These gluten-free almond flour shortbread cookies are the easiest, healthy vegan shortbread cookie recipe. They have the best tender, melting texture and are slightly crispy when you bite into them.
If you love shortbread cookies but want to make them a little bit healthier, with fewer carbs, and avoid wheat flour, this is the recipe for you.
Almond Flour Shortbread cookies are made with a handful of ingredients and ready in no time to enjoy for breakfast, snack, or dessert.
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Biscoitos amanteigados de farinha de amêndoa (3 ingredientes, sem glúten)
Ingredientes
- 1 ½ xícara Farinha de amêndoa - embalado
- 3 colheres de sopa Maple Syrup
- 3 colheres de sopa Óleo de coco derretido
Optional ingredients – recommended to add flavors
- ¼ colher de chá sal
- ½ colher de chá de extrato de baunilha
- ½ colher de chá Extrato de amêndoa
Instruções
- Before starting, keep in mind that these are slightly softer than regular shortbread cookies. They are vegan, gluten-free cookies made with wholesome ingredients, crispy on the outside, and chewier in the center.
- Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium-size mixing bowl, add all the ingredients: almond flour, maple syrup, melted coconut oil, salt, vanilla extract, and almond extract,
- Combine the ingredients with a spatula first, squeeze the dough with your hands to bring ingredients together, and form a cookie dough ball. If too wet, you can add more almond flour.
- Scoop the dough with a measuring tablespoon and roll it into a ball.
- Place each ball onto the lined cookie sheet.
- Use a fork to flatten each cookie. The thinner, the crispier they will be. You can add sprinkles now, using a fork to press them gently into the batter.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until slightly golden and slightly hard on top.
- Cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to completely cool down.
Armazenamento
- Store in the fridge in a sealed container for up to 5 days
Notas
Nutrição
Por que você vai adorar esta receita
These 3-ingredient almond flour cookies are super simple to make and ready in less than 30 minutes. Plus, the recipe fits most diets as it is:
- Sem glúten – almond flour is 100% gluten-free flour.
- Paleo – this recipe doesn’t use grain or xanthan gum, often used in gluten-free baking.
- Vegan – these cookies are egg-free and dairy-free.
- Sem ovos
- livre de laticínios
- Paleo
- Low-Carb
- Favorável ao ceto
Ingredientes e Substituições
To make this simple recipe, you need to gather only 3 simple ingredients. Let me share my tips with you to select the best healthy ingredients for this recipe.

- Farinha de amêndoa – make sure you are using ultra-fine almond flour and not coarse almond meal. The recipe works with both, but an almond meal adds a gritty texture to cookies and a darker color.
- Maple Syrup – or agave syrup. I didn’t try the recipe with any other liquid sweetener.
- Óleo de côco – this is a gluten-free shortbread cookie recipe with coconut oil. Coconut oil is a great plant-based fat to make crunchy vegan cookies. You can use refined coconut oil to avoid the coconut flavor from the oil. Don’t replace it with any other oil, or the cookies would be way too soft.
Ingredientes opcionais
Of course, you can add a few flavorsome ingredients to add flavor to these healthy vegan shortbread cookies.
I highly recommend it, but if you want to keep the recipe simple, and make plain shortbread cookies, don’t bother adding these little extra ingredients.
My favorite add-ons are:
- Almond extract – add 1/2 teaspoon to the cookie dough.
- Extrato de baunilha – add 1/2 teaspoon to the cookie dough.
- Sea salt – add 1/4 teaspoon to the cookie dough.
- Orange zest – add 1 teaspoon to the cookie dough.
- Lascas de chocolate – add 1/4 cup of dark chocolate chips into the dough to make vegan chocolate chip shortbread cookies.
How To Make Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies
This is an easy vegan almond shortbread cookie recipe meaning they are egg-free, dairy-free cookies.
Consequently, their texture is slightly softer than a regular shortbread recipe but an amazing healthy shortbread cookie recipe without butter!
In fact, these are vegan shortbread cookies with coconut oil, a plant-based fat perfect for making crunchy cookies.

All you have to do is combine the dry ingredients (foto 1) with the wet ingredients until they form a sticky cookie dough (foto 2).

Then, form 12 cookie dough balls using a measuring cup (foto 3) from the dough and place each ball on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. This cookie dough won’t expand in the oven, so you don’t have to leave much space between each cookie.
Finally, press each ball slightly with the back of a fork to flatten it into a 0.4 inch (1cm) thick cookie (foto 4). The thinner, the crispier they will be. Finally, bake in preheated oven 325°F (160°C) for 12-15 minutes.
They are ready when the sides are slightly golden brown and slightly soft in the middle. Cool completely at room temperature, first 5 minutes on the cookie sheet, then on a cooling rack. These cookies firm up with time and get their best texture after 3 hours at room temperature.
Vídeo passo a passo

Decorando os biscoitos
You can add some sprinkles on top of your cookies, as you see in my picture, to make healthy Christmas shortbread cookies. Or drizzle melted chocolate chips on top.
Perguntas frequentes
These gluten-free shortbread cookies with almond flour are slightly softer than wheat-based cookies.
But if you like your shortbread cookies crispier, press them thinner into a 0.4-inch thickness (1cm).
If your cookies are too thick, they will stay softer in the center, but overall, this recipe crisps on the outside with a tender center.
This cookie dough works very well for making cut-out shortbread cookies too. It actually makes thinner and crispier almond flour shortbread cookies.
The only thing to keep in mind is that the dough is slightly sticky.
So you will have to roll the dough between two parchment paper pieces to prevent it from sticking to the roller pin.
No, you can’t use sugar-free maple syrup in this recipe. Sugar-free maple syrup contains a lot of fiber compared to natural maple syrup and is highly liquid absorbent.
It won’t form a cookie dough but a cookie crumble.
These are egg-free, dairy-free cookies, so they store very well at room temperature in a cookie jar.
You can store the cookies for up to 1 week in the pantry or the fridge. They soften with time as the air moisture softens the dough.
Mais receitas de biscoitos veganos com farinha de amêndoa
I love to use almond flour in my cookie recipes. It not only adds delicious almond flavor, but it also decreases carbs and adds lots of proteínas à base de plantas e nutrientes.
Below I listed my favorite cookie recipes made with almond flour for you to try.











Made these exactly as written today, and drizzled some melted chocolate on top! Delicious! Thank you for these simple, yummy recipes!
That sounds lovely with that melted chocolate on top!
These look amazing! Do you think I could substitute applesauce for the oil?
It could work but the cookies will be softer.
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These cookies were absolutely fantastic and so “moreish” luckily I made a double batch.
Thank you so much for sharing such a fabulous, healthy recipe ❤️
Obrigado!
Hi , made the almod cookies several times now. Last time I put some tangerine zest to flavour them Great hit
It sounds delicious! thanks for sharing.
Lovely cookies! Thank you.Do you think vegan butter would be an ok substitute for coconut oil?
Absolutely! it will taste great too.
This recipe is so simple and easy to make! I made 3 batches with my 5 year old daughter. We did add in the salt, vanilla, and almond extract. Without those ingredients it wouldn’t be very tasty. We liked the cookies but felt they needed to be sweeter so I made an icing for them. That gave a good balance! I also made some with mini chocolate chips added in. They were good but my husband and I both said we preferred the original version with the icing on top.
I agree, they are low sugar cookies. I am glad you find a way to make them sweeter for you and your family.
Could honey be used in place of maple syrup?
Sem dúvida que sim!
Both my husband and son loved these cookies. I’m looking to make them for Thanksgiving. Do they have to go into the fridge or can they be left out in an airtight container?
Obrigado
I am so happy you love them! Thank you for baking with me here.
These were perfect, kids loved them! Thank you!
Thank you! I love when the kids love my recipes.
Can these be rolled and cut out for decorating?
Not really, the batter is a bit too soft for that but I do have an almond flour sugar cookie recipe for you to roll and cut!