Biscuits without butter: all the recipes

Cookies without butter are really delicious. Here are nine ways to prepare them, from the simplest ones with lemon to the gluten-free variants.

Preparing homemade biscuits is a moment of leisure and relaxation that allows you to create something good with your own hands to enjoy for breakfast or as a snack. Specifically, the biscuits without butter, with their lemon flavour, are a simple recipe , suitable even for the less experienced.

It won't take much time to prepare our quick biscuits without butter: once all the ingredients have been mixed together in a bowl, simply with the help of a spoon you can form them on the baking tray. Also perfect to make with the little ones , these biscuits will win you over even before they come out of the oven thanks to the intense scent that will spread throughout the house.

• Basic recipe
• without butter or eggs
• integral
• without butter, eggs and milk
• gluten free
• gluten free with chickpea flour
• to cereals
• with chocolate chips
• with banana
• Variants
• Conservation

Ingredients

For biscuits without butter

• Flour 00 – 200 g
• Potato starch – 50 g
• Sugar – 90 g
• Seed oil – 50 ml
• Eggs – 1
• Organic Lemon – 1
• Baking powder – 1/2 sachet
• Powdered sugar – to taste

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Here is a short video of a recipe similar to ours with all the steps to make them.

Cookie recipes without butter: ideas and substitutions

Among the many biscuit recipes without butter, this is among the ones we liked the most but it is certainly not the only one . In fact, small additions or modifications are enough to obtain a different recipe every time, tastier but always light.

Biscuits without butter and without eggs

Perfect if you suffer from food intolerances, biscuits without butter and eggs will satisfy your sweet tooth. Transforming them into a lactose-free recipe is particularly simple: choose a vegetable drink and use it instead of milk . Whether it is based on dried fruit, as in the case of almond milk, or soya, vanilla, coconut or rice, it will give the dough a truly particular flavour.

Wholemeal biscuits without butter

The rustic flavor of wholemeal biscuits without butter is perfect for breakfast but also dunked in afternoon tea. We flavored them with orange zest, which goes well with wholemeal flour, but as always you can choose the flavor you prefer.

Those with a sweet tooth can then add chocolate chips or chopped dried fruit : never put a limit on your imagination!

Biscuits without butter, eggs and milk

If you think it's impossible to reduce the ingredients further, this recipe will make you think again . Biscuits without butter, eggs and milk are perfect not only for those who follow a vegan diet , but also for those intolerant to eggs or lactose. You won't notice any difference compared to the more traditional versions because this is proof that "magic" can be done in the kitchen.

Butter-free and gluten-free biscuits

Given the popularity of "free recipes", why not also see gluten-free biscuits , perfect for those who suffer from celiac disease ? The preparation, also in this case, is very simple but it will be enough to differentiate the aromas used to obtain different biscuits each time. Prepared with corn flour rather than the ready-made mixes found on the market, they are crumbly beyond imagination and no one is stopping you from replacing part of the flour with bitter cocoa to create a chocolate version.

Butter and gluten free biscuits with chickpea flour

If you love experimenting and unusual combinations don't scare you, we recommend you try these biscuits with chickpea flour , which are also butter and gluten free . The first taste will reveal a unique friability as well as an intense almond flavor given by the presence of this dried fruit in the form of flour. Trust me, they will be a wonderful discovery.

Cereal biscuits without butter

We have always been used to using the same ultra-refined white flour without paying too much attention to less well-known but still excellent types for this type of recipe. Cereal biscuits for example, in addition to being butter-free, are prepared with wholemeal and rice flour, oat flakes, vegetable milk and whole cane sugar. In short, if you are looking for something really healthy this recipe is for you.

Butterless chocolate chip cookies

The most famous chocolate chip biscuits are cookies but, as you all know, they contain disproportionate quantities of butter. However, there is a solution to this and it is vegan cookies , butter-free biscuits with chocolate chips perfect for any occasion. Don't be shy: even vegan desserts will satisfy your palate!

Banana butterless cookies

Among the various ways of replacing butter in desserts there is also the use of fruits such as banana and avocado . If you don't believe us, we recommend you try these banana biscuits , which not only are butter-free and egg-free, but are also gluten-free. What more do you want?

Delicious substitutions to try

There are truly many recipes that allow you to effortlessly prepare biscuits without butter. But also know that starting from a single recipe that perhaps you particularly like, you can make small substitutions and additions to make it different every time. Here are some examples:

• Replace 20% of the total weight of the flour with a different flour (wholemeal, oats, buckwheat, corn) or with dried fruit flour (almonds and hazelnuts) or coconut flour.
• Change or add flavourings : citrus fruit peels are the most popular but even vials of sweet flavorings found on the market will work fine.
• Flowers : you got it right. You can add dried lavender or chamomile flowers to the dough to obtain truly special biscuits.
• Spices : whether it's the classic cinnamon or ginger, but also nutmeg and star anise, a small addition is enough to give your biscuits an extra touch of flavour.
• Chocolate chips: always keep them at home because very few are enough to give your biscuits a unique taste. Then have fun experimenting with different types such as dark, white or milk ones.

Conservation

As with all biscuits, even those without butter can be kept for up to a week in a tin.