No dairy butter here, yet these vegan, gluten-free babies are rich and decadent, and intoxicating while baking! Dipped in chocolate, they are out-of-this-world wonderful!
Pecan Shortbread {gluten-free + vegan}
No dairy butter here, yet these vegan, gluten-free babies are rich and decadent, and intoxicating while baking! Dipped in chocolate, they are out-of-this-world wonderful!
Author: Victoria Laine
Serves:: 1 dozen
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Ingredients:
- (Chocolate dipped - optional)
- Makes: 1 dozen
- 1 cup raw pecans
- 2 Tbsp coconut flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 6 oz dark dairy-free, GF chocolate (bar, chips or chunks for melting)-optional[/b]
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place pecans, flour, and salt in food processor and process until finely ground.
- Add maple syrup to processor and allow to bind.
- Roll dough into balls about golf ball size (these are rich!) and flatten with the palm of your hand, or the bottom of a drinking glass. You can press a slice of pecan into the top if desired.
- Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned on bottoms.
- Transfer to a rack or plate to cool. (If you are going to dip them in chocolate, it can speed up the setting of the melted chocolate to put the cookies in the a fridge or freezer for a while first.)
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave in 1-minute spurts, or over a double boiler (NOTE: be careful not to get steam or water in the chocolate.)
- Dip each cookie half way into the melted chocolate and set them on the parchment paper (or wax paper) lined baking sheet or plate to set.