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Vegan Shortbread

Vegan Shortbread These delicious, buttery shortbread biscuits are so easy to make. Too easy, in fact.

It’s always too tempting to quickly whip up a batch of these to have “just a few” to nibble on and inevitably eat the entire lot to yourself… because it’s impossible to have “just a few”. 

Vegan Shortbread Vegan Shortbread

Shortbread always makes me think of Christmas, especially when sprinkled with snowy icing sugar. Is it just me?

That buttery, comforting taste of home baked biscuits and perhaps a British obsession with eating a ridiculous amount of biscuits at that time of year.

Yikes, I’m starting to get into the Christmas spirit already… I suppose I should just stay focused on summer, for now!

Vegan Shortbread

Vegan Shortbread

Vegan Shortbread

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 20 cookies
Author: Adapted from here
Simple, buttery vegan shortbread cookies, perfect for Christmas or to give as gifts!
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Ingredients

Metric - US

Instructions

  1. Cream the butter, vanilla and sugar together. Stir in the flour and mix into a dough. Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to firm up.
  2. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 160c / 140c (fan) and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  3. Once the dough is chilled, roll out to approximately 1/2 cm thickness and cut into shapes. Place on the baking sheet, sprinkle with a little extra sugar and bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown at the edges, turning half way through to ensure even baking.
  4. Leave to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving or decorating.

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  2. The first time I made these bix they were brilliant but each subsequent time I tried they did not work out the same. I used exactly the same ingredients and made them in the same way. The first time they were nice and crumble and the dough was fairly soft to roll out but the next few batches were more like pastry and quite hard when baked. What have I been doing wrong?
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    • Hey! You may be overmixing/kneading the dough! Both of these things can make the dough tougher. Hope this helps.
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  3. Hi, any chance you could make these into chocolate ahortbread with coco? would you just substitute some flour with coco?
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  4. I made this twice recently and it turned out too dry to be able to roll out for cookies even after being chilled? Does anyone have any advice? I followed the recipe so not sure what I did wrong? It did work out well in a square baking tin though.
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    • Maybe leave the dough a little bit longer before you roll it out. You could also try playing around with it before you put it in the fridge. This worked for me.
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  5. how well do you think this recipe would do being used as a crust in say a 9x13 pan? i’ve got millionaire bars on the brain! thanks!
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  7. Helpppp. I've made them twice now and the "dough" is a crumbley mess. Even after being in the fridge it just crumbles. Doesn't resemble dough to roll out in any way. I ended up just making balls and cooking them that way but what am I doing wrong?? I'd love to use Christmas cutters.
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    • Hi Courtney - you either need to add a bit more butter or add in a few drops of dairy-free milk (not too much though). Just keep adding small amounts of the butter and a few drops of the milk until the dough comes together. Be careful not to over-mix the dough though, otherwise it will become tough. Hope that helps - good luck!
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  10. I made these yesterday but doctored the recipe a tad. I used 50/50 refined coconut oil and vegan margarine, also 50/50 standard self raisong flour and gluten free plain flour (gluten free gives a crumbly texture). I added a pinch of pink salt to make the biscuits buttery. Also added some finely chopped crytalised ginger and the zest of two lemons. They're very tasty indeed. Thank you xx
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  11. Thanks for recipe! So buttery yum, To make even simpler, put dough in refrigerator in the shape of a 1 inch Diameter cyclinder. After half hour slice up and put on tray Thank you very much
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  12. Thanks for this. I've just found this blog and today I managed to make these biscuits with my cmpa and egg allergic toddler. It was so nice to be able to do safe baking with her and to have something tasty at the end.
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  13. This is the best vegan biscuit recipe I've found so far - and the simplest! I like flavoured biscuits more than plain so I've been adding different flavours each time. So far I've tried it with chocolate chips (medium good), ginger (very good) and orange and cardomon for Christmas (excellent), today I've just done a little mixed spices. Thank you for the recipe.
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  14. Hello. Thank you for this recipe. It's incredible! I topped with cinnamon sugar and it was very tasty. Can you freeze these to keep them? (If i haven't eaten them all...)
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    • So glad you enjoyed them Danielle! I'm not 100% sure but I'd say they can be frozen just fine, just like any other cookie :-) Love the idea of topping with cinnamon sugar, by the way.
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  16. I'm ready to make those but have no idea what vanilla paste is...I've never heard of it. Where do I find it and can I substitute with something else?
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    • Hi Janet, caster sugar is regular sugar but more fine. It's in between granulated and powdered. You can use regular sugar but make sure to use the same weight (not cup measurements). Hope that helps!
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  19. I doubled the amounts and made an apple and cinnamon tray bake by squashing half into the bottom of a tin and spreading chopped apple, sultanas and cinnamon with a bit of brown sugar then piling the rest on top and pressing flat. It was awesome. Thank you for the recipe '
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  20. i am a school student and this recipe saved my life in my food lesson so thank you because I couldn't find any other meal that looked nice so very bit thank you xxx
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    • Hi Ksana, if you can't find dairy-free butter, then you could try oil, although I haven't tested this myself. The taste won't be "buttery" though. Let me know if you try it!
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  22. Hi Aimee or anyone else who may know, Is it possible to substitute a teaspoon vanilla paste with a teaspoon organic vanilla essence? Hoping to make tomorrow for Chrissy. Thanks in advance.
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  24. I am making these as we speak for my vegan friend! I'm using them as the base for a vegan twix bar haha I have had to cook them for a lot longer than listed so if anyone is reading this, don't stress if you need to keep them in for double the time. Could just be my oven but they are coming out so nicely regardless :)
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  26. Second time making these, currently in the over so fingers crossed! Added dark chocolate chips this time :o the first batch a few weeks ago was so gorgeous I couldn't help myself! Thanks for the simple recipe :) Lex xo
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