It's always fun to review new bakeries and chocolate shops. But what's even better is when your own friend creates her own recipe for a vegan chocolate chip cookie that tastes better than store-made brands!
Laurie Porter is a big fan of chocolate chip cookies. Some of her favorites include Bouchon, Levain, and Dean and Deluca. When she started dating her now husband Eric, who was vegan, she wanted to be able to share her love of chocolate chip cookies with him. Since there are so few vegan cookies on the market, and the ones that exist are usually hard, bland and tasteless, Laurie decided to create her own recipe and show the world that she can create an organic chocolate chip cookie without any animal products that tastes delicious.
Laurie's recipe includes organic cane sugar, brown sugar, flour, a butter substitute, agave and vegan chocolate chips. Without butter, eggs, or milk, it's hard to make a good baked goods, but through experimentation Laurie has perfected her recipe. I tasted her cookie (okay, not going to lie, I had two of them) and it was delicious! They didn't crumble the way most vegan products do, and were filled with chocolate chips that melted in your mouth. You would never know that this was vegan, and the fact that it's organic too - you can have a guilt-free chocolate chip cookie experience!
Now Laurie can enjoy chocolate chip cookies with Eric, who loves the cookies and has given her extra 'cookie' points. Hopefully one day Laurie's vegan cookies will be found at your local organic store or Whole Foods! If you'd like to try a batch, please contact me and I'll put you in touch with Laurie for an order!
