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Orange Shortbread Cookies | Egg free / Dairy free

October 20, 2012 By Radhika 23 Comments

Orange Shortbread cookies

I did tell you that I had an over load of oranges that were waiting to be used up soon in the Orange Cake post. Didn’t I ? As we all share a unanimous love for citrus bakes at home this is the next thing that I baked. The fragrance of the oranges and the zest in every bite was so refreshing that made my tea time a bliss. Earlier I made this 2 months ago when Brother-in law came to our place for the treatment but back then this was not a vegan one and also I did not have the time to take snaps.

This time though I wanted to see if the same recipe could be baked dairy free and Bingo the taste was same and I could not find any fault with the texture too. This cookie recipe can be adapted so easily and is a definite keeper. You can convert the recipe into a lemon cookie by replacing the oranges with lemons.

As the Instant Almond drink mix itself has sugar in it I have used only 3/4 cup of sugar but if you are using almond meal increase the sugar to 1 cup. I baked the cookies in 2 batches and took the first batch out at the 8th minute as both myself and the little one prefer a chewy cookie. The next batch was baked to its full time which turned out a little crisp around the edges.

Orange Shortbread Cookies

Prep Time: 10 Min | Bake Time: 15 Min | Makes: 18 Cookies

Ingredients:

  • All purpose flour – 1-1/4 cup
  • Vanaspati / Vegetable shortening – 3/4 cup
  • Baking powder – 1 tsp
  • Almond Drink Mix / Almond meal – 1/4 cup
  • Powdered Sugar – 3/4 cup
  • Orange Zest – 1 tsp
  • Orange Juice – 2 – 3 tbsp
  • Pistachios (to garnish) – 2 tbsp

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven at 180 Degrees Celsius.
2. Sieve together all purpose flour, baking powder. To this add the instant almond drink mix (Badam Drink Mix) or almond meal and keep aside.

3.  Cream together Vanaspati / Vegetable shortening and powdered sugar till smooth. It took me 5-7 minutes.
4. To this add the sieved dry ingredients, orange zest and mix with your finger tips. It will be crumbly now. Add Orange juice by 1 tsp at a time and bring everything together into a smooth dough. Do not knead.
5. Now make small balls and flatten them between your palms.
6. Make a small thumb print in the middle and place finely chopped pistachios or the almond meal itself. (This step is optional).
7. Place the tray in the pre heated oven and bake for 15 minutes if you want a crisp cookie, else for 10 minutes if you prefer the cookie with a chewy gooey center.
8. Let it cool for 10 minutes outside the oven and store in an airtight container.

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Notes:

  • You can use butter or vegetable oil instead of vegetable shortening.
  • If you do not like the orange flavor leave out the zest and use vanilla essence and instead of orange juice use milk.
  • Use only required amount of orange juice.
  • You can also use replace half the all purpose flour with whole wheat flour.
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Comments

  1. Renuka

    October 20, 2012 at 6:54 pm

    Yummm! love the aroma of orange in bakes..

    Reply
  2. Aruna Manikandan

    October 20, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    looks yummy….

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  3. Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj

    October 20, 2012 at 10:00 pm

    lovely n mouthwatering…
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  4. Vimitha Anand

    October 20, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    That would have tasted divine. Delicious bake

    Reply
  5. Suja Manoj

    October 20, 2012 at 10:25 pm

    Love citrus flavor,looks yum

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  6. Nupur

    October 20, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    I love your collection of Cookies Radhika.. This one too is worth bookmarking.

    BTW, totally aware of your love for Oranges and Citrus flavor now 🙂

    Reply
  7. divya

    October 20, 2012 at 11:48 pm

    Yummy and looks so tempting…

    Reply
  8. The Yogi Vegetarian

    October 21, 2012 at 12:33 am

    Superb vegan cookies; I’m going to try making these this week as they look so good. Thanks 🙂

    Reply
  9. Priya Satheesh

    October 21, 2012 at 7:32 am

    yummy yummy!!

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  10. Farah Saleem azeez

    October 21, 2012 at 9:20 am

    they look gorgeous! thumbs up!

    Reply
  11. Maayeka

    October 21, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    looks so fresh and delicious..bookmarked!

    Reply
  12. Priya Sreeram

    October 21, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    i heart the citrusy flavour too radhi and the recipe indeed looks a keeper. yumnmmm

    Reply
  13. Priya

    October 21, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    They looks pretty cute and irresistible.

    Reply
  14. ????

    October 21, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    very tempting cookies..i liked the colour. especially

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  15. anusha praveen

    October 21, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    radhi whats vegetable shortening… and shortening or not i like this cookie 🙂

    Reply
  16. Nivedhanams Sowmya

    October 22, 2012 at 12:15 am

    that is so sinfully delicious!!! am bookmarking it!!
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  17. Kaveri Venkatesh

    October 22, 2012 at 9:30 am

    Lovely cookies….

    Reply
  18. Shanthi

    October 23, 2012 at 7:55 pm

    Simply superb…

    Reply
  19. Pranati Nath

    October 23, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    wow they r too cute nd delicious….bookmarked..

    Reply
  20. tanja

    October 25, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    These cookies look so tempting, love the orange flavour in cookies 🙂

    Reply
  21. Shema George

    October 25, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    Thank you for participating in the Cookie Party at LifeScoops. These cookies are definitely delicious. I have added these to Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/hishema/cookies/)

    Reply
  22. xobia

    January 10, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    what is the substitute of almond drink mix???

    Reply
    • Radhika

      January 21, 2015 at 2:00 pm

      Hi Xobia, you can use powdered almonds.

      Reply

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