Vegan Cookie Bars! – Jane’s Patisserie

Deliciously straightforward vegan cookie bars with a chocolate base, chocolate chunks and a sprinkle of sea salt – perfection

As it’s January, I believed it was excessive time I posted one other vegan recipe, and these beauties are a ten/10. They’re tremendous easy to make, and based mostly on my tremendous widespread vegan cookie recipe. I am keen on them anyway, however they’re chocolatey, with an additional (non-obligatory…) sprinkle of sea salt on high.

Vegan bakes

I’ll admit that I haven’t posted too many vegan recipes in my time, however that’s purely for the truth that I actually am not vegan. I simply neglect, after which it will get delayed and I do know that’s not honest, as a result of vegan bakes are scrumptious.

I’ve posted a scrumptious vegan biscoff cake, vegan vanilla cupcakes, vegan brownies and even a vegan vanilla cheesecake and they’re at all times widespread for these of you who want or wish to make one thing vegan. Alot of the time with most bakes it may be easy swaps to make a recipe vegan, particularly with a cookie based mostly bake.   

Vegan cookies

My vegan cookie recipe has been tremendous widespread since I posted it, and thats as a result of I attempted to make the recipe and finish outcome as just like my different cookie recipes as I may. I needed to simplify the recipe, as I do assume generally alternate options for free-from could be over sophisticated with the components you should purchase. 

My vegan chocolate chip cookies are comparable of their nature to the recipes for my nyc chocolate chip cookies, and even my white chocolate and raspberry cookies as a result of as I at all times say, when you discover a methodology that works, why change it?! 

Ingredient swaps

The principle swaps for me relating to a primary cookie like this, is the butter, the egg, the cocoa powder, and the chocolate chips. The opposite components ought to naturally be vegan (the flour, the sugar, the elevating brokers), however clearly it’s value double checking. I are likely to strive and ensure my retailer cabinet components can swimsuit as many diets as potential for ease

I take advantage of a vegan butter rather than a dairy butter (I just like the flora plant block essentially the most on the time of posting), the cocoa powder I purchase is of course vegan as I take advantage of a robust chocolatey one at 100%. The chocolate chips are simpler to search out today, as vegan chocolate is changing into increasingly widespread, and I’m not mad about it. I take advantage of the galaxy vegan chocolate, and the nomo chocolate. 

The egg is the half that I suppose is essentially the most essential to swap out as you need the identical texture and flavour for the cookie dough and baked cookie, that an egg would usually convey. I discover swapping the egg for a vegan milk (I take advantage of almond, however oat can be good) works finest for the baking course of, and finish outcome. 

Cookie dough 

Much like most of my recipes, this cookie dough is scrumptious:

• Butter – As talked about above, I take advantage of the flora plant block in the intervening time for a vegan butter as I discover it essentially the most stable
• Sugar – I like utilizing gentle brown gentle sugar as a result of the flavour is scrumptious in cookies 
• Flavour – I at all times add just a little vanilla to my bakes however that is non-obligatory
• Flour – plain flour is necessary as you don’t need the elevating agent added in from self elevating 
• Chocolate – ensure the cocoa powder and the chocolate chips/chunks you combine by way of are vegan
• Elevating brokers – I at all times add just a little bicarbonate of soda for cookies for one of the best texture
• Salt – I take advantage of sea salt as a result of it’s scrumptious, however it’s non-obligatory for inside and as soon as baked 
• Milk – as talked about I desire to make use of almond milk in baking, however oat milk or soya work nicely. 

Altering issues up – free-from swaps

The beauty of a recipe like this, is that you could additionally convert it again to not being vegan, or you can also make it purely dairy free, and even simply egg free.

• The recipe will also be gluten free, with a easy change to gluten free plain flour, 1/4 tsp of xanthan gum if the flour doesn’t already comprise it (Ensuring that each one different components are additionally gluten free (the cocoa powder)). 
• If you wish to make these dairy free however you possibly can nonetheless eat egg, use one medium egg rather than the dairy free milk. 
• If you wish to make these egg free, use dairy butter and full-fat milk rather than the dairy free milk. You possibly can then additionally use any cocoa powder or chocolate chips 

Ideas & Tips 

• These vegan cookie bars will final for 4-5+ days simply as soon as baked, at room temperature
• You possibly can freeze the cookie bars for 3+ months 
• You can also make them not chocolate based mostly by eradicating the cocoa powder and utilizing 300g plain flour in whole
• I used a combination of galaxy vegan choc, nomo choc, and grocery store personal free-from chocolate 
• I used this 9″ sq. tin on this recipe

• 125 g vegan unsalted butter
• 175 g gentle brown gentle sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 250 g plain flour
• 35 g cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 tsp sea salt (plus further for high)
• 300 g vegan chocolate chips/chunks
• 75 g vegan milk (I used almond)

• Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and line a 9×9” sq. tin with parchment paper

• Add the vegan butter, sugar and vanilla to a bowl and beat till creamy

• Add within the plain flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, and salt and beat till mixed.

• Step by step add within the vegan milk till the cookie dough is shaped.

• Add within the vegan chocolate and blend till distributed nicely

• Tip the cookie dough into the lined tin, and press down evenly 

• Bake the cookie bars within the oven for 20-22 minutes. As soon as baked, depart them to chill within the tin

• These vegan cookie bars will final for 4-5+ days simply as soon as baked, at room temperature
• You possibly can freeze the cookie bars for 3+ months 
• You can also make them not chocolate based mostly by eradicating the cocoa powder and utilizing 300g plain flour in whole
• I used a combination of galaxy vegan choc, nomo choc, and grocery store personal free-from chocolate 
• I used this 9″ sq. tin on this recipe

ENJOY!

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