No Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Cookies with Oil)
These no butter chocolate chip cookies are delicious and have less saturated fat than chocolate chip cookies made with butter. Instead of butter, our homemade chocolate chip cookies are made with vegetable oil (e.g. corn oil). Visit BreadDad.com for more great cookie, muffin, banana bread and bread recipes.
Recipe by Bread Dad on August 3, 2020
Prep time: PT40M
Cook time: PT9M
Total time: PT49M
Rating
4.73 stars (382 reviews)
Keywords
chocolate chip cookies vegetable oil, chocolate chip cookies with oil, no butter chocolate chip cookies, no butter chocolate chip cookies recipe
Mix eggs, vegetable oil, granulated white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Use an electric mixer (not spoon) to mix these ingredients together. Stir until creamy.
Then stir in the flour, baking soda and salt. Use an electric mixer (not spoon) to mix all of the ingredients together. Mix until ingredients are completely blended and cookie dough looks creamy. FYI - Read the tips section below to find out why using an electric mixer results in a much better cookie than mixing with a spoon (when using vegetable oil). However, don't overmix. Only mix for 1-2 minutes with an electric mixer.
Add the chocolate chips to the cookie dough. Use a large spoon (not electric mixer) to stir in chocolate chips. Stir until chips are mixed evenly throughout the dough.
Chill the dough in a covered bowl in your refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Do not skip this step! This helps to prevent the cookie dough from spreading in the oven, makes the cookies easier to shape and reduces the potential for overly thin/flat cookies. FYI - Depending on room temperature, vegetable oil is usually a liquid whereas butter is usually a solid. Due to this fact, you need to CHILL the dough in order to solidify cookie dough using vegetable oil.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (191 C). FYI - Preheat your oven about 15-20 minutes before you place the cookies in the oven. Make sure your oven is fully preheated before baking.
Scoop the dough with a tablespoon, cookie dough scoop or your hands and place the dough "balls" onto a non-stick baking sheet. Then press down on each dough "ball" with your palm so the dough forms a "patty" (about 1/3-1/2 inch in height). You will need at least 2 baking sheets in order to bake all of the cookies at the same time (if they can fit in your oven) or you will need to bake each batch separately (one after the other). FYI - I like to use my hands to roll the dough into balls. I find that this results in better shaped cookies and the cookies hold together better (since you are pressing the dough & chips together with your hands). However, my hands do get a bit oily!
Leave space of roughly 2-3 inches between each dough ball because the cookies will spread as they bake.
Bake for 9-11 minutes at 375 F (191 C) or until the cookies are golden brown. FYI - This time can vary a bit based on the size & thickness of our cookies. Larger & thicker cookies might need more baking time.
Remove baking sheet/tray from the oven. Wear oven mitts. Leave cookies on baking sheet to cool for 3 minutes. Otherwise, cookies might break when removed from the baking sheet.
Use a spatula to remove chocolate chip cookies and place cookies on wire cooling racks in order to cool completely.
Please read the recipe's tips section on Bread Dad (BreadDad.com) for extra information on how to make this recipe successfully & to avoid common cookie problems.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories: 180 kcal
Carbohydrates: 22 g
Protein: 2 g
Fat: 9 g
Saturated Fat: 3 g
Cholesterol: 11 mg
Sodium: 82 mg
Sugar: 14 g
Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
Reviews
Amy on 2026-04-07 (5 stars): Easy and delicious, my go to cookie recipe!
Tanya on 2026-03-28 (5 stars): These are just as delicious as the oatmeal cookies!!! Love them! I did swap the eggs for 2 tbs of ground flax and 5 Tbsp of water. Will make over and over again.
Jill on 2026-03-22 (5 stars): Very precise instructions and quantities in grams and mils, we Brits don't understand cups.
Camdyn on 2026-03-16 (5 stars): I loved the cookies
Lauren on 2026-02-22 (5 stars): This recipe was so amazing! I actually don't like butter cookies as much as oil ones, so this was a great alternative! I also used this recipe to make edible cookie dough by removing the eggs and adding and extra half cup of oil (and baked the flour to ensure safety and no illness). This was just wonderful!
Joanne on 2026-01-08 (5 stars): Have eaten them. Haven't made them yet. All agreed they are the Best
Elisheva on 2025-11-28 (5 stars): Best. Recipe. Ever.
I leave a bag of frozen dough in the freezer for immediate cookie needs. Sooooo good.
☆Merenia☆ on 2025-11-08 (5 stars): This cookie recipe is awesome! It took me a few tries with other recipes (fail 🤦🏾♀️) till I found yours 👌🏼 I wish I could post a pic because they are in the oven as we speak and look wonderful! Thank you! 🍪
