Vegan Sesame and Chocolate Shortbread

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    364
based on 1 ratings

Try this delicious vegan shortbread infused with a nutty sesame flavour and balanced with a sweet chocolate contrast. This scrumptious treat is perfect for snacking or with a hot drink. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days. The shortbread dough is suitable for freezing.

recipe updated 29 Jul 2025

Ingredients

  • Vegan butter icon
    Vegan butter
    125 g
  • Vegan dark chocolate icon
    Vegan dark chocolate
    150 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    65 g
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    190 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Sesame seeds icon
    Sesame seeds
    60 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large

Step preview

  1. Line the baking tray with parchment paper
  2. Fit the K Beater
  3. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  4. Mix – 2 minutes, speed 2
  5. Add the next ingredients
  6. Mix – 2 minutes, speed 2
  7. Cover the dough with plastic wrap
  8. Chill in the fridge – 30 minutes
  9. Preheat the oven - 160ºC
  10. Remove the chilled dough form the fridge and roll out to 5 mm thickness
  11. Using a 4 cm fluted cutter, cut out circles and place them spaced apart onto prepared baking tray
  12. Bake until the edges are slightly brown – 15 minutes, 160ºC
  13. Remove form the oven and allow to cool completely
  14. Line the baking tray with parchment paper
  15. Dip half of each shortbread cookie in melted chocolate
  16. Place coated cookies onto prepared baking tray
  17. Chill in the fridge until set – 15 minutes
  18. Serve
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