Whether you’re vegan, allergic to eggs, or simply out of eggs, having an egg-free cookie recipe on hand can be really helpful. Eggs play a major role in binding ingredients together in traditional baking, but there are plenty of creative substitutes for them. From whipped aquafaba and flax eggs to mashed bananas and applesauce, there are plenty of tasty options out there. And just because you’re using chickpea liquid doesn’t mean your cookies will taste like beans – you won’t even notice that eggs are missing with most of these recipes, and you’ll be amazed at everything you can make without them.
Salted Honey-Tahini Cookies
Skipping eggs doesn’t mean you have to miss out on rich, creative desserts – such as these salted honey-tahini cookies. Don’t knock rolling cookie dough in sesame seeds until you’ve tried it – it makes for a delicious combination of sweet and savory.
Get the recipe: Salted Honey-Tahini Cookies
Snowball Cookies
Dessert doesn’t get much easier than snowball cookies. All you need is butter, flour, walnuts, vanilla, and, of course, lots of powdered sugar to make these sweet, melt-in-your-mouth cookies.
Get the recipe: Snowball Cookies
Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
Made with mashed bananas and oatmeal, these healthy oatmeal cookies live up to their name. You can make them with chocolate chips, raisins, or both, depending on how sweet you want them.
Get the recipe: Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
Egyptian Butter Cookies
These four-ingredient Egyptian butter cookies are as easy to make as they are naturally eggless. Despite the name, ghee is used instead of butter, making them even softer and meltier.
Get the recipe: Egyptian Butter Cookies
Vegan Chocolate-Chip Pumpkin Cookies
If you love pumpkin flavoring regardless of the season, these vegan chocolate-chip pumpkin cookies are for you. Egg free, gluten free, and vegan, they’re a good choice for people with a range of dietary restrictions.
Get the recipe: Vegan Chocolate-Chip Pumpkin Cookies
White-Chocolate Macadamia Cookies
White-chocolate macadamia cookies are one of my dad’s favorites, so I’m always looking for easy ways to make them. This recipe swaps applesauce for eggs to hold everything together.
Get the recipe: White-Chocolate Macadamia Cookies
Healthy, Chewy Peanut-Butter Cookies
If you like to bake, you probably know how easy it is to make peanut-butter cookies (all you need is peanut butter, sugar, and eggs). If you’re egg free, this five-ingredient vegan recipe for healthy, chewy peanut-butter cookies is perfect.
Get the recipe: Healthy, Chewy Peanut-Butter Cookies
Vegan Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Raspberry thumbprint cookies are a classic, and you don’t need eggs to make them. This vegan version of the recipe is super simple and made with oat and almond flour.
Get the recipe: Vegan Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Soft Lemon-Filled Cookies
These soft, pillowy cookies have lemon filling for an extra tart punch, and they’re vegan and gluten free. We promise the extra work to make the filling will be worth it.
Get the recipe: Soft Lemon-Filled Cookies
Almond-Flour Cookies
If you love almond flour, you’re going to love these almond-flour cookies. They’re also vegan, grain free, paleo, and free of refined sugar, making them a sweet treat that can be enjoyed by those with a variety of dietary restrictions.
Get the recipe: Almond-Flour Cookies
Healthy No-Bake Maple Cookies
These no-bake maple cookies are made with bananas, oatmeal, and almond butter, and they’re sweetened with maple syrup. Talk about a sweet, easy, and healthy treat.
Get the recipe: Healthy No-Bake Maple Cookies
Vegan Salted-Caramel Coconut Thumbprint Cookies
Nobody ever said egg-free recipes couldn’t be indulgent, and these salted-caramel coconut thumbprint cookies are proof. Made with dates and whole-wheat flour for a healthy twist, these won’t disappoint.
Get the recipe: Vegan Salted-Caramel Coconut Thumbprint Cookies
Vegan Peanut-Butter Breakfast Cookies
Cookies for breakfast? Yes, please! Made with bananas, peanut butter, oatmeal and flax seed, these peanut-butter cookies are totally healthy enough to eat for breakfast.
Get the recipe: Vegan Peanut-Butter Breakfast Cookies
Vegan Double-Chocolate-Chunk Cookies
These vegan double-chocolate-chunk cookies use aquafaba instead of eggs to bind them together. I’ve made them myself, and they taste exactly like Chip’s Ahoy, without any hint of chickpeas.
Get the recipe: Vegan Double-Chocolate-Chunk Cookies
Healthy Monster Cookies
Who doesn’t love a monster cookie with all the fixings? This recipe substitutes flax egg for eggs for binding while retaining the sweet flavor.
Get the recipe: Healthy Monster Cookies
5-Ingredient Chocolate Almond-Butter Cookies
It doesn’t get much easier than these five-ingredient chocolate almond-butter cookies. All you need is dates, almond butter, vanilla extract, baking soda, and dark chocolate, plus optional flaky sea salt. The steps are pretty simple, so no need to worry about any baking hassles.
Get the recipe: Five-Ingredient Chocolate Almond-Butter Cookies
Vegan Oatmeal Cookies
These vegan oatmeal cookies use flax egg to hold them together, so you can eat the dough raw. You can customise the dough with whatever mix-ins you like.
Get the recipe: Vegan Oatmeal Cookies
3-Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies
Few recipes are easier than or pack as much as pumpkin flavor as this three-ingredient pumpkin-cookie recipe. This one is made from just pumpkin cake mix, canned pumpkin, and white-chocolate chips.
Get the recipe: 3-Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies
Mexican Wedding Cookies (Polvorones)
These Mexican wedding cookies, also known as polvorones, will melt in your mouth. They’re made with just five ingredients and get most of their flavour from pecans and powdered sugar.
Get the recipe: Mexican Wedding Cookies
Vegan Aquafaba Amaretti Cookes
This vegan take on the classic Italian cookie holds its shape with whipped aquafaba instead of egg whites, but the unique, chewy texture is exactly the same.
Get the recipe: Vegan Aquafaba Amaretti Cookies