Welcome to your holiday cookie headquarters!
Can you believe it’s the last month of 2016? I’m having a hard time wrapping my mind around the entire year. This month is extra special because my sister, nephews, brother-in-law, mom, and stepdad are spoiling us with a visit over the holidays. We’re also hosting all the Liddons for a fun get-together. Our house is going to be a-boppin’ (Home Alone mannequin-dancing styles), I tell ya. I’m trying not to freak out about the hosting/cooking responsibilities while taking care of a newborn and toddler. Eek. (The good news is we won’t be traveling in a car/plane with screaming kids this year and the wine rack is stocked. I’ll take it.) Anyway, I can’t wait to celebrate Arlo’s first Christmas and Adriana’s third with the fam. I’m probably going to take about 645 pictures and another 87 videos.
Since it’s the official Month of Cookie Eating (or so I seem to celebrate each day), I thought it would be fun to put together a roundup (no pun intended) of my all-time favourite vegan cookie recipes. My cookie recipes tend to be some of my most popular, but I’ve never done a roundup of the best. I can’t believe how many great ones I’ve shared over the years. (Excuse the cookie brag, but damn.) I’ve always believed that vegan/gf cookies shouldn’t be one bit less tasty than their egg-, butter-, and white flour-containing counterparts. Actually, I think they should taste even better. Who’s with me?
Below are my 15 favourite vegan cookie recipes to date. (But maybe I’ve forgotten a few gems; you can let us know if any of your favourites are missing!) I’ve also noted where you can find the recipes (blog, cookbooks, and/or app). At the bottom you’ll find a list of my top 5 non-cookie treats, too (think brownies, macaroons, squares, etc.). These lists are a great starting point if you’re planning a vegan cookie swap this year! Can you imagine how fun that would be?
Don’t forget to share your OSG cookie photos on social media this month using the tag #ohsheglows so we can all see what you’re baking. I love getting tiny glimpses into your kitchens. :) For some of my own behind-the-scenes fun, be sure to follow my Snapchat and Instagram. I’m loving Insta Stories lately because it’s so quick (let’s be real, picture-perfect photos aren’t happening in my life these days). Also, check out my #osgtakeover series on Instagram, where fellow food bloggers pop in to share a day’s worth of their plant-based meals.
On an unrelated note (while I have you held captive in anticipation of cookies!), I want to say a huge thank you for the awesome response to our big app announcement, sale, and cookie bundle last week! It means the world to us. In case you missed the news, you can read all about it here and watch a fun video. The app is on sale the entire month of December, and our Android version, once released (we’re expecting this will be in December or early January), will be on sale too. Be sure to subscribe to In The Glow to be the first to find out when the new app drops!
Okay, if you actually read all that and didn’t just skip to the cookies…well, bless your soul.
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One Bowl Jumbo Chocolate Chunk Cookies – on the blog and app
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Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies (a family fave!) – Oh She Glows Every Day, p. 213
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Pillowy Pumpkin Snacking Cookies – OSG Every Day, p. 217
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Turtle Oatmeal Cookies – on the blog
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Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies – on the blog and OSG Every Day, p. 205
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Chewy Molasses Spelt Cookies – on the blog and OSG Every Day, p. 219
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Chocolate-Almond Espresso Cookies – OSG Every Day, p. 207
8. Gluten-Free Snickerdoodles – on the blog
9. Peppermint Crunch Cookies – only in the app
10. Gluten-Free Almond Lace Cookies – on the blog
11. Crispy Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – The Oh She Glows Cookbook, p. 265, app, and PB version on blog
12. Almond Blizzard Biscuits – only in the app
13. No-Bake Chocolate Fudge Cookies – on the blog and app
14. Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal Cookies – only in the app
15. Gingerbread People – only in the app
And some other enticing holiday treats…
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The Ultimate Flourless Brownies – OSG Every Day, p. 199
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Lightened Up Magical Coconut Bars – on the blog
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Nut-Free Dream Bars – OSG Every Day, p. 211
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Chocolate-Dipped Vanilla Bean Macaroons – OSG Every Day, p. 201 (or find the recipe on Bakerita, Eat Your Books, Heart of a Baker, Love & Lemons, and Orgali!)
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Ginger Cinna Maple Steamer – only in the app
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Almond Butter Rice Crisp Treats – on the blog and app
Note: Five of the app cookies are found in the Cookie Lover’s Bundle on the app bundle page. You need to unlock/download the bundle for the recipes to appear.
Oh She Glows Every Day blog tour wrap-up
Last but not least, I’d like to say a huge thank you to the following bloggers for their fantastic #osgeveryday blog tour posts—which, by the way, include some great reviews and recipe sneak peeks, if you’re still debating whether to pop Oh She Glows Every Day onto your holiday wish list (or are simply looking for some new OSG dishes to try out this holiday season!).
Photography credits: Images 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, [bottom collage 1, 3, 4] credit to Ashley McLaughlin. All other images credit to Angela Liddon.
You had me at COOKIE! These all look so amazing. It’s hard to find a satisfying vegan dessert recipe sometimes, but these cookies are making me want to run to my kitchen and get baking! ;-) Thanks for sharing! Kelli Brink
These look brill. Going to have to make some ASAP!
Hi Angela,
I downloaded a few recipes from your website using the “Ctrl + S” feature in Firefox; it saves copies of the pages and pictures. Doing this infected my computer with a trojan virus called “JS/HideLink.A”. It was connected to the following recipe pages: high protein & high fibre cereal, lightened up summer granola, banana bread protein bars, and peanut butter chocolate crunch blizzard.
Sorry to post this publicly, but I don’t know your e-mail address.
Thanks,
Amber
Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal cookie??
Saw this on your Instagram last month (has it really been that long) and was totally drooling…tis the season, or was! Still stuck in the holiday moods, going to have to get my daughter out of bed to make these with her momma! Happy New Years!!
These looks amazing!
Just got your second book as a birthday presant and I’m working through the recipes with my 14 year old semi-vegetarian. We are loving it!
Oh, I’m so happy to hear that, Paula! Happy cooking to you both.
Tried your One Bowl Jumbo Chocolate Chip cookies….OMG! So good! I am not vegan but I have both your cookbooks just love them! :)
This recipes are on my list! They all seem delicious and easy to make!
I was just given your Oh She Glows Every Day cookbook and love it! When I looked at the nutritional information on your website for Cookie Dough Balls V, it says the serving size is 15, but it doesn’t seem right that the full recipe (15 balls) is only 192 calories. Could you clarify what the serving size is? Thank you!
Hi Stacey, I’m so happy to hear you’ve been enjoying the new cookbook! Thanks for your question about the cookie dough balls. The nutritional information is per ball, based on the assumption you’ve made 15 balls from the recipe. (So it’s 192 cals per ball based on a recipe yield of 15 balls). Does that make sense?
Tried the first one on the list today and my kids loved it, i wonder why cookies and other baking goods taste much better every time i use coconut oil, the rest of these recipes are on my list for next weekend, Thanks!
this is an excellent to do list :)
You always have the best recipes. My cookbook is literally covered in little bits of stuff as I use it so much (maybe time for a new one lol!) I love the one bowl chocolate chip cookies!
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I´ve just taken up baking and I´m a bit of health freak so vegan recipes like these which are healthy and easy to follow are absolutely awesome. Thank you so much, if you are ever in Tulum, Mexico let me know I have a small vegan restaurant by the beach and I´ll sort you out a free meal.
Thanks again
Do you have a recommendation for a vegan cookie recipe without any oils (coconut oil, etc)? Or a recommended substitute for the oil?
Hmm, good question! From the blog, you could try my Happy Trails Adventure Cookies or Flourless Thumbprint Breakfast Cookies. As well, in the Oh She Glows Every Day cookbook (if you have it), I include the following oil-free cookie recipes: Triple Almond Thumbprint Cookies, Chocolate-Almond Espresso Cookies, and Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies. I hope this helps!
Thanks for this list — these simple and delicious recipes! I love eating cookie dough and appreciate you sharing the source. :-) Thanks for your work with developing and publishing vegan + gluten-free recipes.
Thank you so much for putting a list like this together Angela! You have no idea how helpful this will be the next time some friends & family are round!
You had me at cookie. What wonderful looking deliciousness.
These all look amazing but I can see the one bowl choc chunk cookies becoming favorites in our family. I really do intend to try and make lots of these recipes. Even though you posted this last year it’s coming around to that holiday time of the year again!!
Thanks for posting this because I would not have found my new favorite cookie otherwise. I bought the Every Day cookbook on kindle because I wanted to try the Flourless Peanut Butter cookies. OMG, one bite and I was in cookie heaven! While there are a lot of recipes in the book I would love to try, this one recipe alone is worth it. :) I’ll get to trying out the rest as soon as I can get past the flourless peanut butter cookie deliciousness. Thank you!!!
Hey Mich, Wow, I’m so flattered you love them so much!! =) I originally made them for my first cookbook and there wasn’t enough room to add the recipe and photo in. Boy, was my sister NOT happy they didn’t make the first book. So I knew they had to make the second one…lol. Thanks so much for your support and happy new year!