Vegan Brown Butter Shortbread
Rich and buttery, this vegan brown butter shortbread is sublime topped with lemon-infused icing sugar. While this may sound fancy, rest assured, the recipe is kid simple: 1 bowl, 1 minute of mixing, then straight into a cake pan and into the oven.
Servings
Calories 103 kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegan brown butter, chilled (See instructions section for link to recipe.)
- 1/4 cup rice flour
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 1 cup cake and pastry flour
- vegan brown butter, for the baking pan
Lemon Icing Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon rind, finely grated
- 1/4 cup cane sugar
Instructions
To make the cookies
- Preheat the oven to 300F.
- Combine the chilled
vegan brown butter and other cookie ingredients in a mixing bowl, and mix for about a minute until well-combined. - Butter the sides and bottom of the a 9 inch cake pan with vegan brown butter. Spoon the cookie dough into the pan, spreading it evenly.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until lightly browned. Let cook before cutting and decorating.
To make the lemon-infused icing sugar
- Combine the ingredients in a blender and blend for a few seconds until the sugar is the consistency of icing sugar
To decorate
- Once the cookies have cooled, use a sharp knife to loosen the edge of the cookies in the pan. Slice the cookies into 12 triangles and then carefully remove to a plate. Place a paper doily over the cookies. Put a tablespoon or two of the lemon icing sugar in a small sieve and then use a spoon to press the icing sugar through the sieve, covering the cookies uniformly.
Notes
About Vegan Brown Butter
Make the vegan brown butter earlier in the day or the night before so that it has time to chill. It will be a thick, pourable liquid. Use the buttery pecans to make Dark Chocolate Bark.Substitutes for Vegan Brown Butter
If you're in a hurry, you can use regular margarine for this recipe too. The cookies will have a slightly different texture, and the taste will not be identical but they are still good.Nutritional Information
Nutrition information is an estimate only, without the icing sugar toppings.Nutrition
Calories: 103kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 11mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 254IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg