatmeal cookie sandwich tomorrow for breakfast! XD
Wei-Wei
I’m obsessed with Cashew Butter! So delicious. And with my busy schedule right now Even I could fit in 3 minute cookies! I’ll have to try it out : )
Quinoa cookies! My mom used this idea- all she did was follow the Quaker Oat recipe for oatmeal cookies but replaced the oats with uncooked quinoa. I’m sure this would work with any cookie that calls for flour is you grind up the quinoa before adding. They were light, fluffy, and crispy. Very delicious!
Mmm, wow this looks good! A cookie in 3 minutes? I need to try this one!
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K
That vegan oatmeal cookie looks too good to be true! I think I will have to adapt one for a dessert OR bfast this weekend. Have a good Fri!
I don’t have any good cookie recipes. I can never make them extra chewy like I love them!
This recipe could not have come at a better time! Yesterday I was at a work meeting all day and they provided treats. Everyone around me was eating this HUGE giant chocolate chip cookes. The ones with big ol’ chunks of chocolate . I wanted one but I was strong. I’ll be making this cookie tonight, can’t.wait. Thank you! Have a great weekend!
looks DELICIOUS angela! my favourite cookies are DEFINITELY vegan sweet peanut butter cookies…
http://www.pattycake.ca/recipes/honeypbcookies
or the variation, miso-peanut butter cookies!
http://www.pattycake.ca/recipes/gingermisopeanutbuttercookies
mmmmmmmmm!
I adapted a recipe a while ago and I just made a batch of these yesterday. They’re sooo good and they stay together beautifully even though they’re vegan. And no flax eggs are required! The nut butter and banana work wonderfully.
http://thereseandross.blogspot.com/2010/02/choc-oat-banana-cookies.html
Yesterday, I used 1/4 cup dried cherries and 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips.
I actually used the vegan egg recipe when I was making pancakes and realized that I didn’t have eggs! It surprisingly turned out very well.
I have never tried the 3 minute cookie and really need to. It would be perfect for me. A cookie fast? Yes, please! My favorite cookie recipe is an old fashioned one a friend’s grandmother gave me. Love them. Although it is no way healthy or close to vegan. Oh well, it’s good for a special occasion treat.
Yay for cookies!!!!!!!!! Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are just so creative!!!! The cookie looks amazing!! Love how you made the chia and flax mixture to replace egg!
Happy Victoria Day to you!!!!!!!!!!!
This looks absolutely delicious! I love the use of chia as an egg white replacement!
My fave cookies as of late are my Oatmeal Banana Coconut Cookies!! (http://www.fannetasticfood.com/recipes/oatmeal-banana-coconut-cookies/)
You would love them
Just sub out the greek yogurt for a soy version!
whenever I have a sweet tooth i always make aquick microwaveable oatmeal cookie!! works everytime!!! love them!
I heart Cookie Friday, but I overdid last week so I may be taking a rest from it today ; )
My favorite cookie is oatmeal chocolate chip.
YUM!! Oatmeal cookies are my all time favorite, and if it can be made in 3 minutes, well really, whats better than that?
That cookie looks so yummy and gooey! I’m going to have to try this! I love your recipes and food creations!
OMG! This could very well be exactly what I could make to fill my craving I am having right now. Going to try and make it with ground flax. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Yummmm!
You are so creative! These are just what I need for the weekend! Thanks!
3 minutes cookies?! I’m all over that! I’d have to say my favorite are my mom’s chocolate chip!
Mmmm loved the tip about the egg whites! they look delicioussss
Yum! I love how often you use chia seeds -I’ve never used them but it’s an ingredient I’ve been considering branching out to. You make it seem so versatile!
YUM YUM YUUUMM!
that looks SUPER good! i love oatmeal cookies, too
i’ve used the flax seed + water combo for egg replacements but i’ve never used chia seeds!!!!! looks like i just figured out what i’m doing with the rest of my day 
!
Our absolute favorite is the Itsy Bitsy Chocolate Chip Cookie from 101 Cookbooks! Coming in a close second – Jungle Jack’s chocolate chip cookies, a healthier version that Mrs. Jack Hannah conconted for her husband. I sadly can’t remember where the recipe came from.
Having said that, we most often make basic Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookies. Always yum!
Mmmm that was so tasty. It really hit the spot. The hubby liked it too, but he’s a cookie monster at heart.
How do you or what do you use to calculate nutritional values?
3 minute cookie? Sign me up! Looks delicious. My all-time favorite cookie recipe is my mom’s sugar cookie recipe… I remember as a child every holiday was marked by the appearance of the famous sugar cookie in seasonal shapes! Dreena Burton’s Supercharge Me cookies are one of my newer favorites… now I’m craving cookies!
I’ve been trying to come up with a way to veganize matzah balls, and this sounds like a really good option if the chia seed mix can hold up when boiled. I think I’ll try that this week… Thanks!
oh yummy that cookie looks lovely.
I am SOO glad that the long weekend is finally here, its definitely needed.
That cookie looks good.
I’ve been reading about how you love those vegan overnight oats, so I tried it.
Absolutely DISGUSTING. Cold, slimy oatmeal…. not exactly appetizing. I don’t care how you dress it up, it’s still cold, slimy oatmeal. How on earth did you get used to it???
My favorite cookie is my mom’s peanut butter chocolate chip! I have no idea where the recipe is from and I’m sure it’s not healthy but it’s de-licious.
I was just recently turned onto your blog and have never used chia seeds or chia flour before.
I bought a bag of chia seeds this morning and also what’s called “chia goodness” which is a blend of chia, buckwheat, and hulled hemp seeds. Would that work as well for the vegan egg white?
This cookie looks amazing (so do all the other recipes on here) and I love how you can make just one!
Love the green monster drink too – I get so excited to make them
My bf loves them too!
I just want chia seeds.
I get zero points because I don’t have a cookie recipe or love. Just lust for chia…
Holy Nut Butter! That cookie looks absolutely stunning on the white pedastal, totally fitting for such a super star! Great post!
That looks awesome… This might be a dumb question but in one part of the post it says to use 1tsp chia with 1/8th cup of water and further down it says to use 4 Tbsp of water…isn’t 4 Tbsp of water 1/4 of a cup?
Wow, I love how resourceful you are…the cookie looks delicious!
That picture with the cashew butter makes that cookie look absolutely scrumptilicious!!! I don’t bake many cookies, however, I’d have to say that my favorite cookies hands down are homemade peanut butter cookies.
I have never made a vegan egg! Crazy, huh?
My all time favorite cookie is a dark chocolate dipped orange butter cookie. Mine is from a Pillsbury cookbook, but I found a recipe here:
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/recipes/recipe488.chocolate-dipped-orange-cookies.html
I’m working on adapting this recipe so I feel a little better about eating these cookies. I certainly can’t give them up, because the bitter orange and dark chocolate combination just makes me die. I like to use a pastry bag to drizzle just a line or two of orange-tinted white chocolate across the top, too. It looks lovely and gives an indication of the orange flavor.
And, my local coffee shop has to-die-for vegan espresso chocolate chip cookie!
I just made this & LOVE it! I used ground flax & changed up the cereal with broken Kashi Heart to Heart (since that is what I had) & it worked great. Thanks for the recipe
mmmmm!!! I cannot wait to make this!