Looking for Dairy Free and Cocolate Free Cookie Recipes

I substitute Nucoa margarine for butter in my regular cookie recipes. Not all margarine is dairy free but this one is and it's easy to find at the grocery store.

Hi S.,

That's very thoughtful of you. My son has peanut and egg allergies - I belong to a great local food allergy and asthma group called FEAST. www.washingtonfoodallergy.org These 7 recipes came from a file someone posted (one includes chocolate chips). I'm including the notes from the person who posted it because she references a cookbook she loves that these came from.

Happy baking!
C.

Hi Folks! OK... here are some dairy/egg/nut free cookie recipes. These are all from my FAVORITE recipe book, Cookin without Eggs, by Rosemarie Emro. Every single recipe I've tried from this book has been EXCELLENT!

IN fact, I was soooo impressed with her book that I wrote her a letter. We've corresponded a bunch of times via email. Her daughter is high school age and is anaphylactic to eggs. She's grown out of a bunch of other allergies. Rosemarie is really nice.

For the following, I'll use T for tablespoon, t for teaspoon, and c for cup

BUTTERSCOTCH NO-FAIL COOKIES

2.5 c flour
1.5 t baking soda
1 c margarine or butter
3/4 c packed light brown sugar
1/4 c sugar
1/2 c water
1 (3.4 ounce) package butterscotch instant pudding/pie filling (not sure if you can find a dairy-free one of these...)
1 1/2 t vanilla
2 T vegetable oil
1 (11 ounce) package butterscotch bits
1 c. chopped walnuts (optional)

oven at 375
IN a large bowl, with a mixer on low speed, beat flour, baking soda, margarine, sugars, water, pudding mix, vanilla, and oil until dough sticks together, about 3 min.

Fold in butter scotch bits (and nuts if used). Batter will be very stiff. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8 min. cool completely before removing from pan.


LOADED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
1/2 c butter/margarine, room temp
1/3 c sugar
1/2 c packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 c flour
1 t baking soda
2 t vanilla
3 T vegetable oil
1 to 2 T water if needed
1/2 c nuts (optional)
6 oz chocolate chips
1/2 c. shredded coconut (optional)

oven at 350
IN a large bowl, with beater on medium, mix butter/margarine and sugars until fluffy, about 2 min. Slowly sift in flour and baking soda. Add vanilla and oil and mix until completely compbined. For a flatter cookie or if batter is too dry, add 1-2 T water.

With a wooden spoon, fold in nuts, chocolate, and coconut.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets spaced 2 in apart and bake for 8-10 min. Cool in pans for 3 min. Remove with spatula and transfer to wire racks to cool completely.


PEGGY'S GINGERBREAD COOKIES
We made them this year. Yum! I would roll them out thicker than I did last time, so they're more chewy.
You can use this recipe for cookies or gingerbread houses. For cookies, roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with your fav. cookie cutters

1/2 c. shortening.
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c dark molasses
2 T cold water
3 c unbleached flour
1 1/4 t ground ginger
1 t ground cinnamon
cooking spray

In a large bowl, with mixer set on med, cream shortening, sugar, molasses, and water. Slowly add flour, ginger, and cinnamon. MIx well until stiff dough forms. Chill 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350.

Lightly butter or spray a gingerbread house mold with vegetable oil spray. Press dough into mold and bake for 25 min. Cool for 5 min and carefully remove from mold and transfer to wire rack to cool flat side down. It's better to bake gingerbread 1 day in advance, then assemble the following day.


CAITLIN"S FAVORITE JELLY COOKIES
This is one of our favorites. It's SOOOOOO tasty, and looks very festive. I can't say enough good things about this recipe. It's easy, too.

2/3 c sugar
3/4 c margarine or butter, room temp
1 T vegetable oil
2 t vanilla
1/4 c water
1 t baking powder
2 c unbleached flour
1/2 c raspberry jam (or your favorite preserves)

oven at 350

In a large bowl with mixer at med, beat sugar, margarine, oil, and vanilla. Slowly add wtare until smooth. With a wooden spoon, stir in baking pwd and flour. Mix well until dough sticks together and form into a ball. Divide dough into 4 equal parts.

On a lightly floured surface, shape each wedge into a 12 by 3/4 inch log. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Using the handle of a wooden spoon or your finger, make a depression about 1/2 inch wide and 1/4 inch deep, lengthwise down the center of each log. Fill each with 2 T jam. Bake for 10 to 15 min or until light golden brown. Cool slightly then cut in diagonals 1/2 inch thick. Cool completely on wire rack.

PLAIN BUTTER COOKIES
(I haven't made these, but my sister did and she said they were very good.)

1 c butter or margarine, room temp
1 c powdered sugar, sifted
1 1/2 t vanilla
2 1/3 c unbleached flour
pinch of salt

In a large bowl with mixer on medium, beat butter and pwd sugar until smooth. Add vanilla, flour, and salt. Continue to beat on medium until combined.

With your hands, shape into 2 balls, then roll each out like a log shape, approx 2 inches in diameter and 12 inches long. Wrap with plastic wrap, place in fridge for several hours.

Preheat oven to 400.

Remove from frige and unwrap dough. With a sharp knife, cut into slices about 1/8 inch thick and place 1 inch apart on 2 cookie sheets.

Bake for 8-10 min. Let sit in pan for 1 min, then remove to wire rack to cook completely.

I think my sister rolled these out and used cookie cutters with great success. :)


SUGAR COOKIES

4 c unbleached flour
4 3/4 t baking pwd
1/4 t salt
1 c margarine or butter, room temp
1 3/4 c sugar
1/2 c water
2 t vanilla
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IN large bowl, beat flour, b. pwd, salt, margarine, sugar, water and vanilla. Add a small amount of water if necessary to smooth.

Chill overnight.

Preheat oven to 375. Lightly butter (or PAM) 2 cookie sheets

ROll dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut with your favorite cookie cutters. Reroll scraps to make more cookies.

Dip each cookie into granulated or colored sugar before placing on prepared cookie sheets 1 inch apart.

Bake for 8 to 10 min or until slightly browned. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.


ORANGE DROP COOKIES
These are a sort of heavier, less sweet cookie, but really tasty. I put these in my Christmas cookies I gave to all my relatives, and got rave reviews.

2 ¾ c unbleached flour
½ c butter or margarine
½ c applesauce
1 c sugar
1 T grated orange peel
¼ t orange extract
¼ t vanilla extract
1 t baking soda

Oven to 375F. Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, beat ingredients until mixed. Drop by rounded teaspoonfulls two inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.
Decorate with sprinkles if desired. Bake 10-15 min or until lightly browned.

OK... my fingers are getting tired from typing! :)
This same book has TONS of breads, cookies, cakes, pancakes, waffles, pumpkin pie, etc -- all stuff I didn't think we'd ever have again, and every single recipe I've tried has been easy and delish! I highly recommend it!

Anna

Hi S.. I didn't seen anyone give this bit of advice. Maybe it is just too obvious. Try googling "vegan cookies" and you should come up with a slew of good recipes. None will have diary. Some may have chocolate, but lots more won't. Also, lots of people I know who avoid dairy use Earth Balance spreads, which are pretty commonly available in the natural foods sections of grocery stores or at Trader Joe's.

If the dairy allergy includes eggs, you can use Ener-G egg replacer. You can find it at PCC and probably Whole Foods. It gives the foods a slightly different taste, but it works well as a replacer. Here's some info: http://www.ener-g.com/store/detail.aspx?section=8&cat...

I was just diagnosed with a milk protein allergy and have found I can easily substitute non-dairy ingredients into cooking. I use Silk Soy Milk/Creamer and Earth Balance "butter." My husband used to be a baker professionally and he was very impressed with how these performed in his favorite dishes. You seem like you must be a very nice friend! Good luck.

When a friend of mine was in the same sort (breastfeeding and cutting out dairy) she made pumpkin oatmeal cookies. She used karub (carub?) in them instead of raisins. I'm not crazy about raisins so I used dried cranberries. Super tasty though.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1810,154160-244205,00.html

Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Mix all together, roll into balls, make hash-marks with fork, bake @ 350 for 8-10 minutes...

I'm assuming that by dairy, you mean milk and not eggs...Also, Peanut butter itself is safe right now, it's crackers and stuff with peanute butter in it that is possibly unsafe...so enjoy!

Just replace butter with canola oil or coconut oil and milk with oatmilk or rice milk. You can make peanut butter cookies with Canola oil. No make cookies have cocoa but it's not from dairy if you buy Hersheys. My kid has severe dairy allergies so I make lots of cookies by subsituting. Hope that helps.

dairy can be substitued w/rice or soy milk, chocolate w/carob. I have a ds who is gluten intolerant and have found google a wonderful recipe finder. I just google 'gluten free _____ recipe' and find tons!! so in your case I would enter 'dairy free, chocolate free _____' and see what comes up! Have fun. you are a wonderful friend for doing this!!!