Coconut flour shortbread cookies are easy 3 ingredients vegan coconut flour cookies no eggs, no gluten and no dairy. They are keto friendly using sugar free Monk fruit Syrup
There is no season to enjoy a delicious crunchy shortbread cookie right? And what’s better than healthy coconut flour shortbread cookies 100 % vegan to snack with a cup of coffee?
What’s coconut flour ?
Coconut flour is made from dried coconut meat. It is a very healthy gluten free flour, low in carbs, high in fiber and keto friendly. Also, it can be a very difficult to bake with coconut flour at first as it is a highly liquid absorbent flour due to the high fiber content. That is why I recommend to use fresh flour with no lumps and to measure the flour in weight if you can for full precision.
Vegan coconut cookies – an easy 3 ingredients recipe
This is the most easy vegan coconut flour cookies you will ever make. All you need are 3 simple wholesome ingredients.
- Coconut flour – make sure your coconut flour is fresh, with no lumps and if you can measure the flour in grams or oz for precision.
- Liquid sweetener – any liquid sweetener works really well in this recipe. I love to use either maple syrup or sugar-free monk fruit sweetener to make them keto friendly and sugar-free
- Unrefined coconut oil – melted. If you don’t like coconut flour in your baking use refined coconut flour, it has no flavor.
How to make coconut flour shortbread cookies no eggs?
It can be tricky to bake with coconut flour at first because it contains lots of fiber that dry cookie dough very quickly.
My tip to success is to :
- Weight the flour for precision – this avoid the dough to be too wet or too dry
- Adjust the dough if needed – if you can’t weight the flour and use measuring cups you may have some issue achieving the right texture at first. That is ok. If too dry, add a splash more liquid sweetener, 1 teaspoon at a time until it comes together. If it is too moist, add more coconut flour, same 1 teaspoon at a time. You want to get a soft buttery cookie dough ball.
- Always roll dough between pieces of parchment paper – this avoid the dough to stick to your roller pin
- Dip the cookie cutter in warm water – this is a little trick to avoid the cookie cutter to stick to the dough.
How to decorate your coconut flour cookies ?
This is optional but decorating shortbread cookies is always fun. I recommend melting vegan dark chocolate chips and dip half of the shortbread into the melted chocolate.
I hope you enjoyed this simple vegan coconut flour cookies recipe, if so don’t forget to share it on Pinterest for later!
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Coconut flour shortbread cookies
Ingredients
- 7 oz coconut flour 200 g or 1 2/3 cup + 1 tablespoon)
- 4 fl oz coconut oil , melted (125 ml, 1/2 cup + 1 teaspoon)
- 4 fl oz liquid sweetener of your choice maple syrup Keto Monk fruit syrup or agave (125 ml, 1/2 cup + 1 teaspoon)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C (350F). Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Carefully measure the flour and liquids in small container. I recommend to use grams/oz and fl.oz or ml for precision. Coconut flour contains 4 times more fiber than regular wheat flour. If you are not precise the dough can be too dry or too moist.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add all the ingredients, order doesn't matter : coconut flour, melted coconut oil and maple syrup.
- Combine with a spoon at first. The dough will be very wet and it dry as you go. It should take about 2 minutes to form a cookie dough ball. After 1 minute, knead the dough with your hands to gather the dough together and form a dough ball. If too dry, add a splash more liquid sweetener, 1 teaspoon at a time until it comes together. If it is too moist, add more coconut flour, same 1 teaspoon at a time. You want to get a soft buttery cookie dough ball.
- Set aside at room temperature on the bench top for 5 minutes to let the coconut flour fiber absorb the liquid.
- Place the cookie dough ball onto a piece of parchment paper. Press another pieces of parchment paper on top. Use pieces of about 20 cm long (8 inches).
- Roll the dough until it reach about 4 mm (0.15 inches) thickness. Don't roll to flat or the cookies gets fragile.
- Cut out the cookies using a cookie cutter shape of your choice. You can dip the cookie cutter into warm water before cutting the dough to avoid it to stick to the dough. If so, make sure you dry the cookie cutter slightly as you don't want to add plenty of water onto your dough.
- Use a spatula to lift out the shaped cookie from the parchment paper and transfer to the cookie sheet. The shortbread cookies won't expand during baking so you can leave only half thumb space between each.
- Gather the left over of dough from the outside of the cut cookies to reform a cookie dough ball. Roll again using the same pieces of parchment paper and repeat until no more dough.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the sides are golden brown.
- Cool down on a cookie rack.
- If you want to decorate the cookies with melted dark chocolate, wait for the cookies to be at room temperature. You can freeze the dipped cookies for 2-5 minutes to set the chocolate shell quickly.
Storage
- Store in a cookie jar at room temperature for up to 1 months or freeze in a zip bag. Defrost the day before.
Notes
Nutrition
Perfect little shortbread ! Followed the recipe in oz as you recommended and come out great. Thanks for the easy recipe.
I’m sorry for the question – I can ever remember this – do you weigh the oil before or after you melt it?
This is what I do, I measure the solid coconut oil, melt it and then measure the liquid oil before adding in the recipe to be precise. So yes, you must measure the oil liquid! If I melt too much, return into the coconut jar it will solidify again and you can use it again later. Enjoy the cookies. Can’t wait to hear your feedback on those, XOXO Carine.
If you follow the recipe to the T it turns out amazing. I used left over vegan chocolate icing and they tasted really good with that as well. I will be making these cookies a lot.
Thank you so much for your comment 🙂 I am so glad you love them too. XOXO Carine
Can I make this recipe with liquid stevia?
No sorry it won’t work. The cookie hold together because of the liquid sweetener. Enjoy the recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine.
Hi, can I use honey instead of maple syrup?
I guess yes, it may dry the batter as honey is less liquid and you may need more to achieve the same result. As it is a vegan blog I don’t use honey and I am not sure about how it will work out in my recipes. XOXO Carine.
This looks so good! Can you freeze the dough for later?
I didn’t try to freeze the dough so I am unsure. I usually don’t like to freeze dough made of coconut flour because it is highly water absorbent and freezer add some moisture to the dough. Enjoy the recipe, XOXO Carine.
Thanks for sharing! Do they cookies keep long?
You can keep those for about 3 weeks in a cookie jar at room temperature. Enjoy, XOXO Carine.
These cookies were so dry! When eating it was a struggle to swallow them, it was like my body was rejecting them. I would not reccomend these to anyone!
I am sorry to hear that you didn’t enjoy the coconut four cookies. Cocontu flour contains 4 times more fiber than others flours an it is highly liquid absorbent. That is why most coconut flour is dryer but that is also what you expect from a shortbread cookie to be crunchy and dry it is not a moist cookie. I hope you enjoy others recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine.
The dough was impossible to work with, I couldn’t make a ball with it, so I thought it was to dry. I added some liquid, spoon by spoon, they became to moist. Added coconut flour and back and forth. Once cooked it was so dry.
I would not recommend that recipe.
I am sorry it didn’t work out for you and hope you get better luck next time with another of my recipes. XOXO Carine
What brand of coconut flour do you use when making this recipe (if you remember).
I live in New Zealand and I am using different brands, all worked well for me. The store brand called Pams or Avalanche.