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Gluten-free, vegan shortbread cookies with a raspberry twist! Once baked, the cookies are dusted with organic powdered sugar and drizzled with chocolate. These cookies are also grain-free and allergen-friendly.

Special Gluten-Free Vegan Shortbread

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  • Author: Chantal | Fresh is Real
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 16-18 cookies 1x
  • Category: Desserts
  • Method: Oven-Baked
  • Cuisine: Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Vegan, Allergen-Friendly, Kid-Friendly
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

An easy to make shortbread recipe with a twist—raspberry jam! The optional dried cranberries, powdered sugar and chocolate drizzle, make these gluten-free, grain-free, vegan, and allergen-friendly cookies extra special! 


Ingredients

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6 tablespoons vegan butter, softened* 
1/3 cup coconut palm sugar
1 cup almond meal/flour** 
1/2 cup Otto’s cassava flour
1/3 cup tapioca flour (or arrowroot starch)
1/8 teaspoon sea salt*
1/4 cup raspberry jam***
1-4 to 1/3 cup dark chocolate, finely chopped

Decoration (optional)
2 tablespoons organic dried cranberries, finely chopped 
1/4 cup organic powdered sugar
2 tablespoons dark chocolate, chopped 
1 teaspoon coconut oil 


Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350° F and line a baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper.
  2. To a medium bowl, combine the soft butter and sugar and mix until smooth.
  3. Add the flours, salt and mix well. Note: It might appear crumbly at first but keep mixing and pressing down on the butter and mixture until well combined.
  4. Add jam and mix in. Add chopped chocolate and mix.
  5. Scoop out 16-18 small dough balls and gently flatten (just a little) each top with your fingers or a spoon. 
  6. Decorate each cookie with a few pieces of chopped dried cranberries (optional).
  7. Bake the cookies for 17 to 20 minutes on the middle oven rack. The edges will be slightly golden. 
  8. Remove from the oven, leave the cookies on the baking sheet for 5-10 minutes then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. 
  9. Once cooled, dust a thin layer of powdered sugar on each cookie with a tight mesh sifter/shaker (optional).
  10. Melt some dark chocolate with a little coconut oil, mix and drizzle over top of each cookie and enjoy!

Notes

1) TIP: When I bake this recipe, my cookies are usually ready in 19 minutes. 2) Kitchen Hack: I often use my tea strainer to dust a thin layer of powdered sugar on my baked goods! It works well! 3) Simpler Shortbread Cookies: You can make these cookies without the addition of jam, powdered sugar or the chocolate drizzle and the recipe will work equally well!

*If your vegan butter is salted, the 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt might not be necessary. Taste the dough, if it needs it, add a touch. I used soy-free Earth Balance. Six tablespoons of butter is a little less than half a cup if you don’t feel like measuring it out.
** Or try a 1-cup combo: pumpkin seed, tiger nut, almond meal/flour. For a nut-free version, replace the nut flour with more seed flour. You can use sunflower seed flour too with the pumpkin and tiger nut flour. TIP: To make seed flour, you will need a spice grinder or small blender. Add your raw organic seeds to the container, cover and blend until transformed into a fine flour. Don’t blend too long as it might turn into butter. Sift the flour to remove unwanted larger bits. You can also dry roast (in a cast iron skillet) the seeds beforehand to create an even more amazing flavourful flour.
*** I used a no sugar added store-bought raspberry jam. Incorporating a good quality jam will make your cookies taste amazing. If you have a homemade jam, it will be even better!