These unbelievably thick and gooey vegan Levain chocolate chip cookies are just as addictive as the famous bakery version – with NO eggs or dairy!

New York City’s Most Famous Cookie

My first introduction to Levain chocolate chip cookies came just about a month ago.

As soon as I saw the legendary soft and chewy cookies, packed with melty chocolate in each bite, I fell instantly in love.

How had I never heard of these before"""!

The New York City bakery was slated to open a new location in Georgetown – their first shop ever outside of NYC – and suddenly everyone I knew was talking about their classic chocolate chip walnut cookies.

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Enlisting my non-vegan friends as taste testers, I set about to recreate the beloved dense and gooey texture of the original bakery-style cookies in a dairy free way.
We went through a few trials to get them perfect, but the final results were totally worth it.

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The Tricks To Soft Cookies

These vegan Levain cookies are the opposite of my Crispy Cookies.

So I employed the same baking tricks as I did with the crispy cookie recipe, just in reverse this time.

I used brown sugar because it has more moisture than white and is more acidic, meaning it reacts with baking soda to produce air that helps the cookies rise.

And I baked them at a higher temperature than my other cookie recipes, b...