A delicious cookie you can share or not, we won’t judge. I’ll bet y’all got the ingredients sittin’ right in your kitchen. Let’s get this ball rolling. Go ahead and pour the almond milk, the cookies will be done before it gets warm.
Chocolate Chip Cookies at Mamaw's House.
Let me take y’all down memory lane to one of my favorite place in South Carolina-my mamaw’s house. In the summertime we’d all jump on the back of the truck and ride down the road to to her house on the farm. We bounced along the old dirt road and the dust clouds would rise up behind us swirling and dancing around. Mamaw was one of those that always had sweets waitin’ on me when I got there. Old Bandit, the farm dog would meet me in the yard barking, jumping up and down excited to have company. I’d jump off the back of the truck, pushing my hair off my sweaty face while running for the old creaky screen door that slammed behind me as I ran into the kitchen. She’d put her hands on each side of my face and smile the biggest smile, kiss my forehead and give me the biggest hugs. I can feel her now wrapping her arms around me, my heart misses her.
The smell of fresh baked homemade chocolate chip cookies filled the house, but first I had to wash my hands-no dirty hands allowed at the kitchen table. Her cookies were like drops of sugary sunshine, I would be so excited. I don’t know why, but everything always tasted better at my mamaw’s house.
Sittin’ at the table, legs swinging under the old oak kitchen chair, I was in heaven. The lace tablecloth, delicate and worn with age, I had always thought it was so fancy and must have costed so much. I would trace the lace with my fingers and there at the center, sat the old glass sugar bowl—a bowl that had seen generations come and go. It held more than just sugar; it held stories, laughter, and a taste of Mamaw’s love. I remember many times we’d sneak in the house and take a full bite of sugar from the bowl then back outside to play in the dirt.
“Are you ready for a cookie?” she’d asked bringing the entire plate of cookies to the table. You know what they say, spoiled by grandparents and that I was!! The first chocolaty bite with a cold glass of milk was summer right there in my hands wrapped up in a chocolate chip cookie. With her apron still on you could see puffs of flour on the front she sat down to talk about my summer, was I ready to go back to school, have I been having fun, you know, grandma stuff. Whatever I didn’t finish would get wrapped up in tin foil and sent home with me to finish later.
What a wonderful small trip down memory lane. Y’all! I didn’t want to bore you too much. It’s always amazing to me how food can take you to a time of such joy from our past with loved ones we no longer have. If you’re missin’ someone, make their favorite dish and think about the wonderful memories around the table.
Now I’m ready for some of them crunchy chocolate chip cookies, so let’s get started. The recipe is below and if I can make them, anyone can. Let me know how they turned out and if you you ate them all in one sittin’ like we did! I know!! We could’t help it.
Michele
Y’all enjoy.
Crunchy Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup sugar (I use Stevia)
- ⅓ cup coconut oil (soft, not melted into liquid)
- ¼ cup plant milk I used almond milk
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 ¼ cup sifted all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp himalayan salt any fine grain salt will work
- 1 cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350 F. Add parchment paper to cookie sheet or baking pan.
- In a big bowl mix together your sugar and coconut oil until fully mixed. Have patience, it will eventually mix together.
- Once fully mixed add in the vanilla and milk. Keep mixing' that sucker up.
- Making sure it's fully mixed up add your dry ingredients. Flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Add a little at a time, it's easier to mix. Mix until a dough forms, it will look shiny and a little chunk. Nothing like a dough ball for bread.
- You can now fold in your chocolate chips. I just throw them in and fold them with my hands. Why dirty up another utensil to wash? Right!!
- Now roll those bad boys up into balls. You'll be able to get about 13 to 15 I guess. Depends on how big your balls are. HA! Line them up on yer cookie sheet.
- Once you have all the balls on the sheet take a glass or use your hands, (remember we're keep the dishes to a minimum) and smash those bad boys. Smashing them makes them crispier.
- Bake for around 11 to 15 minutes, it all depends on the oven honey, keep checkin' them. I like to keep adding minutes dependin' on how brown the tops are getting, I like mine crunchy.
- Once you have them baked to your desired cookie likin's take 'em out and let 'em cool off.
- Add a tall glass of plant milk or a cup of coffee and ENJOY!!!!
yum yum yum! made them last night