Early yesterday morning I started my baking expedition. First I started with the Eggless Coconut Macaroon recipe. One of my friends wanted a substitute for coconuts. I thought that carrots might work out and tried the exact same recipe with grated carrots instead. What was I thinking? Not all light bulb flashes are as good as eggless ice cream or apple puran poli.
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Fortunately I test baked only 4 or 5. The carrots were not cooked and had a raw smell and I did not have the patience to bake it further. So I abandoned it halfway. Now what to do with the rest of the batter? Recently in a magazine I came across a recipe for Carrot Appams (deep fried dumplings).
Already this batter had all purpose flour, carrots and condensed milk, so I asked my mother to tweak it a little and prepare appams, which by the way tasted so much better than my carrot macaroons.
With a beautiful climate and abundant sunshine, I did not want to waste the day, when my husband and myself always complaint that we don't have enough sunlight to take good pictures. So I decided to try another recipe in spite of the "not-so-good-result" in the morning. This time I did not want to experiment anything on my own, so went with a recipe from the book "Cookies" by Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson.
The condensed milk chocolate chip cookies is the first recipe in the book and is also eggless, so I didn't have to modify anything at all. As always I test baked 3 cookies first and was waiting eagerly to see how it turns out. As I have not used all purpose flour alone as mentioned in the recipe, I was not able to check for the golden brown color, to take it out from the oven.
I checked the cookies after 17 minutes and it felt right. When I touched it in the middle, it did look like it was not baked, but once I left it in the baking sheet itself for 5 minutes, it became hard. It had the proper shape, thickness and looked like store bought cookies. (Now at 2024 this note reminds me that I had baked these eggless chocolate chip cookies back in 2008 during my first year of baking/starting this blog. After 16 years of baking and especially the most I have baked are cookies the note looks elementary but also proud at the same time to look back how long I have come)
Why these eggless chocolate chip cookies?
These chocolate chip cookies without eggs taste amazingly delicious. This is a simple recipe to bake and most of all you don't have to look for special egg substitutes like EnerG egg replacer or flaxseed meal to make flax eggs. Crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside, but little sweet for our taste. I think the sweetness was because of the white chocolate chips I used. I can't wait to try the original recipe (with all purpose flour and semi sweet chocolate chips) to duplicate the traditional chocolate chip cookies, but without eggs.
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Softened Butter Softened (I Used Smart Balance 50/50 Blend. Use vegan alternative for dairy free chocolate chip cookies.)
- ½ Cup Granulated Sugar (I recently read that using brown sugar yields soft and chewy cookies)
- ½ Cup Sweetened Condensed Milk (use vegan alternatives if you want to bake vegan chocolate chip cookies)
- ½ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 and ¼ Cups All-Purpose Flour (You can also use whole wheat pastry flour or gluten-free baking flour mix for gluten-free chocolate chip cookies).
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder (always make sure that it's fresh and not past the expiry date)
- 1 and ¾ Cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips/Chunks (go easy on the chocolate chips if you prefer less sweeter cookies. Vegan chocolate chips can be used as well.)
- Nuts (Any nuts of your choice. I used chopped walnuts)
How to bake eggless chocolate chip cookies?
1. In a bowl, sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder and combine well.
2. Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until pale and creamy (for 5 minutes).
3. Pour in the condensed milk, vanilla extract and beat to combine.
4. Stir the dry ingredient mix from step-1 into the butter mixture. Combine it well using a spatula. Don't beat it.
5. Add the chocolate chips, nuts (if using). Combine more with spatula.
6. Chocolate chip cookie dough is ready!
7. Take a tablespoonful of dough, roll it and flatten it using your fingers. Grease the tablespoon, so that the dough will fall off easily.
8. Bake it for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown. (The color check can be done if using all purpose flour only. Mine were done at 17 minutes).
9. Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes in the baking sheet itself. Don't try to remove it. It may look unbaked but it will become hard on the baking sheet itself.
10. After 5-10 minutes, using a spatula transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Recipe
Chocolate Chip Cookies Using Condensed Milk
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter Softened
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
- ½ cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 & ½ cups All-Purpose Flour See My Notes
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 & ¾ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips I used white chocolate chips
- 1 cup Walnuts chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C) for 15 minutes.
- In a large bowl, sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder and combine well.
- Grease baking sheets or line it with parchment paper.
- Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until pale and creamy (for 5 minutes).
- Pour in the condensed milk, vanilla extract and beat to combine.
- Stir dry ingredient mix into the butter mixture, then add the chocolate chips, nuts (if using).
- Combine it well using a spatula. Don't beat it.
- Take a tablespoonful of dough, roll it and flatten it using your fingers. Grease the tablespoon, so that the dough will fall off easily.
- Bake it for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown. (The color check can be done if using all purpose flour only. Mine were done at 17 minutes).
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes in the baking sheet itself. Don't try to remove it. It may look unbaked but it will become hard on the baking sheet itself.
- After 5-10 minutes, using a spatula transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
My Notes
- I had only white chocolate chips in my pantry. White chocolate chips with all purpose flour, will have a pale look, so to give a contrast in color, I mixed ¼ cup of baking cocoa to 2 cups of all purpose flour, not changing the 2 and ¼ cups of flour mentioned in the original recipe. So if you have semi-sweet chocolate chips, you can just use all purpose flour alone to bake the usual chocolate chip cookies.
- The cookies were too sweet for our liking. I would suggest reducing the chocolate chips to 1 and ¼ cups and add some chopped nuts or quick cooking oats instead if you too prefer less sweeter cookies.
- If you are using a dark (black) color non stick baking sheet, reduce the baking time by 1 or 2 minutes, so that the bottom of the cookies does not get burnt.
- The cookies were crispy, not chewy. So if you want a chewy chocolate chip cookie, I think decreasing the quantity of butter or using brown sugar instead of the granulated sugar will help. Also you can try this eggless chocolate chip cookie recipe using flax eggs for soft and chewy cookies.
Suhasini says
I made these cookies with some tweaks and they came out very well...crisp on the outside and chewy inside. I replaced baking powder with baking soda, added some extra flour, used cocoa powder and almond bits. They tasted just right like the bakery cookies and even without any chips tasted very good. The baking world is yet to give the humble condensed milk it's due recognition. It's a fantastic ingredient in many ways!
Madhuram says
That's awesome, Suhasini. Please keep in mind that swapping baking powder for baking soda and vice versa doesn't work always.
Vapi Sharma says
Is there any substitute for condensed milk
Madhuram says
Not sure, Vapi. I have not tried it. You can probably try it with some milk and sugar.
Aparna parihar says
I love cookies and this recipe is perfect for my hunger...... Thank you so much Madhuram.
Madhuram says
You're very welcome Aparna.
Brocade blue says
Hello again. Today I baked the cookies without cocoa powder but replaced the flour with whole wheat (atta flour) and they still turned out perfect. BUT they don't brown. So don't over bake them. I baked 3 trays at 160°C, fan assisted for 8 minutes
Madhuram says
Thank you very much for the feedback. 🙂
Michelle says
Hi Madhuram,
I have yet to try this recipe of yours. Since I believe this is eggless, how long can these cookies last in an airtight container at room temp? Thank you! 🙂
Madhuram says
3-4 days maybe because it doesn't stay longer in the container at our house. If you know what I mean! 😀
Brocade blue says
I want to add that the last 1/4 cup of flour I used whole wheat flour because I ran out of all purpose flour. It helps to brown the cookies faster
Madhuram says
Oh! good to know.