Vegan Orange Butter Cookies
These vegan orange butter cookies are a delicate shortbread type cookie covered in orange icing. Adapted from the famous Swiss Christmas cookie Plantaherzli.
Ingredients
- 125 g vegan butter
- 80 g sugar
- 6 tablespoons aquafaba
- 1 orange zest and 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 270 g all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- For the icing:
- 100 g icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
Instructions
- In a large bowl - beat the vegan butter with the sugar until fluffy using an electric hand mixer.
- Add aquafaba and continue to beat for another minute before adding the orange zest and 1 tablespoon of fresh orange juice.
- Mix the flour with the baking powder before adding to the mix.
- Knead to a soft dough; wrap the dough in cling film and rest in the fridge for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 390F (200C).
- Roll dough on parchment paper or lightly floured surface until 4mm thin (0.15 inch). Cut out your favourites cookie motive and place them on a parchment paper lined baking tray. Place the cookies before baking in the fridge for 15 minutes.
- Bake for cookies for about 10 minutes before transfer them on a cooling rack.
- Once cookies are completely cooled, brush the orange icing carefully on the cookies. For the orange icing, simply mix the icing sugar with the orange juice.