Jan 5, 20233 min read

Easy Gluten-Free Vegan Shortbread Biscuits

This recipe is perfect to use on a rainy day when you are stuck indoors with the children and you want to draw them away from their screens.

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Disclaimer - mess will be created! But that is part of the fun - well at least for them. If your children are anything like mine, they will be quite happy to make the mess and eat the end results, but the in-between cleaning and tidying up, they will stay well away 😂.

As someone who is on a gluten-free diet, one of the things I miss the most and often crave, is a good biscuit. Something to snack on to dampen down the hunger until the next meal time or simply to munch on while working away on the computer. There are now many options available at the supermarkets, but I find that most contain a LOT of sugar and they also contain (gluten-free) OATS , which my body doesn't seem to like very much these days.

In order to satisfy my cravings, I developed this recipe which I hope you will also find equally satisfying.

This simple recipe can be used as a base to develop other flavours. Add chocolate chips, seeds or nuts (if you can) to add a layer of crunch. Dip in melted chocolate and decorate with sprinkles or fruit to make them into more elaborate treats which can be gifted. Remember that the quality of your biscuits is going to depend on the quality of your ingredients.

I have simplified the method to make it as child friendly as possible and minimise the use of equipment. You should be able to make these biscuits with ingredients and equipment you already have at home. In the pictures you will see that we simply rolled the dough up into a log and sliced it to produce individual biscuits. If you like, you can use cookie cutters to create shaped biscuits.

And here it is:

Easy Vegan Gluten-Free Shortbread Biscuits

Yield: approx. 20 small cookies

Ingredients

100g vegan butter
50g unrefined sugar
175g gluten-free plain flour
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp water

Optional: chocolate chips, toasted seeds, chopped up nuts

Directions

Measure out all your ingredients.
Use a fork to mix the sugar and vegan butter together.
Add in the gluten-free plain flour, salt and vanilla.
Continue mixing with a fork until most of the flour is incorporated.
Now its time to get messy. With clean hands, mix the mixture together to create a 'breadcrumb' style consistency.
Add in the water, and bring the dough together on a worktop.
For best results, wrap in cling film and chill the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours.
Pre-heat the oven to 180c.
Take out the dough and roll into a log shape.
Using a knife slice the dough into approximately 1cm pieces.
Place on a greaseproof lined tray and bake for 12 mins.
Take out of the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
Eat straight away or serve with your favourite warm drink.