Vegan Vanilla Bean Shortbread

• Vegan

• Condiments

  • 1 cup Vegan butter

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 Vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract* (or both if you want extra vanilla flavour

Found on itdoesnttastelikechicken.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Vegan Butter (such as Earth Balance)
• ½ Cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 Vanilla Bean or 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract* (or both if you want extra vanilla flavour)
• 2 Cups All Purpose Flour

Directions

• Preheat your oven to 325F (170C).
• In a large mixing bowl, add the vegan butter, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. I softened the vegan butter a bit before adding it to the bowl, since I mixed this by hand. If you have a mixer, you can probably skip this step.
• Slice the vanilla bean down the side lengthwise. If your bean is hard and a little dried out, try soaking it in warm water first, so it is easier to work with. Use the tip of your knife to scape out all the little black vanilla bean seeds. Add these to the bowl with the powdered sugar and vegan butter.
• Cream the vegan butter and sugar together until the mixture is smooth and light in colour.
• Mix in ½ cup of the flour at a time. The final texture should be crumbly, but holds together if you pinch it.
• Dump the dough into a pan. I used a 10 x 6.5 pan, but an 8 x 8 pan will work as well.
• Press the dough down so that it is flat. You can use a spatula, or any other object you might find to help flatten the surface. Now use the tip of a spatula, or a knife to score the lines of your bars. Make sure these lines are about ⅛ deep or more. Now use a fork to prick the bars all over. (I did four fork pricks per cookie).
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, until they are just kissed with a touch of golden colour.
• Remove from oven and let cool. For extra sweetness you can sprinkle a little granulated sugar across the top of the cookies when you remove them from the oven, (this is optional). When they are cool, pop them out of the pan, then you can just snap the bars apart along the score line. You could also use a knife to cut them, but I found they snap apart just perfectly.
• Serve along with tea. Yum!