Chocolate Chip Balls
This vegetarian builds butter, granulated white sugar and packed brown sugar into a satisfying meal you can have ready in about 65 minutes. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 7 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Beat the softened butter with the white and brown sugars for 2 to 3 minutes until light and creamy, then beat in the egg and vanilla until fully combined.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the all-purpose flour, oat flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix on low speed just until no streaks of flour remain, then fold in the chocolate chips.
- Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls, about 2 tablespoons each, and space them at least 5 cm apart on the trays, leaving them rounded rather than flattening them.
- Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, until the edges are set and lightly golden but the centres still look soft and slightly underdone.
- Let the balls cool on the tray for 5 minutes so they firm up, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk · Baking sheet
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Brown Sugar
- white sugar + 1 tbsp molasses per cup
Tips & common questions
How long does Chocolate Chip Balls take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Chocolate Chip Balls vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Chocolate Chip Balls is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Cookie sheet with balls of chocolate chip cookie dough ready for baking, March 2008.jpg by Sarah Fleming, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.