Seed Oil Free Desserts & Baking

Here are all 28 seed oil free desserts & baking recipes on The Foodie Kitchen. Every one uses butter, ghee, tallow, lard, coconut or olive oil instead of seed oils, and they are grouped by cuisine.

Jump to: Asian · Indian · Hawaiian · African · Mediterranean & Middle Eastern · Latin American & Caribbean · European · American · Global & Everyday

Asian

• Japanese Butter Cookies — the Melt-in-the-Mouth Danish Style — Japanese butter cookies are sold in tins in every Japanese convenience store and bakery — thin, crisp, intensely buttery, and made with a hi

Indian

• Besan Ladoo in Ghee (Gram Flour Laddoos for Diwali) — Melt-in-the-mouth besan ladoo: gram flour slow-roasted in ghee with cardamom and pistachios. A classic Diwali sweet with no seed oils.
• Gajar Ka Halwa — Carrot Halwa Made with Ghee — Gajar ka halwa, the Indian carrot pudding, made the traditional way: carrots slow-cooked in whole milk, then fried in ghee with cardamom. No

Hawaiian

• Haupia — Hawaiian Coconut Pudding in Coconut Cream — Haupia is the Hawaiian coconut pudding served at every luau — made from coconut cream, sugar, and arrowroot or cornstarch, set firm enough t
• Hawaiian Butter Mochi — Made with Real Butter and Coconut Milk — Hawaiian butter mochi made the proper way, with real butter and coconut milk, no vegetable oil or margarine. Crisp golden edges and a soft,
• Kulolo — Hawaiian Taro and Coconut Pudding — Kulolo — traditional Hawaiian taro and coconut cream pudding. Steamed until firm, sliced into squares. Seed oil free dessert.

African

• Ethiopian Kitfo — Beef Tartare in Niter Kibbeh — Kitfo is Ethiopia's celebrated beef tartare — finest minced beef dressed in niter kibbeh (spiced clarified butter) and mitmita (a hot chilli
• Moroccan Bastilla — Pigeon Pie in Butter and Filo — Bastilla is Morocco's extraordinary celebration pie — layers of thin warka pastry filled with slow-braised pigeon or chicken, eggs, and toas
• Moroccan Gazelle Horns — Almond Paste in Butter Pastry — Kaab el ghazal — gazelle horns — are Morocco's most elegant biscuit. Almond paste fragrant with orange blossom and cinnamon enclosed in a th
• Nigerian Chin Chin in Lard — West African Fried Dough — Chin chin is Nigeria's beloved fried dough snack — small, crunchy pieces of sweetened dough deep-fried in lard until golden. Made for celebr

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern

• Italian Biscotti — Twice-Baked in Olive Oil and Butter — Cantucci — the original Tuscan biscotti — are twice-baked almond biscuits made in olive oil and butter, not butter alone. The twice-baking c

Latin American & Caribbean

• Colombian Arroz Con Leche in Butter — Rice Pudding — Arroz con leche is Latin America's beloved rice pudding — short-grain rice slow-cooked in full-fat milk with butter, cinnamon, and condensed

European

• Bonfire Toffee — Treacle Toffee Made with Butter — Bonfire toffee, the dark, brittle treacle toffee of Bonfire Night, made with butter, black treacle and golden syrup. Six ingredients, no see
• Butter Shortbread — 3 Ingredient Scottish Style — Scottish butter shortbread — three ingredients, grass-fed butter, flour, and sugar. The purest seed oil free biscuit. Melts in the mouth.
• Christmas Pudding with Beef Suet and Brandy Butter — A traditional Christmas pudding made with beef suet, steamed in a buttered basin and served with brandy butter. Make it on Stir-up Sunday. N
• French Sablés Bretons — Butter Shortbread From Brittany — Sablés bretons are the butter biscuits of Brittany — made with the region's famously salted butter, egg yolks, and flour only. Thick, crumbl
• German Lebkuchen — Spiced Christmas Biscuits in Butter — Lebkuchen are Germany's traditional Christmas spiced biscuits — built on Lebkuchengewürz (a blend of cinnamon, anise, ginger, clove, and car
• Shortbread in Butter — Three Ingredients, Zero Seed Oils — Three ingredient shortbread — butter, flour, sugar. Nothing else. The way Scottish shortbread has been made for centuries, without seed oils
• Suet Mince Pies with Lard and Butter Pastry — Traditional mince pies with homemade beef suet mincemeat and a short lard and butter pastry. A British Christmas classic with no seed oils.
• Yorkshire Parkin with Butter (Sticky Bonfire Night Ginger Cake) — Dark, sticky Yorkshire parkin made with butter, oatmeal, black treacle and ginger. The classic Bonfire Night cake, with no seed oils.

American

• American Apple Pie with Lard Crust — The Flakiest Possible Pastry — American apple pie with a lard shortcrust — the fat that produces the flakiest, most tender pastry in existence. Seed oil free. Serves 8.
• Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies — No Seed Oil, Best You Will Ever Make — Brown butter chocolate chip cookies with no seed oil shortening — all butter, toasted milk solids, the best cookies you will ever make.
• Coconut Oil Chocolate Bark — Seed Oil Free Treat — Dark chocolate bark with coconut oil and sea salt — seed oil free, three ingredients. Easy to make, excellent as a snack or gift.
• Lard Pie Crust — The Flakiest Seed Oil Free Pastry — Lard pie crust — the flakiest, most tender pie pastry. No shortening, no vegetable oil. Lard produces layers butter cannot. Seed oil free.
• Pecan Pie with Butter and a Lard Crust — Classic pecan pie with a butter filling and a flaky lard crust, for Thanksgiving or any time. Simple ingredients, step-by-step method, no se

Global & Everyday

• Almond Poppy Seed Muffins — No Seed Oil, All Butter — Almond poppy seed muffins made with butter instead of vegetable oil — lighter crumb, better flavour, ready in 30 minutes.
• Brown Butter Banana Bread — No Vegetable Oil, Better Than Any Recipe You've Tried — Bake brown butter banana bread — no vegetable oil, no canola, just butter browned until the milk solids go golden. Better than any recipe yo
• Crinkle Cookies in Butter — Seed Oil Free Baking — Crinkle cookies in butter — deep chocolate, powdered sugar, all butter. The version without shortening or seed oil is noticeably better.