I used to be terrified of baking for Passover, it’s tough! A dessert that is “good enough for Passover” is just not good enough for me. I pride myself on serving up delicious desserts at all times, no exceptions, no excuses and baking without flour makes baking very difficult. I used to just take off from baking over Passover, but last year I decided to take the challenge on. I am currently on a mission to develop at least one delicious dessert every Passover. I am excited to share my recipe for chocolate chip cookies with you!
As I was browsing the Passover baking aisle in the grocery store I came across vanilla pudding mix. I have a recipe for regular chocolate chip cookies that calls for a package of vanilla pudding mix. It makes the cookies soft and chewy. I went home with the pudding mix and put this recipe together. I substituted matzah cake meal for the flour and mixed up a batch of dough. The cookie dough looked perfect, just like regular cookie dough, so I put the cookies in the oven and crossed my fingers. They came out of the oven looking great! Looks can be deceiving though, how did they taste? Delicious! If I hadn’t baked these with my own two hands, I would not have believed they are Kosher for Passover!
These cookies are so great for Passover because they are non-dairy and can be served at any time of the day. They also do not contain nuts like most Passover desserts. Every Seder (traditional Passover meal) should end with these cookies. If you are only baking one dessert this year, make it these cookies. Skip the cake mixes; you won’t be disappointed!
Passover Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine 2 sticks
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup matzoh cake meal
- ¼ cup potato starch
- 1 2.8 ounce package vanilla pudding mix
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the margarine, brown sugar and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until combined.
- With the mixer on low speed add in the matzoh cake meal, potato starch, vanilla pudding, baking soda and salt. Mix until combined. Add in the vanilla and chocolate chips.
- Using a 2 tablespoon size cookie scoop, drop the dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges are slightly brown for a soft and chewy cookie. Bake 12-15 minutes for a crispy and crunchy cookie.
- Happy Passover!
is it soft brow sugar ? and if i cant find it in the shop can i use normal sugar instead ?
You can certainly try and let us know how it goes! I haven’t personally tried it but it seems like it could work.
can I substitue 1 cup of almond flour for 1 cup cake meal?
I don’t have any instant vanilla pudding. Is there a substitute?
Made these with my daughters, excellent recipe! They don’t taste like usual Passover cookies. Love the addition of the pudding mix. Making these will become a yearly Passover tradition in our house. Thank you!
I tried it with only potato starch and they didn’t work at all! They came out flat and soft and fell apart when lifted off the paper. I’ll continue my search for a non-gebrokts cookie.
Try the Pesach Fingers – not a traiditional cookie, but a fave in my family – http://www.joyofkosher.com/recipes/pesach-fingers/
Thanks so much, my daughters are very excited to make these. I forgot I had asked this question here, and re-asked it again today. I am a total Passover scatter-brain this week!
I want to make these today, they look amazing. Can anyone tell me if the vanilla pudding is used in it’s powdered form? I assume so since you add it in with the dry ingredients, but I’d rather double-check.
Thanks, Chag Sameach to all!
I have heard of people using vinegar in place of eggs in baking recipes, but I have not tried this for this particular recipe.
I have also tried chia seeds which I heard are ok for Pesach, but also not for this recipe or for cookies, it was a cake.
apple sauce can be substituted for eggs. but would not recommend substituting apple sauce for oil in that case. here’s a link for a helpful conversion:http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/955371/baking-without-eggs
According to most, there are many baking sodas that don’t need special Passover certification. Just be sure to check which brands are permissible and buy a new box.
You can use matzoh meal instead of the cake meal but the batter may be a bit lumpy. Should still taste great though!
Is it possible to substitute something for the eggs? I have a son who is allergic and it is tough to find recipes for him?
The cookies look fabulous!!
I’m wondering about the baking soda – I can’t find it anywhere. Is it okay to omit it or replace it with something else?
Thanks soooo much!!
Ok, someone just mentioned that they substituted almond flour for the cake meal. I haven’t tried it yet but this is a great idea.
This is a great idea, I would love to try this! It’s perfect for people who don’t eat gebrokts.
They freeze perfectly! I bake tons of batches right before Passover and freeze them in freezer ziplocks. We take them out as we need them.
I have been using almond flour instead of the Cake meal and it came out fabulous. I am trying this substitution on other recipes . Has anyone else done this?
Can you freeze them?
i haven’t tried that but a 9×13 should make nice cookie bars. Let me know how it turns out!
I’d like to try making these as bars instead of cookies, just to save time. Have you ever done this? If so, which size pan did you use successfully?
Sounds like good substitutions! I would love to try this!
The pudding mix is the secret for making these soft and puffy. You can leave it out but you will have a completely different cookie.
Silly question: the pudding mix is used in it’s powdered form, correct? TIA 🙂
No question is silly! Yes, the pudding mix is added in powder form, straight from the package.
I have made these for the past few years. My recipe calls for 1 3/4 cups cake meal and NO potato starch.
They bake beautifully!! This year I will try the oil and apple sauce substitute. Much healthier!!
This recipe sounds great and appreciate all the substitutions, but my parents come to me for Pesach and are very strict and don’t eat any processed foods, is there a substitute for the vanilla pudding mix or can it be omitted?
thanks.
I found it better to substitute a half a cup of apple sauce and half a cup of oil for one cup of margarine, it makes the consistency of the “dough” less oily and more like I used margarine
That’s a great suggestion!
Can I use matzo meal instead of matzo cake meal?
Can I use potatoe pancake mix rather than potatoe starch?
I followed your recipe and it came out as moist as an all-year recipe. I can’t thank you enough.
Just made these and I know they won’t last long! They are delicious!
AMAZING!!!
I don’t know about other recipes. You can try leaving out the potato starch, but it’s really there to hold the cookies together. I replaced the flour in the recipe with a combination of matzah meal and potato starch and found the results to be perfect. Good luck!
There’s a Passover Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe I would like to make. One of the ingredients is 1/4 cup Potato Starch. What can I substitute for the Potato Starch? Is there another recipe that doesn’t have Potato Starch?
Passover Chocolate Chip Cookies, i saw someone’s comment to replace cake meal with another 3/4 cup potato starch, has anyone tried this out for non gebrokts and if it came out just as good?
I’m going to try it. I substitute butter for cookies most of the time.
you can definitely use a hand mixer! Good luck and enjoy!
Great and fun idea! Thanks for sharing!
We made these last year and they were amazing. Nobody could tell they were KFP! Couldn’t wait to make them again this year but now I’m seeing that the recipe calls for an electric stand mixer, which I have at home but not at my parent’s where we are now out-of-state. Is the the stand mixer really necessary, or could we use an electric hand one?
Instant pudding is okay for Passover as long as it is a kosher for passover pudding. It is a great recipe.
We are having Passover dinner at my church this coming Sunday and will be having some Jewish friends attending. This may sound like a crazy question, but I am not familiar with all of the kosher rules and want to make sure I do not offend anyone. I was told that using instant puddings was not kosher. Is this not true? Would this recipe be a good one to use for our Passover dinner?
I have to say these were absolutely amazing and don’t taste like passover cookies at all!
If you are looking for a fun dessert, we took some of the cookies and made ice cream sandwiches out of them and then stuck them in the freezer to harden. So yummy!
My pleasure! So glad you enjoyed them!
these are by far the BEST KFP chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had!!!!! thank you so much for posting!!!!!!
Rochelle, that’s a great tip! Thanks for sharing, I will have to try these modifications for my family!
Hi Melissa,
We’re having company for Pesach who are watching their sugar intake. FYI, I used Xyletol for the sugar and sugar-free vanilla pudding—it came out great! I did not have to refrigerate it first…Of course, I’m storing it in a Tupperware Modular container to maintain its optimum freshness! I’m predicting I will have to make more on Chol Hamoed!
Sandy, I use the instant vanilla pudding mix. Good question!
Could someone tell me what kind of pudding is used in this recipe? Thanks
You should use the same amount of oil as margarine- 1 cup. The dough will probably be softer, you might want to chill the dough before baking ifit’s too tough to handle.
we don’t use margarine for Pesach
how much oil would be substituted?
Thanks so much can’t wait to make
them.
Dkny, try leaving out the matzah cake meal but increase the potato starch to 3/4 cup. I haven’t tried this but it should work well.
Kbrown, you can definitely use butter instead! Those cookies will be out of this world!
Let me know how everything turns out!
Can I use use butter instead of margarine?
The cookie recipe looks great but do you have any ideas on substitution for the cake meal? We do not eat gebrokts and therefore do not use cake meal.