Gluten Free Vegan Shortbread with Almond Flour
Who doesn’t love a shortbread cookie?? These easy vegan shortbread cookies have it all: think one bowl, a rolled cookie with a perfect tendercrisp texture AND a soft drop cookie option. Plus, they're gluten free thanks to nutrient dense almond flour and a bit of brown rice flour.
Equipment
- Handheld mixer
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups almond flour
- ½ cup brown rice flour
- ⅔ cup vegan butter I like Earth Balance Baking Sticks
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit (175° Celsius) and prepare a large baking sheet with parchment.
- In a medium bowl, beat butter, maple syrup and salt with a handheld mixer or a wooden spoon for 1-2 minutes. It's okay if it still looks a bit separated!
- Next, add the rice flour and almond meal and mix at low speed (or with a fork) until a loose dough forms. Then, get in there with your hands to form into a ball.
- Wrap the dough ball in parchment and toss the dough in the fridge for at least 60 minutes to chill. You can easily leave it overnight, so this is a great make ahead!
- Once chilled, you can either scoop or roll the dough. Want soft, puffy cookies? Scoop out 1 tablespoon (15ml) of dough and roll into a ball. Gently press ball into a 1 cm (⅓ inch) thick round.
- Looking for a classic, crisper shortbread? Roll between two layers of parchment to 1/4-1/3 inch thick. You might need a little rice flour on the parchment to prevent sticking as it's a softer dough. Cut with your favourite cutters and carefully lift onto the baking sheet.
- Bake for 11-14 minutes, until the bottoms turn golden brown. The rolled cookies will cook faster than the drop cookies. Remove cookie sheet to a cooling rack and let fully cool before handling as they only firm up when cool.
- Keep cookies in a sealed container at room temperature for up to three days, or store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a month.
Notes
In a pinch, these cookies absolutely work with refined coconut oil in place of butter...but they lose that buttery flavour! Still really nice though, like a sugar cookie.
Low FODMAP? 2 cookies is a low FODMAP serving.