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Vegan Lemon Cookies with Chia seeds. 1 Bowl, 7 Ingredients. Zesty, Bite size Soft cookies for snacking or weekend baking. Vegan Recipe. Easily Gluten-free, Nut-free
We got a few days of break from the heat, so I baked these snack cookies! They are zesty, soft, melt in the mouth, citrusy, chewy from the chia seeds, easy and fun.
This summer, I have been craving lemon in muffin form, in chia pudding form, doughnut form (so good!) and pound cake. And of course a lot of Shikanji, which is Indian Lemonade or Limeade with lemon/lime juice, salt, sweetener, kala namak(Indian sulphur black salt), black pepper and cumin. The spiced lemonade is amazingly refreshing and also another use of kala namak.
These cookies also have a great lemony flavor. Make a double batch of these lemon cookies to snack on through the day. Lemon juice and lemon zest (or use lime juice and zest for lime cookies), coconut oil, some non dairy yogurt/applesauce, chia seeds and flour. 7 Main ingredients, 1 Bowl and ready within 30 minutes.
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Press the dough balls on parchment lined sheet.
Vegan Lemon Cookies with Chia Seeds
Ingredients
Wet ingredients:
- zest of a lemon
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp non dairy yogurt, or applesauce
- 3 tbsp semi solid coconut oil
- 1/3 cup sugar, , unrefined raw or other
Dry ingredients:
- 1 cup flour, (unbleached all purpose or white whole wheat flour), see notes below for Glutenfree
- 1/4 cup almond flour, or use 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1/8 tsp salt
for coating
- 1 tbsp sugar
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Add all the wet ingredients to a bowl and mix well until the sugar dissolves. Let it sit for a minute. (Don’t wait for too long, or the chia seeds will absorb all the moisture.)
- Add flours and baking powder and salt and mix in until it is a soft dough. Add a good pinch of turmeric for color, if you wish. If the dough is too sticky, add a tablespoon more of flour. If it's too dry, sprinkle in a few drops of water or oil and mix in. Smooth out the dough and Chill for 10-15 mins. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Take small portions of the dough and roll into a ball. Mix 1 tbsp sugar and a good pinch of salt in a small bowl. Roll the ball in the sugar bowl, then press the ball to a flat cookie on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 11 mins. Cool for 5 minutes and serve.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My dough was extremely dry as the chia seeds soaked up all the moisture! I think you should definitely add a tip to mix in the chia seeds in the end.
I ended up using water to make the dough wet but it became too wet! It then Firmed up a little in the fridge.
They baked quite alright but not lemony enough. They have some sort of a weird texture which is kind of rubbery and not very cookie like.
They are also a little salty due to the rolling in the end.
Didnt enjoy it enough! Sorry 🙁
Oh no. The extra water would affect the texture. I’ll add a note to not wait to combine dry and wet. I add chia seeds to wet as else they stay too crunchy.
I made these with lemon and lime instead of just lemon and they were DIVINE! The added bit of salt and sugar on the outside was *chef’s kiss*
Ooh sounds delish! I’m so glad you enjoyed these!
A neighbor made these for us at Christmas and ever since my husband has been asking me to make them for him. I am so happy to have this recipe now! These cookies are so good!!! Soft and melt in your mouth!!
I just wanted to say I am a huge fan if these for a long time now 🙂 I keep making these healthy cookiew at least once per month or so, but I modified them to be thumbnail cookies, which I fill with fresh homemade berry chia jam and bake – they are just amazing with raspberry or any tangy chia jam;) So thank you Richa!
Why does it say ginger in the video? I believe it is lemon zest!
Good eye, cannot edit the video.
I’ve had this on my list to try for a while. Made them tonight and they did not disappoint! Used meyer lemons and zest from our tree and they are perfect. It’s a great recipe to enjoy for breakfast and with tea.
awesome
Do you think I need to do anything differently if I want to make them as round balls? Thank you for the tasty-sounding recipe!
bake a minute longer
Made them tonight and these might just be my favorite cookie! I followed the poppy sub for chia and mmmm mmmm!! I can’t figure out how to attach a photo to this comment, but they look great too! Thanks so much
The video shows the recipe involving fresh ginger but I don’t see ginger specified in the written recipe. Is ginger part of the recipe for these? If so, how much? 1 tablespoon?
Thanks! These look so good, can’t wait to try the recipe out
its lemon zest. Error in caption on the video
Thanks for your reply! Do you recommend a tablespoon of zest?
loosely packed 1 tbsp
I did a double batch of these cookies and the result was great: I followed the recipe to the letter and the dough was perfect! The cookies are very nice, with a lovely lemony taste, great consistency and the added crunchiness of the chia seeds. I will certainly make them again, thank you so much for this recipe!
awesome! thanks!