Vegan Levain Style Cookies and Cream Cookies
Let’s talk cookies!
If there is one style of cookie I’m currently obsessed with, it’s the Levain style cookies! Levain is a widely loved NYC bakeshop that features all the baked staples. It’s so good you’ll see it on tv left and right and everyone raves about this shop. So how did their cookie become so iconic?
I’ll tell you!
Everyone loves a classic chocolate chip cookie, but this approach is just next level. It features cake flour, which adds a lightness, lots of butter (needed), more brown sugar than white for more of a softer cookie texture, and the one strategy I love most is that they make the height of the cookie sky high. By adding height the inside cooks slower making it more of a doughy center. Last but not least, the temperature is key as its higher than traditional cookies at 410 degrees, giving you a crisp outer edge and just a slightly soft center.
The combination of all these variables truly delivers a fab cookie that will make you say, wow, I’m never going back to traditional cookies! When thinking of the next best variation of this cookie, I knew we had to do Cookies + Cream concept! While I can’t recall the last time I had an OREO, there is something about this cookie combo that just captures my attention. It’s nostalgic, indulgent, and can easily be made vegan! If you’re familiar with this cookie, you know that without a doubt that finding vegan white chocolate can be a struggle. However you can easily find vegan white chocolate chips via Amazon!
What’s fab about this cookie? Everything! It’s modeled after the most sought after Levain recipe, features just flax eggs, you don’t have to sift in the dry ingredients, uses vegan butter and stevia sweetened chocolate chips, has tons of vegan chocolate cookies, compromises nowhere with texture or flavor, it’s sweet, crunchy, nostalgic, perfect for any season, requires a short chill time (thank goodness), it’s crispy on the outside and slightly soft on the inside, and just hands down such a win in the cookie department!
If you’re all about this style cookie, you have to try these new vegan Levain Style Cookies + Cream Cookies!
Why this recipe is great:
Quick
Easy
Vegan white chocolate
Tons of chocolate cookies
Short chill time
Crispy outside
Soft inside
No sifting of ingredients
Made with stevia sweetened chocolate chips!
Vegan Levain Style Cookies and Cream Cookies
- Total Time: 49 minute
- Yield: 8 Large or 24 Small 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup Vegan Butter, cold, cut into small cubes
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup White Sugar
- 2 tbsp ground flax combined with 6 tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups Cake Flour
- 1 1/2 cups White Flour
- 1 teaspoon Cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 2/3 cups Stevia Sweetened Chocolate Chips
- 1/2 cup vegan white chocolate chips
- 9 chocolate cookies, chopped
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine the ground flax and water. Set aside to thicken. This will serve as the eggs in the cookie
- Preheat oven to 410 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together cold cubed vegan butter, brown sugar, and white sugar for 2-4 minutes or until fluffy. Don’t over mix till its runny. Pro tip: Keep the butter in fridge until you’re ready to use it.
- Add the flax egg mixture and vanilla, mix well (1 minute)
- In a large bowl combine all of the dry ingredients. Gradually add in the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in increments (flours, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt) mixing after each time just a little until combined. Avoid overmixing. Fold in chocolate chips, and chopped cookies.
- Chill for 10-15 minutes
- Separate dough into large roughly shaped balls and place on lightly colored cookie sheet. Don’t make the dough too smooth, you want the dough roughly formed and TALL. You will fit 4 cookies on one large cookie sheet. The dough makes 8 extra large cookies or you can make 16 medium size. Once the cookie dough is on the pan, chill for 10 minutes if it seems too soft from sitting out. If your dough is too soft it won’t have as much height post baking.
- Bake for 9-10 mins minutes or until golden brown on the top. Let them rest for at least 10 minutes to set.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 9-11 mins
If i am to replace the flax seeds with egg, how mang eggs will i use?
2 eggs!
Can you use non vegan butter
You absolutely can use traditional butter and even eggs! (2)
Just made these and they are delish! Can you make with eggs instead of flax and butter instead of vegan butter?
★★★★★
You absolutely can!
Hi! I was wondering if you have the nutrition facts?
Hi. What is the size of each cookie in ounces / grams?
Thankyou.
To mirror the Levain style cookie they are made larger. I don’t know the oz/grams for each cookie, but you should have 8 large cookies out of the entire batch.
Why is there flour twice?
Hi Ami, One is Cake Flour, and the other is White Flour.
Is there a way to make these gluten free?
Hi Gabrielle,
The levain cookies are a huge hit in my house – my husband always requests them. Lately when I’ve made them, the dough has been crumbly and a couple cookies fall apart in the oven. Any idea what can cause this? Thank you!
Hi Jare! Hmmmm, crumble would leave me to believe you’re packing in your flour. Always pour flour into the measuring cups, never scoop. Also make sure your butter is cold and you don’t whip it until it becomes melted. I hope that helps!