Vegan Baklava Cookies

Published on November 28, 2022

These easy vegan Baklava Cookies have all the flavor of the famous middle Eastern dessert! They are made with almond flour and therefore entirely gluten-free. A quick snack or dessert! Grainfree soyfree recipe. Can be oilfree

A good book, a cup of coffee, and a plate of freshly baked vegan baklava cookies – that's what your perfect fall afternoon could look like.

Clearly, I love my almond flour cookies, see these snickers cookies, molasses cookies, and chocolate thumbprints! And I love the flavors from baklava! See my baklava cake, baklava lassi.

So it was just a matter of time before I came up with a bite-sized version of this famous Levantine dessert and could not be happier with how they turned out.

Vegan Baklava cookies on a wooden chopping board

Seriously, you got to try these Baklava cookies!

I took my easy almond flour cookie base and added a bit of lemon zest and topped it all off with a mixture of dates and nuts. These are soft and delicious and utterly addictive.

Why am I making these with almond flour and gluten-free? I don't have a problem with eating regular flour. But since I made the almond cookies, I just love the ease of the recipe, there's no beating the butter and sugar, you just need 1 Bowl and a spoon for the dough. There's limited sugar. Almond flour adds protein and fiber and makes for a wholesome and less carb cookie. The texture is amazing. It's basically an awesome cookie which happens to be gluten-free and vegan!

vegan glutenfree baklava cookies on a wooden board

Why you'll love these cookies

They aren't very sweet or buttery. They need just a bit of maple syrup and oil.
they can be made Oilfree with more maple syrup
They are much easier than making baklava
they are also much easier than making the regular cookies which need beating loads of butter and sugar
they smell heavenly
they are chewy, soft delicious and shelf stable. Great texture!
they are gluten and grain free and vegan(eggless and Dairyfree)!

ingredients for vegan baklava cookies