These vegan lavender shortbread cookies are not only a dream too eat, but making them is such a pleasure.
The smell of warm lavender filling your kitchen is a treat in itself. As is picking the lavender from your garden.
And although these are very tempting to keep all for yourself, they do also make wonderful homemade gifts, especially for Mother's Day.
These biscuits make a lovely and unique gift too, they will keep up to 3-4 weeks when kept in an air-tight tin.
📖 Recipe
Vegan Lavender Shortbread Biscuits
Delicious and delicate dairy-free lavender shortbread. Makes 16-20 biscuits
Ingredients
- 200 g / ¾ cup + 2tbsp dairy-free butter*
- 1 tsp vanilla paste
- 1 ½ tsp dried lavender buds (organic - edible variety)*
- 100 g / ½ cup caster sugar
- 300 g / 10.5 oz (2 ⅓ cups) plain flour, sifted
- A tiny pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp corn flour
Instructions
Crumble the lavender buds into tiny pieces and cream with the spread, vanilla and sugar, for a few minutes. Stir in the flour and corn flour and mix into a dough. Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to firm up.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 160c / 140c (fan) and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Once the dough is chilled, roll out to approximately ½ 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.
Leave to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving or decorating.
Notes
*I recommend Naturli block or Earth Balance buttery
*Organic lavender from your garden is perfect! You can also buy dried lavender in some food stores.
Nutrition Information
Yield 20 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 88Total Fat 1gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 3mgSodium 16mgCarbohydrates 17gFiber 0gSugar 5gProtein 2g
Naomi Walsh says
Should it say 1 1/2 Cups of flour? Just wanted to make sure since my scale isn’t working.
Aimee says
Hi Naomi. I have double checked on a few different conversion charts and it seems to be around just over 2 1/3 cups flour. When I measured at home it was around 2 1/2 cups, so you may need to add a little extra if the dough is still too soft. It's really hard to be accurate without scales though! Hope you enjoy the recipe.
Cecelia says
May I use coconut oil instead of Vegan butter please? Thanks.
Aimee says
It should work texture wise but will taste quite different, not sure how it will go with the lavender! Let me know if you try it.
Jenni Mitchell says
I made this: - doubled the receipte and added lemon zest and juice. Worked well. Thank you for the receipe.
Amara says
Would these work with lemon zest in too? I feel like they’d make a nice addition to the lavender
Aimee says
definitely! lemon and lavender are a good match.
Toni Jayne says
At last! A recipe that does not require refrigeration before rolling/cutting! Every bit as delicious as the last recipe I used, well actually must better!
Aimee says
So glad you liked it, Toni!