Vegan Saffron Cookies with Pistachios and Orange Zest
Ingredients
- 0,5 g fresh ground saffron
- 1 ½ tsp orange zest make sure it's organic to avoid chemical nasties in your cookies
- 2 tsp freshly squeezed juice from an orange
- 78 g granulated sugar
- 100 g unsalted vegan butter, room temperature
- 2 tbsp light syrup
- 139 g all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch sea salt
- unsalted pistachios
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°C and prepare two baking sheets.
- Begin with pressing the orange. Mix the saffron with the juice from an orange in a small bowl and let the saffron combine with the liquid. Add the syrup and mix again.
- Zest a clean, organic orange and add the zest to the bowl with the saffron and orange juice.
- Cream the vegan butter and sugar in a medium bowl. When it's fluffy, mix in the saffron mixture.
- Once it's combined, sift in the baking powder and flour to the wet mixture until just combined.
- Chop the pistachios into fine pieces.
- Form 18 dough balls. Then dip each ball into the pistachios. Press the dough balls slightly as you place them on the baking sheets.
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes until the edges have gained a slight golden colour.
- Let the cookies cool completely before enjoying! :)