These Vegan Valentines Day Shortbread cookies are light, buttery and sweet. They melt in your mouth and take only minutes to prepare. Perfect for a sweet gift at school or as a family craft at home!
I really wanted to make something special this year for my family to celebrate Valentines Day. I decided to take two of my most treasured recipes and combine them to create a new delicious treat!
The melt in your mouth shortbread was crafted this year to celebrate Christmas! It was such a huge hit, that I had to use the recipe here as the base for my Valentines Day cookie.
The Maple Cinnamon glaze is the perfect addition to this cookie. It’s reminiscent of those sweet and spicy Valentines Day cinnamon hearts!
What Makes My Vegan Valentines Shortbread Cookies So Good?
These vegan shortbread cookies use simple ingredients and are really easy to make! You can roll the dough and cut heart shaped cookies, or if you don’t want the fuss this dough rolls nicely into little balls you can then press with a fork, bake and decorate.
These Valentines Day Cookies are:
- Easy to put together-only a 5 minute prep!
- Use simple ingredients you most likely have on hand
- Can be rolled and cut into Valentines Day Heart Shaped Cookies or simply balled and pressed.
- An excellent Valentine’s Day Craft project for toddlers and older children-my kids had so much fun decorating!!
- A fun and frugal Valentines Day Gift idea-perfect for teacher gifts or school Valentines Day gift exchange!
So, let me show you how to put it all together to make these awesome Valentine’s Day Vegan Sugar Cookies!
More Vegan Cookie Recipes
- Classic Vegan Melt In Your Mouth Shortbread
- Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies With Cinnamon and Clove
Would you rather watch? Here is the 2 minute video:
How to Make Vegan Valentine’s Day Shortbread Cookies:
Vegan Valentine’s Day Shortbread Cookies
These vegan heart shaped sugar cookies make the perfect Valentine’s Day gift and craft! Easy to make with simple ingredients, they are the perfect Valentine’s Day kids project! Kids can decorate and then give as Valentine’s Day gifts!
Ingredients
For the Shortbread:
- 3/4 cup vegan butter we use Becel brand
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 1 tbsp vegan coffee creamer/plant milk I used Silk Soy Original Coffee Creamer
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt
For the Glaze:
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp silk soy creamer or plant based milk
Instructions
How to Make Vegan Valentine’s Day Shortbread Cookies:
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Set your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit
For the Vegan Shortbread:
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In a stand mixer or using a bowl and hand mixer combine your vegan butter and icing sugar. Whip until smooth.
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Add in your cream and vanilla extract and whip again to combine.
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Sprinkle on top your flour, cornstarch, and salt. Mix until just combined.
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Roll your dough out between two silicone baking mats or parchment paper. This saves you a ton of mess, and doesn’t add any extra flour to the dough for rolling.
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Keep your dough at least 1/4 inch thick.
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Cut heart shapes into the dough, making sure they are spaced evenly apart.
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We will be removing the excess dough from AROUND the cut cookies, instead of transferring the cut shapes to another baking mat. This dough is quite soft and to avoid ruining the shapes you cut it’s easier to remove the excess.
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Bake your cookies for 12-15 minutes in the pre-heated oven. The cookies do not need to “brown” to be done.
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Allow them to rest for 2 minutes on the baking tray before transferring to a cooling rack.
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Allow your cookies to fully cool before moving on to the glaze.
To Make the Maple Cinnamon Glaze:
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Combine the icing sugar and cinnamon in a shallow, wide bowl.
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Add in your maple syrup, vanilla and cream/milk. stir to combine.
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Your glaze should be thin enough to easily coat your cookie, but not so runny that it only leave a very thin coat. experiment with the back of a spoon. If too thick, add a 1/4 tsp milk or water at a time until you reach the proper consistency. Too thick? Add in another tbsp of icing sugar until you get it right!
To Decorate the Vegan Shortbread Cookies:
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Once your cookies have fully cooled, go ahead and dip them one by one into the glaze.
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I hold mine above the bowl for a second or two to allow excess glaze to drip back into the bowl. Once you lay them flat the glaze will smooth out nicely.
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PRO TIP: Place your glazed cookies on your cooling rack with a paper towel lined baking tray beneath it. This makes for prettier cookies and fast and easy clean up!
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Decorate with sprinkles, dusted cinnamon, or drizzled chocolate. Work quickly as this glaze tends to set fast. If you find the sprinkles are not sticking, lightly press into the glazed cookies.
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I think I might have just entered cookie heaven with these. So light and buttery tasting, but without the added things I’m trying to stay away from. Plus, I just love cookies, so anytime I can make a vegan version, I’m with it! Thanks for this recipe.
Awesome! I’m so glad you like the recipe:) it’s for sure a bonus when you can make a great treat vegan! Enjoy! And thanks for checking it out!!
I’m not a big sweets person, but the photos of your cookies look so tasty. My kids would love for us to make some cookies like these as a family.
The cookie itself isn’t too sweet:) Yu could skip the glaze and decorate with a small amount of piped frosting instead to cut the sugar:) have fun decorating!!
By sharing this delicious cookies you really won my heart. It looks so good and delicious
Thanks for checking them out Elizabeth and for your kind comment! I hope you enjoy!!!
These are so cute! Will have to make them with my daughter for Valentine’s Day!
It’s a great project to work on together! Enjoy:)
I’m not a vegan, but these cookies are mouthwatering. Going to give a surprise to my husband by preparing these cookies. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks so much for checking them out! I promise they don’t taste vegan lol!
wow, this looks delightful and tasty. I will make these at home. Thanks for sharing.
I’m so glad you like them! Enjoy:)
I’ve been trying hard to learn how to make cookies. I am glad I finally found your article. Thanks for sharing.
You don’t have to do anything fancy with these ones! Super easy!
Oh wow, this looks delightful and tasty. My kids would probably dig this and would disappear at home in no time!
Definitely!!
These cookies are too cute! I need these in my life like right now. đŸ™‚
They are super easy. 20 minutes and they are all yours!!
You had me at cinnamon maple glaze! These look delicious.
Lol!!! Thanks:)
These are adorable and sound like they’d be delicious, too! Love that you’ve found swaps that work to make vegan shortbread!
Thanks Shannon! It was a pretty easy switch for sure!
This is perfect i have been trying to change to a vegan diet so this will be something fun to try.
Awesome! Good for you. It’s easier than most think to go vegan:) and it totally helps when the food is not an issue! I hope you enjoy these cookies!
I definitely do not follow a vegan diet but these sound delicious! I may need to give them a try!
They are omnivore approved!! You will enjoy these even if you don’t follow a special diet:) lots of sugar and fat to enjoy for everyone! Lol
I feel like the out will be crunchy and inside will be soft! Looks so cute and perfect for Valentine’s Day coming up!
Thanks Clair!They definitely melt in your mouth!
Oh my, this looks so delicious! I want to bake this cookies for this coming Valentines! ?
Thanks for stopping by Rachael! Glad you liked the recipe:)
the fact that its vegan amazes me, it looks really delicious! i would definitely try it
Thanks so much Rebecca! What a compliment!
Vegan shortbread?! This sounds great! I didn’t know it could even be done đŸ™‚
It’s pretty amazing what you can do with a few quick switches!
I am definitely making these!!! They look so yummy!
Hope you enjoy them Natalie! Thanks for stopping by!
OMG we love shortbread cookies! Your baked creations look absolutely yummy.
Thank you for the beautiful compliment! I hope you enjoy this version!
These is so interesting, a healthy option for Valentines day. Wow.. ? I would definitely try this recipe for Valentines.
Thank you! They are super simple to put together!
I like it when you said it’s easy to prepare in 5 minutes. That is really perfect not just for Valentines Day and Christmas but for all year round.
Haha! And that, my friend is where it gets dangerous!!! LOL!
These look so delicious! And so quick to make!! Might just have to whip up a bunch.
You will be happy you did! They don’t last very long around our house-that’s for sure!
These are just so festive for Valentine’s Day. And I love that the recipe is so simple. I think I have all the ingredients to make these in my pantry!
I hope you give them a go Reese! Let me know how they turn out for you!
These cookies look and sound so yummy! I try to eat a healthy lifestyle so I can easily try this recipe and not feel guilty about it!
Awesome Nina! I’m glad these fit into your lifestyle! Enjoy:)
Is look tasty. This Recipe must be note on my mind and it should be tried at home
Thank you Abu! I’m glad you liked it!
Are you serious? Vegan Valentine’s Day Shortbread Cookies! This looks amazing! ?
Thanks! They were gone pretty quick lol!
These look delicious! And I love the fact they’re vegan đŸ™‚
Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the recipe!