can you make chocolate chip cookies without butter?

Question

i have this cookie recipe that i bought and it says that i need butter and one egg( plus the mix that came with it) do i have to use butter or could i make them without it??

Answer 1

I'll do you one better,

No Sugar,Butter or Eggs
Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup spelt flour*
1 3/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips or malt-sweetened chocolate chips
*1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
*1/2 cup walnut oil or grapeseed oil
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two dry baking sheets with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. In a smaller bowl, whisk together wet ingredients. Pour wet ingredients into the dry mixture.

Stir to incorporate. Using a tablespoon, spoon batter onto the baking sheets.

Bake 15-20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned.

[36 cookies]
Spelt

A wonderfully nutritious and ancient grain with a deep nutlike flavor, spelt is a cousin to wheat that is recently receiving renewed recognition. Spelt products can be found in your local health food store year-round.
Spelt is an ancient grain that traces its heritage back long before many wheat hybrids. Many of its benefits come from the fact that it offers a broader spectrum of nutrients compared to many of its more inbred cousins in the wheat family. It can be used in many of the same ways as wheat - bread and pasta making but does not seem to cause sensitivities in most people who are intolerant of wheat.

Answer 2

use crisco. Cookies made with crisco instead of butter, oil, shortening, have a much better texture.

Answer 3

if you really cant use butter then go ahead and use oil ..that doesnt work like butter but it helps a lot!

Answer 4

Use crisco instead but you need some kind of replacement as in margerine or shortening

Answer 5

use shorting, they make a kind that taste like butter and it is good!

Answer 6

use oil or shortening instead of butter