These Vegan Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies come together in just 30 minutes with just 7 simple ingredients. They’re delicious aside a latte or crumbled to make a Strawberry Shortcake crumble.
The added brown sugar and cinnamon gives these cookies a delicious warm spicy flavor.
For more easy vegan cookie recipes, try these Vegan Lemon Cookies or Vegan Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Creme Pies.
Why You’ll Love These Vegan Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
- Quick & easy – Just mix the dough, roll it out, use your favorite cookie cutter, and bake.
- Good for any occasion – Because these cookies meant to be, cut you can get creative and use any cookie cutter you want to suit the occasion. Make them Christmas tree cookies, four-leaf clovers for St. Patrick’s Day, or any fun shape you can think of!
- Add some spice – You can add any spices you’d like to these cookies. Nutmeg, ginger, and ground cloves will give these cookies a fall-inspired flavor.
Ingredients
- Flour – I used all purpose flour for this recipe, but you can sub a 1:1 gluten-free baking flour.
- Powdered Sugar & Brown sugar – Powdered sugar is traditionally the only sweetener in
- Vegan butter – Any brand or variety will work. For most of the spreadable vegan butters, I have found that they are soft enough when they reach room temperature. For the stick variety vegan butters, you may have to soften slightly to make it workable.
- Baking essentials – vanilla extract , salt, and cinnamon round out this shortbread cookie dough.
How to Make Vegan Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
Add the flour, powdered sugar, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl and mix until evenly distributed.
Add the vegan butter and vanilla extract and mix until a dry, but not crumbly dough has formed. The dough should stick together when formed with your hands.
Take the ball of dough and turn it out onto a lightly-floured working surface. I like these silicone baking mats. Lightly flour the top of the dough and your rolling pin. Roll the dough until flat and about 1/2 inch thick.
Use your desired size and shape cookie cutter to cut as many cookies as you can from the flat sheet of dough.
Take the extra, ball it back up and roll it out again until you have cut as many cookies as you can.
I used a square cookie cutter about 2″ x 2″, and this recipe yielded 67 cookies for me.
Place the cookies on a parchment-covered baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet as they will continue to firm up as they cool.
That’s it! Serve and enjoy!
How to Store Vegan Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
- Room Temp: Keep loosely covered at room temperature for 5-7 days.
- Freeze: You can freeze these cookies for up to 3 months.
More Tips
- Not Vegan? Use real butter instead of vegan butter.
- Gluten-free? Sub a 1:1 gluten-free baking flour for this recipe and you’re all set.
Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
Equipment
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ¼ cups vegan butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Add the flour, powdered sugar, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl and mix until evenly distributed.
- Add the vegan butter and vanilla extract and mix until a dry, but not crumbly dough has formed.
- Take the ball of dough and turn it out onto a lightly-floured working surface.
- Lightly flour the top of the dough and your rolling pin. Roll the dough until flat and about 1/2 inch thick.
- Use your desired size and shape cookie cutter to cut as many cookies as you can from the flat sheet of dough. Repeat until all dough is used.
- Place the cookies on a parchment-covered baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet as they will continue to firm up as they cool.
- That's it! Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Not Vegan? Use real butter instead of vegan butter.
- Gluten-free? Sub a 1:1 gluten-free baking flour for this recipe and you’re all set.
Nutrition
Please note, while all ingredients used in this recipe have been verified to be vegan and free of applicable allergens at the time of recipe creation, different brands may differ in their ingredients or processing procedures and may change their ingredients at any time. For some recipes, I do include ingredients that are processed in a facility that processes other allergens. Please make sure to check the ingredients and processing procedures for your specific purchases to ensure they meet your dietary needs.
Last Updated on February 14, 2025
Such a simple yet delicious recipe! I love that this recipe makes so many cookies! Great for a crowd.