Paired with pistachios, these olive oil shortbread cookies have a Middle Eastern vibe to them but also a Christmassy feel and make wonderful Christmas gifts!
The twist is that these shortbread cookies use olive oil in place of butter.
Surprisingly, it results in the most delicious, melt-in-your-mouth biscuit, you definitely won't miss the butter.
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📖 Recipe
Rose, Pistachio & Olive Oil Shortbread (Vegan)
Yield:
12 cookies
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Delicate, crumbly shortbread with rose & pistachio. Uses oilve oil in place of butter!
Ingredients
- 300 g (2 ½ cups) white spelt flour, (you can also use plain white flour)
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 100 g (½ cup) golden caster sugar
- 160 ml (⅔ cup) mild olive oil
- 1 tsp rosewater
- 50 g (½ cup) chopped pistachios
- Dried rose petals, to decorate (optional)
Instructions
- Mix the spelt flour, corn starch and sugar together in a food processor.
- Add the olive oil and rosewater and mix until it forms a soft dough.
- Add to a floured board and kneed in half the chopped pistachios.
- Chill the mixture in the fridge for about one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Roll the dough out to about ¾ cm thickness. Use a cookie cutter or upside down glass to cut into shapes and place on the baking sheet.
- Use the remaining chopped pistachios to press into the tops of the cookies.
- Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.
- Leave to cool before serving. Decorate with dried rose petals!
Eilidh says
These are beautiful such a great combination and brilliant when my vegan friend comes around.
However they seem to take more like 25 minutes to bake.
Phoebe says
I can’t get this to turn into a dough, after an hour in the fridge just fell apart
Jackie says
I made these 4 days ago and they got eaten so I'm about to do a second batch. I'll try hazelnut and chocolate this time.
Aimee says
Ooh that sounds good, I'll have to try that combo next time!
Ange says
Help! I'm making these cookies 100% according to direction and I have a bowl of dust... is this normal? I added a little more oil and put in the fridge to chill but I'm afraid I won't be able to roll out such dry dough.
Aimee says
Hi Ange, if it doesn't form a dough, add a bit more olive oil. It is a very crumbly dough but you should be able to roll it out!