These pretty vegan biscuits are simple to make but a real showstopper! They make a lovely gift or teatime treat.
For what will (probably!) be my last post before Christmas, here's a recipe for a fun and festive vegan baking project. These jammy biscuits could either be served alongside an Italian ice-cream sundae for an alternative Christmas dessert (see below), or if you've already consumed your 99th mince pie of the season and just can't face another, these would be a welcome treat for visiting friends and family in the run up to the big day.
The biscuit dough is actually a shortbread, which makes them melt-in-the-mouth crumbly, and I used some top-quality Italian cherry jam for the filling, (more on that later).
What you need to make your vegan biscuits
Ingredients
Dairy-free margarine Make sure you use a block 'butter', and not a tub of spread. Block margarine has a much lower water content than spread, which is really important in a biscuit dough like this. My current favourites are Flora Plant Butter and Naturli Block.
Rice flour This gives the shortbread dough the most delicious melt-in-the-mouth texture. If you can't get hold of any you can just substitute in more plain flour instead, but the texture is superb if you can get hold of some.
Cherry jam I say cherry as it is my favourite, but of course do use whatever jam you like - homemade would be even better! (Try my Morello Cherry Jam recipe!).
Jammy Vegan Biscuits: Child's play!
Look how easy it is to make these jammy biscuits! That's my 4-year old's hand 'helping' to cut them out in the picture above, (he made some Batman-shaped ones too, but I didn't think they were festive enough to include in the photos!!).
A little pile of these in a cellophane bag tied up with ribbon would make the loveliest end-of-term gift for teachers, a bit more thoughtful than a shop-bought box of chocolates.
Can I freeze my vegan biscuit dough?
Yes! This dough freezes very well before baking. You could make a big batch, cut them out and freeze, then just bake a few tops and a few bottoms any time you want some freshly baked homemade biscuits with absolutely no effort!
What other Vegan Biscuits can I make?
I love the look of these Almond & Vanilla Vegan Viennese Whirls from Peachicks Bakery, these Seeded Maple Spice Cookies from Family, Friends, Food and also these Tiger Nut Choc Chip Cookies from Tin and Thyme.
Or how about my Peanut Butter Cookies or Vegan Shortbread from right here on The Veg Space?
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📖 Recipe
Jammy Vegan Biscuits
Ingredients
- 125 g dairy-free block margarine
- 60 g caster sugar (plus a little extra for sprinkling)
- 70 g rice flour
- pinch salt
- 125 g plain flour
- cherry jam
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160°C / 320°F / Gas Mark 3.
- Beat together the margarine and sugar until fluffy (for at least a minute), then add the rice flour and salt, and beat again.
- Add the plain flour, and mix slowly until just combined into a crumbly dough. (It won't really hold together at this stage, but don't panic!).
- Cover two baking trays with baking parchment or greaseproof paper. Roll out the dough to around the thickness of a £1 coin.
- Sprinkle a little caster sugar over the 'window' biscuits, and press it gently into the dough.
- Use a star shaped cutter to cut out as many biscuits as you can, placing them on the baking trays. Then roll the offcuts together and re-roll and cut again. Continue until all the dough has been used up.
- Then use a smaller star shaped cutter to cut 'windows' out of half the biscuits, and carefully remove the centres.
- Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, with the whole stars on the upper shelf and the 'window' stars on the lower shelf. Don't let them brown - they should stay fairly pale, you can check the bottom of the whole stars to make sure they are cooked through. Remove and place on a cooling rack.
- When the biscuits are completely cool, spoon around 1 teaspoon jam onto each of the whole stars and spread near to the edges with a knife.
- Place one of the window stars on top and dust with a little icing sugar if you wish.
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Anthea says
Could you use gluten free flour for these?
Kate Ford says
Hi Anthea, I've never tried making these with gluten free flour so can't say for sure, sorry. Worth a try though - please let me know how they go! You could look for a gluten-free shortbread recipe and substitute dairy-free block margarine for butter, perhaps?
Robyn says
Tasty and easy to make, but the dough came out very crumbly, and very difficult to roll out.
I added two spoons of water to moisten it a bit more, and this made a huge difference.
Sam says
Hi Kate
Sorry to ask but the sundae looks amazing and I just wanted to check did the company confirm that the syrup was vegan because it’s largest ingredient is sugar which as we know isn’t always vegan. I really want to try this. Thanks so much for posting!
Abygail says
They look great! Would you recommend an alternative to rice flour?
thevegspace says
You can just use all plain flour and they will still taste good, but the rice flour is particularly good at making the shortbread really 'short' and crumbly. Just be careful not to over-cook them - they should only just be starting to turn slightly golden when you take them out the oven, shortbread is better to be under- than over-cooked! Kate x
Lathiya says
This looks ultimate..perfect for holidays
Jada@Cookwarelab.net says
Wow! These star biscuits look yummy! Perfect for Christmas! Thanks for sharing!
Diego Lopes says
These cookies must be so delicious!! Thanks for sharing the recipe with us.
Corina Blum says
These look lovely and would be a great recipe to make with my kids this week if we have time for some extra Christmas baking!
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
They look stunning!!
Midge @ Peachicks' Bakery says
Oooh how cute are these! Love the idea of putting cherry jam in them! Such a special treat!
Amelie says
Extremely yummy! Could have done with some water, adding around 3tbsp in my case helped with texture. I iced mine and placed a layer of marzipan in the middle - went down a treat!
Natalie says
WOW these cookies are simply beautiful and perfect for Christmas ♥
Neta Livne says
LOVE the photos, and the recipe looks AMAZING!!!
Can't wait to try it 🙂
Jacqui Bellefontaine says
Oh these are so pretty, I love them.