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!
Can I put flour instead of cake meal for all year cooked ?
We haven’t tested that but I think it would work well. But we also have lots of regular year round chocolate chip cookie recipes.
Wow! Just made these delicious cookies and will definitely bake these gems again. Perfectly baked at 14 minutes. Many. thanks for this great recipe
These cookies are heavenly! We make them during the year as well.
How many cookies does one batch of dough make?
About 30 cookies
Thanks, I didn’t read down far enough before I posted. Thanks for your tips
So in Israel the margarine is kit’niyos and I don’t use it. What can I substitute.
i mAKE these all year round substituting flour for matzoh meal.
I also replace a 1/4 cup of matzoh meal with ground almonds. and the main thisng is I use oil instead of margarine – and I
use 1/2 cup sugar instead of 3/4 cup sugar (way too sweet) . and only 1 cup of chocolate chips necessary.
These really spread so i just do 3 accross in the pan
These sound delicious.
Thanks for commenting, these are great to know, I guess we have fool proof Passover cookies here.
Weirdly, I had almost nothing BUT the vanilla pudding mix, so I read through the comments and decided to make a bunch of substitutions. I’d like to share what I did because it was astonishingly successful anyway.
(1) I used coconut oil because margarine is almost impossible for Ashkenazim to get here in Israel; (2) I used all white sugar because I didn’t buy brown; (3) I used 1 packet ground nuts in place of matzah meal because we don’t eat gebrucks; (4) I used baking powder because I don’t have baking soda; and finally, (5) I used vanilla sugar because there’s no liquid vanilla for Pesach here.
It’s a wonder they turned out to be anything at all, but they were actually incredible. The kids (and I!) were completely astonished – best Pesach cookies ever.
HI. Best of wishes for a Happy Passover. Can you substitute the margarine for grapeseed oil or avocado oil? I really dislike the margarines for Passover. Thank you in advance.
The only things I can think of is that your cookie dough was too dry. Maybe your eggs were super small. You could try adding another egg or some water. Sorry that happened!
I used Passover chocolate pudding powder. The cookies yummy, but crumbled, Thoughts?
Yes, the pudding is used as a powder.
no, there’s no substitute in my recipe, but there are other recipes available that dont call for the pudding mix.
Yes, it’s light brown sugar. If you use white sugar instead, your cookies may be very crispy but it should work.