Vegan Slice and Bake Pistachio Cranberry Orange Shortbread Recipe
These slice and bake vegan shortbread cookies are perfect for the holidays! They're loaded with crunchy pistachios, sweet and tart dried cranberries and orange zest.
Servings: 40 cookies
Calories: 99kcal
Ingredients
- 280 g unbleached all-purpose flour 2 cups
- 150 g organic cane sugar 3/4 cup, or coocnut sugar
- 226 g softened vegan butter 1 cup or 2 sticks
- 2 tablespoons non-dairy milk
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla paste or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoons grated orange zest from 1 orange
- ½ cup finely chopped pistachios
- ½ cup finely chopped dried sweetened cranberries
Coating
- 1 tablespoon cranberry powder
- 2 tablespoons organic cane sugar
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped pistachios
Instructions
- Cream butter, salt, sugar, milk, vanilla and orange zest in a mixer until light and fluffy. Add flour and pistachios, and cranberries and mix until dough comes together.
- Divide dough in half and form into two 1.5”-2” diameter logs.
- Mix reserved 2 tablespoons of sugar, reserved 2 tablespoons of chopped pistachios and cranberry powder together and spread on work surface. Roll dough logs into the cranberry sugar mixture a press lightly to coat the outside of logs.
- Wrap cookie logs in parchment or wax paper and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Or freeze the wrapped cookie dough in freezer bags to use at a later time.
- Preheat oven to 350˚F.
- Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.
- Remove cookie logs from refrigerator once firm, unwrap them and slice into 1/3” thick rounds. Arrange cookies on trays, about 20 per tray (Note: if using frozen dough, allow it to thaw at room temperature for 30 minutes or it might crumble if sliced directly from freezer).
- Bake at 325˚F for 25-30 minutes until edges turn golden. Remove trays from oven and allow cookies to cool on tray for 1 minute then transfer cookies to cooling racks and allow them to cool to room temperature.
Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 99kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 8IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.4mg