These coconut flour shortbread cookies are healthy 5-ingredient vegan coconut flour cookies with a delicious, chewy texture.
Bonus, these healthy coconut flour cookies are also grain-free and keto-friendly.
There is no season to enjoy a delicious, crunchy shortbread cookie! We make my Vegan Shortbread Cookies, Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies, and 4-Ingredient Vegan Chocolate Shortbread all the time! And what’s better than healthy coconut flour shortbread cookies, 100% vegan, to snack on with a cup of coffee? If you love coconut cookies, you must also try my Coconut Banana Cookies or my No-Bake Coconut Cookies.
Ingredients and Substitutions
You only need a few basic ingredients for these shortbread cookies made with coconut flour. However, while the recipe is pretty straightforward, make sure you measure each ingredient precisely for the best result.
The ingredients you need to make these coconut flour shortbread recipes are wholesome natural ingredients you probably have in your pantry.
- Coconut Flour – make sure you use a fresh bag of coconut flour or flour that hasn’t been in contact with humidity. In fact, coconut flour is highly liquid absorbent, and an old bag of flour, not stored in an airtight container, forms lumps. As a result, the amount of ‘active’ fiber in your coconut flour won’t be the same if it has not been stored properly. Learn how to properly measure flour!
- Maple Syrup – other liquid sweeteners will work, making dryer cookies. That’s why maple syrup is recommended for these shortbread cookies made with coconut flour.
- Almond Milk – prefer unsweetened almond milk to reduce unnecessary sugar.
- Melted Coconut Oil – you can use refined coconut oil if you don’t like an overpowering coconut flavor in your coconut flour cookies. In fact, refined coconut oil has no flavor compared to unrefined coconut oil.
- Vanilla Extract – for flavor.
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Coconut Flour Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons Coconut Flour - (note 1)
- ⅓ cup Maple Syrup - (note 2)
- ¼ cup Melted Coconut Oil - (note 3)
- 1 tablespoon Unsweetened Almond Milk - (note 4)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract - optional
- ¼ teaspoon Salt - optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line one large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add all the dry ingredients: coconut flour and salt.
- Stir in maple syrup, melted coconut oil, vanilla extract, and almond milk at room temperature.
- Combine with a silicone spatula for about 40 seconds until it forms a soft, sticky, and moist cookie dough.
- Set aside for 5 minutes at room temperature. The dough should stay soft, sticky, and easy to roll into balls.
- Scoop one tablespoon of batter and roll it between lightly oiled hands before placing the ball on the baking sheet. Slightly flatten the ball into a cookie shape.
- Repeat the step above until you form 9 cookies.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the sides are just starting to become golden brown. Note that baking time varies a lot based on the thickness of the cookies. Don't over-bake them, or they will be very hard and dry in the middle.
- Cool down on the baking sheet for 10 minutes (don't touch them as they are still soft when hot). After transfer on a cookie rack to cool down to room temperature
- 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 month or freeze in a ziplock bag. Defrost the day before.
Hey Carine,
Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. We will be relocating to a small island in the Pacific that is abundant with coconut so I’m trying out some recipes for homemade goods. I am familiar with coconut flour so knew what to expect and found this recipe super easy to use. I didn’t have quite enough coconut flour on hand so had to use about 50g of GF plain flour. Just made sure the texture was right. I melted my coconut oil first so it was the perfect consistency. Delish!!
I was wondering if I would be able to make them with golden syrup?
Feel free to experiment, I didn’t try that but it can work
Very tasty and although there were many tiny-print steps, it turned out great!
omg i just made these and they taste amazing. Absolutely brilliant recipe!!!! They smell and taste like shortbread cookies and hold their shape very well and also do not taste coconutty at all. I made heart shaped ones dipped in chocolate ganache. Perfect for Valentines 🙂
Is it possible to add some sort of flavor extract like vanilla or almond? Not sure if it would alter the texture of the cookie, but I don’t know if anyone has experimented. I was going to try with ube extract since I know that usually compliments coconut really well in Filipino desserts. 🙂
Yes, but keep the amount low to avoid changing the batter texture too much 1/2 teaspoon is great. Enjoy! XOXO Carine
The best ever.My bnb guests are wild about these healthy, yummy cookiesGrandma Suzyq
Can I replace the natural maple syrup with a sugar free maple syrup, like Lakanto Maple Syrup, sweetened with monk fruit? It has a very liquidy texture like the natural maple syrup, it just doesn’t contain sugar. Will this still hold the texture of the dough?
It won’t work here, there is way too much fiber in lakanto syrup, they will crumble apart and be very dry.
I’m about to try these with my GF and DF son…would black molasses work instead of maple syrup??
No sorry black molasse won’t work, you need a light syrup like maple syrup or agave syrup
Same here…couldn’t work with the dough:(
Hi! The cookies are to sweet for my personal taste! Do you have an ideea to make them less sweeter? I used agave sirup instead of maple syrup. Maybe agave sirup is sweeter than maple syrup. Anyway, it’s a bit challanging to make them but are the perfect cookies.
Agave syrup is definitely on the sweet side, maybe try brown rice syrup or apple syrup they contains less sugar. Enjoy the recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine
Thank you for the hint! I’ll try that way and I’ll let you know.