33 Exceptional Eggless Cookie Recipes (2024)

This collection of eggless cookie recipes is full of delicious treats to make if you need to avoid eggs for any reason. Whether you're avoiding an allergen, are vegan, or just don't have any eggs in the house, you'll find an amazing eggless cookie to make in this list of recipes from some of my favorite bloggers around the web.

And the best part: because these are all eggless recipes, feel free to snitch a bite of that cookie dough without worrying!

I have a ton of amazing egg-free cookie recipes to share, so I'm breaking them down into sections:

Nut flavored/nuts and nut butter are a dominant flavor
eggless cookies featuring chocolate
Fruit flavored egg free cookie recipes
and everything else

Eggless Cookies Featuring Nuts and Nut Butters

1. Vegan Almond Cookies

These vegan almond cookies have a crisp exterior, and a chewy interior. They're not only good for anyone with an egg allergy--they're also dairy free and gluten free, so perfect for baking up for friends with several different dietary needs. And they're just delicious!

2. Walnut Rugelach

Walnut rugelach are made with a tender cream cheese dough, and are rolled out in sugar, not flour. They bake up with the most amazing, golden, caramelized crust. You will LOVE them!

3. Vegan Pecan Cookies

Classic pecan cookies get a vegan makeover in this amazing recipe from Pastry Wishes!

4. Eggless, Thin andCrispy Peanut Butter Cookie

Do you love crispy cookies? Then you'll adore these thin and crispy eggless peanut butter cookies. I'd love to try these drizzled or dipped in chocolate, but they're amazing just as they are.

5. Classic, Crumbly (Eggless!) Peanut Butter Cookies

Nothing beats a classic peanut butter cookie! That tender, crumbly texture, that rich peanut butter flavor, the classic criss-cross shape made with a fork... a childhood favorite! I have an incredible peanut butter cookie recipe, but if I ever need an eggless version, this recipe from Green Bowl 2 Soul is the one I'm going to use!

Chocolate Eggless Cookies

6. Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

Let's start off our chocolate collection with some classic eggless chocolate cookies: chocolate shortbread. All shortbreads are very basic, egg free cookies--but they're full of flavor! You can dress the cookies up by dipping them in chocolate and adding sprinkles, like the cookies pictured here from The Monday Box. These would be a hit on any Christmas cookie tray, but change up the colors, and they're perfect for any occasion.

7. Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies With Rye Flour

The rye flour in these egg free chocolate chip cookies gives them a depth of flavor and nuttiness that you'll love. It's a great vegan option if you have a chocolate chip cookie craving!

Fruit FlavoredEggless Cookies

13. Kolachy Cookies

Kolachy cookies are made with a cream cheese pastry dough, much like rugelach, but they're baked with a jam filling. I absolutely love how the baked jam gets chewy, almost like a soft candy or fruit leather. No eggs in this classic, delicious recipe!

14. Chewy Mandarin Orange Cookies

This recipe for vegan mandarin orange cookies is actually gluten free, too! Bright orange flavors in a chewy, sweet, tiny package. Yum!

15. Easy Lemon Lavender Cookies

These shortbread cookies are infused with real lavender and lemon, and the baked cookies are perfect to serve with a cup of tea.

16. Gluten Free Viennese Whirl Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

Whipped shortbread gets piped in a swirl and baked to make these gluten free Viennese whirls. Sandwich them together with some buttercream and strawberry jam to complete the experience.

17. Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Glaze

Crisp and buttery Earl Grey Shortbread Cookiesare flavored with a hint of tea, and are topped with an easy lemon glaze. It's like a cup of your favorite tea in cookie form! And, of course, there are no eggs in this recipe!

18. Soft Vegan Lemon Cookies

More lemon flavor, this time in a soft, vegan lemon cookie recipe from Souvlaki for the Soul. I absolutely LOVE soft cookie recipes, and anything with bright lemon flavor.

19. Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake Cookies

Raspberry. Lemon. Cheesecake. Cookies. Do I really need to say any more to convince you? They're soft, flavorful, vegan cookies that taste like summer!

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20. Honey Spelt Cookies

Here's a unique recipe for you--Honey Spelt Cookies. Lightly spiced and naturally sweetened with honey, these cookies are a special treat.

21. Vegan Gingerbread House (or Gingerbread Man) Recipe

This is a vegan version of my famous, tried-and-true gingerbread house recipe, and it's put together with vegan royal icing, so it's safe for people with egg allergies. I like everyone to be able to enjoy my gingerbread decorating parties! It also makes delicious gingerbread men.

22. Chewy Eggless Ginger Molasses Cookie

These chewy molasses cookies are absolutely amazing--flavored with molasses, dark brown sugar, fresh ginger, cardamom, and more. Intense. Adult. And incredibly delicious.

23. Ladokouloura Greek Olive Oil Cookies

I love the spices used in Greek cookies in general, and I love the nutty crunch added by the sesame seeds in this recipe for Ladokoulouracookies. They're naturally vegan, so great for eggless baking.

24. Russian Tea Cakes

Russian Tea Cakes (also called Mexican Wedding Cakes, or Snowball Cookies) are one of my must-make cookies every Christmas season. They're so simple, but SO GOOD! And they happen to be an eggless cookie recipe, with no modifications made from the traditional recipe.

25. Vegan Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Eggless oatmeal cookies get a sophisticated twist when you top them with flakes of sea salt.

26. Soft and Chewy Vegan Matcha Cookies

The natural green color of these chewy vegan matcha cookies is so quirky and pretty! I want to make these for St Patrick's day next year.

27. Traditional Scottish Shortbread Recipe

Did you know that traditional Scottish shortbread is completely egg-free? It's made with just butter, fine sugar, and flour. That's it. But those simple ingredients combine to make the most amazing, buttery, tender, perfectly sweet and delicious shortbread cookies!

28. Melting Moments

Melting Moments sandwich cookiesare made with a two small, whipped shortbread cookies sandwiched together with a classic buttercream icing. They are so simple, but so good, and they really do melt in your mouth, they're so tender. This is another classic recipe that just happens to have no eggs in it. No need for any egg replacements with this classic cookie!

29. Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

I'm not the biggest fan of white chocolate on its own--it's very sweet--but when you pair white chocolate chipswith another flavor with a little more intensity, I absolutely love it! Crushed peppermints are the perfect addition to the white chocolate chunks in this chewy, eggless cookie.

Rebecca also has an amazing vegan white chocolate chip pretzel cookie recipe. If you combined that one with this peppermint and white chocolate egg-freecookie recipe, you'd end up with a cookie version of my favorite seasonal treat from Trader Joe's--flat pretzels dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with crushed peppermint. I am definitely going to have to try a mashup of these two recipes!

30. Eggless Snickerdoodle Cookies

This eggless snickerdoodle cookie recipe uses both white sugar and brown sugar, but the distinctive flavor definitely comes from the cinnamon in the recipe and the cinnamon sugar coating. Snickerdoodles are always a hit!

31. Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

I love how jam packed with oatmeal and coconut this recipe is! There is some all purpose flour in the recipe, but not a whole lot, and the ratios make this cookie hearty,amazingly flavorful, with the best chewy centers. I love that this is a cherished family recipe, and that the author still has the recipe card she copied from her neighbor's original recipe when she was a kid. You can't beat a tried and true recipe like that! I'll bet the eggless cookie dough tastes amazing, too. I'm a sucker for oatmeal cookie dough.

32. Coca Cola Cake Mix Cookies

You'd never guess that thesedelicious cookies are made with a box of chocolate cake mix and co*ke! (There are a couple other ingredients, too, but this is about as easy as it gets!). They seem soft when first baked, but when cool, they turn into the ost amazing chewy cookies.

33. Eggless Soft Sugar Cookies

These eggless sugar cookies are soft cookies, not firm ones like you'd decorate. No, these are the type my grandma would make. Drop cookies, shaped with a small ice cream scoop, and rolled in sugar before baking. Soft. Pillowy. Perfect. But these ones are no egg sugar cookies, unlike my grandma's recipe.Sometimes vanilla extract is all the flavoring you need to make an amazing cookie.

(But I do have an amazing roll-out sugar cookie recipe! You can use aquafaba in place of the egg and the recipe works brilliantly.)

33 Exceptional Eggless Cookie Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you add too little eggs to cookies? ›

If there isn't enough egg, your batter or dough may not be able to hold its structure or could end up overly dry or dense. On the other hand, if there is too much egg, your baked goods could lose their shape due to excess liquid, or have a rubbery (or even overly cakey) texture depending on the recipe.

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Can you use yogurt instead of egg in cookies? ›

Both yogurt and buttermilk are good substitutes for eggs. It's best to use plain yogurt, as flavored and sweetened varieties may alter the flavor of your recipe. You can use 1/4 cup (60 g) of yogurt or buttermilk for each egg that needs to be replaced.

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What are vegan cookies made of? ›

Instead of butter, these cookies use melted coconut oil, extra-virgin olive oil, or a neutral-flavored oil like avocado oil. The eggs are simply omitted with no downsides. For non-vegans like me, this means that the recipe is even easier to make than standard chocolate chip cookies.

Are Girl Scout cookies really vegan? ›

Yes, some Girl Scout Cookies are made with vegan ingredients including our most popular cookie Thin Mints®. For more information, visit the Meet the Cookies page of our website. Are there Girl Scout Cookies that are certified gluten-free? Yes.

Are Oreos actually vegan? ›

Many vegans refer to Oreos as “accidentally vegan,” meaning they don't contain animal products — but they weren't created to be a specifically vegan treat. Oreos do not contain milk, eggs, or any other animal-derived products, so they are technically vegan in that sense. Plant-based cookies and cream lovers rejoice!

What famous cookies are vegan? ›

Vegan Cookie Brands

Munk Pack Protein Cookies (Mail-order and retail distribution)
Enjoy Life Soft Baked Cookies (Amazon.com)
Lenny & Larry's (Amazon.com)
Ope's Cookies (Mail-order)
Uncle Eddie's (Mail-order and retail distribution)
Alternative Baking Company (Mail-order and retail distribution)

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What makes a cookie chewy? ›

Cornstarch helps product soft and thick cookies. Using more brown sugar than white sugar results in a moister, softer cookie. An extra egg yolk increases chewiness. Rolling the cookie dough balls to be tall and lumpy instead of wide and smooth gives the cookies a bakery-style textured thickness.

How to salvage crumbly cookie dough? ›

Dry – “Dry” or “Crumbly” dough is a product of over-mixing or using too much of any ingredient during the mixing process. This can be reversed by adding one to two tablespoons of liquid (water, milk or softened butter) to your mix.

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Can you overmix eggs in cookies? ›

An overmixed egg foam will be slack, wet, loose, and unable to hold peaks. An overmixed egg foam will look dull or broken, like cottage cheese. With the addition of flour, an undermixed batter will have uneven streaks or visible pockets of flour.

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