Dons forward Niall McGinn opened the scoring in the 31st minute - although it looked like it was an intended cross which landed up behind Buddies keeper Mark Ridgers.
Defender Shay Logan doubled the visitors' lead two minutes later and the Pittodrie men went on to win with relative ease.
Aberdeen's victory - with their eighth successive league shut-out - puts pressure back on to champions Celtic, who are on a winter break in Grana Canaria, although they will return with two games in hand.
Dundee ended their long wait for a Scottish Premiership win with a convincing 4-1 win over 10-man Motherwell at Dens Park.
The Tayside club were helped by early goals from Alex Harris and Greg Stewart before John Sutton pulled one back for the visitors, only for Gary Irvine to restore the home team's two-goal advantage.
Billy McKay's brilliant double saw Inverness come from behind to win 2-1 at Kilmarnock, despite playing with 10 men for half of the Rugby Park contest.
Caley Thistle were up against it when Alexei Eremenko slotted home a penalty two minutes into the second half after David Raven had been sent off for bringing down Josh Magennis in the box.
But Magennis soon missed a sitter and the home side failed to make their numerical advantage count.
McKay levelled in the 54th minute following some great skill and converted another impressive goal in an 82nd-minute counter-attack to send Inverness into third place in the Scottish Premiership.
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