Sweet, cinnamony homemade Apple Butter slathered on a rich, super buttery Vegan Shortbread cookie, for only 100 calories? Yes please!! The perfect treat to welcome fall and the "apples and honey" season.
Remember those Danish butter cookies that came in a round blue tin? What about those shortbread cookies in the red package? We used to LOVE them when we were kids. So rich and buttery, yet so simple!
Well, if you're looking for a super easy, egg-free, dairy-free recipe to recreate those at home, check out these Vegan Shortbread cookies!
All you need are 5 ingredients, a bowl, and a hand mixer. The dough is ready in just a few minutes, chilled for 10, then baked until golden brown.
The steps to prepare the dough are quite simple:
First, cream the coconut oil and the sugar together until creamy and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla, and beat for another minute. The mixture will look like this:
Add the flour and mix until just incorporated. Then add the water and mix with your hands, until it forms a dough. Make sure not to over mix it, or the cookies will be tough!
Roll the dough into a log, wrap it and chill it for 10 minutes. Once it's ready, cut it into ¼ inch slices. They won't be perfectly round, but you can gently shape them with your fingers if you'd like!
Bake the cookies for 30 minutes until golden brown and let them cool before storing them. You can keep them in an airtight container for 4-5 days, or you can freeze them for up to a month (make sure to use a freezer bag or airtight container to prevent freezer burn!)
Serve the cookies plain with a hot cup of coffee or tea, or with our super tasty homemade spiced apple butter.
These decadent vegan shortbread cookies are:
- Rich and buttery
- Super easy to prepare
- Made with only 5 ingredients
- Dairy and egg free
- Under 100 calories per cookie
If you love vegan shortbread and feel adventurous, they our Vegan Meyer Bars and Fig & Tahini Truffle Tarts!
PrintVegan Shortbread
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 18 1x
Description
Sweet, cinnamony homemade Apple Butter slathered on a rich, super buttery Vegan Shortbread cookie, for only 100 calories? Yes please!! The perfect treat to welcome fall and the "apples and honey" season.
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut oil, at room temperature
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1-2 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Using an electric mixer, cream coconut oil and granulated sugar for about a minute, until it starts to look fluffy. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract and continue mixing for another minute
- Gradually add flour and continue mixing until just incorporated. Add water (start with 1 tablespoon and add the second one if necessary) and work the mixture with your hands until it forms a dough
- Roll the dough onto a log (approximately 4.5 inches long). Wrapped it on plastic wrap and refrigerate for 10 minutes
- Preheat oven to 325F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Slice the log into 18 - ¼ inch rounds, place them on the lined baking sheet and bake at 325F for about 30 minutes, until they start to brown lightly
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Kosher / Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 85
- Sugar: 2.1
- Sodium: 0.2
- Fat: 6.2
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 6.9
- Fiber: 0.7
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 0
Spiced Apple Butter
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 13 oz 1x
Ingredients
- 2 large Granny Smith or Ginger Gold apples, diced (yields about 3 cups)
- ¼ cup agave nectar
- Juice of 1 small lemon
- 1 tsp cinnamon (or to taste)
Instructions
- Combine diced apples, agave nectar and lemon juice in a medium size sauce pan and mix well. Cook over medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring often
- Add cinnamon, mix well and continue cooking for another 20 minutes, gently mashing the apples with the back of the spoon or using a potato masher. Stir frequently to keep the apples from sticking
- Let cool completely and refrigerate until ready to use
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Kosher / Vegan
Nutrition
- Calories: 15
- Sugar: 3.2
- Sodium: 0.4
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 3.9
- Fiber: 0.4
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 0
Edwina says
I'm very interested in trying this recipe to see how it turns out. I love using coconut oil in lots of things so I'm curious how this will taste. They look delicious.
Vicky & Ruth says
Thank you. Let us know how they come out for you.
paula z says
Made this last night and have to tell you how wonderful it is. I made some spiced apple-pear butter from fruit threatening to go soft and came across your shortbread recipe while searching for a no-butter recipe. As a nice surprise, there was an apple butter recipe too, which I will use the next time I make this treat. It's a keeper, easy and delicious, and a somewhat more guilt-free snack. Well done!
Vicky and Ruth says
So glad you loved them Paula.
Keep Cooking 🙂
Marie Markham says
How long will the spiced apple butter keep?
Vicky and Ruth says
It will keep about a week or maybe longer as long as it smells and tastes ok and only clean utensils are used to scoop it out. If any piece of cookie, bread cracker etc gets into the apple butter it will spoil fast.