Greetings, fellow cookie lovers! Whether you have egg allergies, are looking for vegan desserts, or are simply out of eggs, I’ve got you covered with these eggless cookies recipes, none of which use egg substitutes, but rather are all naturally cookies without eggs.
Dive into this scrumptious collection of egg-free cookie recipes for chewy, crunchy, and melt-in-your-mouth delicacy. From basic chocolate chips and biscotti to daring tea or pumpkin flavors, these eggless cookies will have you whipping up another batch in no time.
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🍞 Shortbread Cookies
Lemon Shortbread Cookies
These simple lemon shortbread cookies mix the fresh flavor of lemon with shortbread. They’re so buttery and delicious that you won’t believe they're both dairy and gluten free cookies. These crispy biscuits have a perfectly balanced natural lemon flavor.
This recipe is simpler to make than traditional shortbread since you don't need to chill or roll out the shortbread cookie dough, saving you a lot of time in the kitchen. They’re ideal for spring or any time of year when you want a beautiful yellow dessert.
Earl Grey Cookies
Looking for a classic and elegant shortbread cookie recipe? These earl grey desserts are the epitome of class. There’s bright and citrus notes from the lemon shortbread cookie base and fragrance from the loose leaf tea.
With just six ingredients, it’s a slice and bake shortbread recipe that doesn’t need a cookie cutter. It is perfectly buttery plus you can add a white chocolate drizzle or your favorite butter-free icing on top. It’s a wonderful companion for your Spring or Mother’s day spread.
Samoa Cookies
You can make your very own vegan, gluten free girl scout cookies with this samoa cookie recipe. Crisp shortbread topped with coconut, caramel and melted chocolate is the best combination.
These vegan cookies are beautiful and so fun and easy to make with that added cacao goodness. Now you can have your favorite girl scout cookie all year long - or until you can start ordering again from the Scouts in your area.
🍬 Eggless Cookie Balls
Butterball Cookies
If you're always in need of a great no egg cookie recipe, this certainly is one. It melts on your mouth and boasts of great flavor, while the recipe itself will guide you through making the delicious butterball cookies with ease.
They're soft, flaky, and rolled in vanilla sugar or another sugar of your choosing. These cookies will be so popular in your festive Christmas cookie box or any time of year. And they're perfect for munching with cacao tea or dunking in hot chocolate!
Lemon Snowball Cookies
Lemon lovers will rejoice over this eggless cookie recipe. Lemon snowball cookies promise to deliver a buttery, zesty, and delicious flavor bite after bite.
Tiny cookie balls are rolled in powdered sugar, which gives them a white, snow-like appearance. These snowballs simply melt in your mouth. A holiday favorite! If you like more lip-puckering treats, check out my recipes for lemon curd desserts and lime desserts!
Coconut Mexican Snowballs
These coconut Mexican snowballs are simply delightful with a delicate, crumbly texture that melts in your mouth. They're packed with nuts and bursting with tropical coconutty goodness, plus sprinkled with a powdered sugar coating.
The coconut is amazing and a natural fit in the recipe, resulting in a buttery, coco-nutty cookie. These eggless Mexican wedding cookies are popular during the holidays, but they're perfect to make any time of year. Sublime!
If you’re looking for more round desserts and aren’t in the mood to make chocolate bonbons, try my brigadeiros (Brazilian chocolate balls) or easy 2-ingredient chocolate truffles. Any of these wojuld make for a great addition a themed fete.
🍪 Chocolate Chip Cookies Without Eggs
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
These gluten-free pumpkin chocolate chip cookies not only taste amazing but also fill your kitchen with a heavenly aroma as they bake. They’re refined sugar free and gluten free so everyone can enjoy them.
These cookies are sweetened with honey swapping out the sugar, though they're also eggless as pumpkin replaces the eggs in the recipe. These "healthier" cookies are loaded with milk chocolate chips, but you could use any type of chocolate you prefer like fair trade chocolates, ruby chocolates or even blonde chocolates - just make sure to buy good quality craft chocolate.
Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft and chewy with just the right amount of sweetness, these almond flour chocolate chip cookies will brighten up your day! Lightly sweetened with maple syrup, these cookies are also high in protein and made with only real food ingredients.
They're dairy, egg and gluten-free making them a healthier and guilt-free treat. Use dairy-free chocolate chips to seal the deal.
Pro Tip: You can even change the ratios of arrowroot and almond flour to make them crunchier on the outside. If you prefer a crunchier cookie, use more arrowroot flour and less almond flour while keeping the total amount of flour constant by weight.
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’ve made air-fryer Toll house cookies many times before ,but this cookie recipe boasts of the same goodness except that they’re gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free, and free of all the remaining top 9 allergens.
If that sounds too good to be true, then try the recipe using allergy-free chocolate chips or vegan chocolate this instant! This yearround favorite is super shareable, with simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions. That’s a win in my book.
Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
This recipe yields the most unbelievably soft, chewy, melt-in-your-mouth vegan peanut butter cookies. It comes together real quickly in one bowl with a recipe that has been PERFECTED after numerous testing in the kitchen.
Guaranteed to work every single time. You can definitely add sugar-free chocolate chips, java chips, chopped walnuts, cacao nibs, or your preferred chocolate chip substitute for the vegan cookie recipe that you'll keep making again and again!
👍🏻 Thumbprint Cookies
Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Looking for an eggless cookie recipe that's utterly cute and amazingly delicious? These strawberry cheesecakes should be on your radar.
They take under an hour to make and boast of a gorgeous pink color and cute heart design; they're basically thumbprint cookies, but vegan. These cookies have a heart shaped cheesecake center, and strawberry cheesecake cookie base that screams cute. It's the perfect spring or summer dessert.
Raspberry Cheesecake Thumbprints
Savor the yumminess of these easy to make 5-ingredient raspberry cheesecake thumbprint cookies! A perfect blend of soft, buttery goodness, tangy cream cheese, and the vibrant pop of raspberry jam.
These are ready in no time at all, and filled with your favorite jam. They are so delicious and you'll love that it's so simple to make.
🌱 Sesame Cookies
Sourdough Tahini Honey Cookies
These simple sourdough tahini honey cookies are made with only a few ingredients and can be ready in less than 30 minutes.They’re uber soft, and shortbread-like in texture despite not using any butter.
Tahini (sesame seed paste) lends the necessary fat content for these cookies to remain moist. Plus they’re covered in white and black sesame seeds to give some crunch - this recipe is an excellent way to make use of your sourdough discards.
🇮🇹 Eggless Biscotti
Vegan Almond Biscotti
Enjoy these classic Italian cookies without eggs or dairy! These almond biscotti cookies are as crunchy, and nutty as they come. These aren't your typical soft and chewy cookies; they're quite the opposite.
They're super hard and crunchy and perfectly dippable in a cup of piping hot beverage (or a nice vin Santo whichever floats your boat. But if you know me, I'm making one of my go-to drinking chocolate recipes and then perhaps later in the day an olive oil coffee.
Biscotti Regina
Biscotti Regina are traditional Sicilian sesame cookies. Featuring crispy and delicious Italian sesame seed coated cookies, they pair incredibly well with coffee or tea.
Also known as Reginelle cookies, this recipe includes an easy-to-follow step by step description with photos and video. Best of all, this simple cookie recipe doesn’t require any fancy ingredients. Milk actually takes the place of eggs in this eggless cookie recipe.
Chocolate Olive Oil Biscotti
These vegan chocolate biscotti are an all around delicious adaptation of this well-loved cookie. A hint of olive oil in these cookies pairs so well with dark chocolate and the nutty flavor of spelt.
And instead of making these with cocoa powder, they're dipped in melted chocolate for a rich chocolate flavor. You can also drizzle some chocolate on top using a spoon or a piping bag - basically, you can dress them however you like.
These biscotti are also twice-baked to dry them out. Perfect for your holiday baking list!
🥪 Sandwich Cookies
Custard Creams
These custard creams are hands-down the most delicious cookies you’ll probably ever have. Arguably Britain's most iconic biscuits, you’ll love the buttery, custard flavor, and the crispiness of the biscuit. However, just wait until it melts in your mouth!
The custard is made from Bird's custard powder (vanilla-flavored cornstarch), which is only used to make the dough. It is NOT used in the filling (since it is flavored corn starch, it must be boiled before consumption).
It’s just an overall amazing no egg recipe that tastes exactly like the bakery-style custard cream, only they’re homemade with easy to follow the step-by-step directions. What more could you want than vanilla cookies sandwiched with silky, creamy milky butter icing?
Double the filling recipe if you like it extra thick. They’re perfect when dipped in some chocolate sauce for a fancy dessert.
Vegan Viennese Whirls
These vegan Viennese whirls are a cookie lover's dream. They may look fancy but they’re actually pretty easy to make.
This eggless cookie sandwich is made up of two shortbread swirls with a filling of dairy-free vanilla buttercream and strawberry jam (or whatever jam you have on hand). There are no words to describe its deliciousness; just make it for your fam and they'll be craving more.
🙋🏻♂️ Frequently Asked Questions
If you don't put eggs in cookie dough, they may not hold together as well, resulting in a crumbly or dry texture. This is because eggs provide moisture and help the cookies rise, so without them, the cookies may be flat and dense. Additionally, eggs contribute to the flavor and richness of the cookies, so they may not taste as good without them, though mashed bananas, applesauce, or flaxseed can be decent egg substitutes.
A good egg substitute to make chewy cookies is applesauce. Using unsweetened applesauce as a replacement for eggs can help retain moisture in the cookies, resulting in a chewier texture. You can typically substitute ¼ cup of applesauce for each egg in a cookie recipe, though other options are using mashed ripe bananas, commercial egg replacers or a mixture of water, oil, and baking powder.
Yes, it is generally safe to eat eggless cookie dough because the absence of eggs eliminates the risk of salmonella contamination. However, it's important to note that raw flour can also carry a risk of foodborne illness, so it's best to use heat-treated or pasteurized flour in eggless cookie dough recipes. Additionally, some people may have concerns about consuming raw flour due to the potential presence of bacteria, so it's important to consider this when making and consuming eggless cookie dough.
There are several great substitutes for eggs in cookies, each with its own unique properties. Unsweetened applesauce, mashed ripe bananas, and ground flaxseed mixed with water are all popular, accessible options. Additionally, plain yogurt or buttermilk can be used as substitutes, providing moisture and a slight tanginess to the cookies.
📖 Recipe
17+ Eggless Cookie Recipes (Egg-Free Cookies)
Equipment
- Spatula
- Whisk
- Mixer
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- Lemon Shortbread Cookies
- Earl Grey Cookies
- Samoa Cookies
- Butterball Cookies
- Lemon Snowball Cookies
- Coconut Mexican Snowballs
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
- Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
- Raspberry Cheesecake Thumbprints
- Sourdough Tahini Honey Cookies
- Vegan Almond Biscotti
- Biscotti Regina
- Chocolate Olive Oil Biscotti
- Custard Creams
- Vegan Viennese Whirls
Instructions
- Choose a recipe that appeals to you.
- Gather the ingredients.
- Follow the instructions, then enjoy!
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