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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.
These are super easy and quick to make. Because they don’t spread out when cooking you can fit them all on one tray. Yummy and not overly sweet, and that hint of salt is perfect. I sometimes just have one or two with a cup of tea for breakfast. The chia seeds make them filling. I might try with a scoop of protein powder next time as they are perfect snacks on the run.
yum, perfect!
Can I replace the coconut oil with sunflower oil?
yes!
I followed your instructions for the gluten free option. They were delicious! Thanks again, Richa. ✌️
Wonderful!
These turned out so so so nice….a friend commented that the burst of flavour was mind boggling and asked me to make more…very easy to follow recipe and followed it to the t….thanks
Thank you for the kind comment, Sital!
The recipe says to roll the ball of cookie dough in sugar. The video doesn’t show that step. Which is the correct way to make the cookies?
It is optional, but if you like a bit of texture and extra sweetness in your cookies you can roll the unbaked cookie dough ball in granulated sugar. Then place on the cookie sheet and lightly press before baking.
Can I replace the apple sauce or no. Dairy yogurt with anything else or do u have any suggestions?
Coconut cream. Or oil
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These were so delicious! Replaced almond flour with oat flour, all else as per recipe.
Will definitely make a double batch next time. Thanks for a great recipe!
thanks for your positive feedback
These look great. I wonder if I could use the king Arthur’s 1 to 1 gluten free flour? Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Those flours are usually high in rice flour so they dry out quickly. You can use half of that and half almond flour
Can you use cold butter if you don’t have coconut oil?
Richa I made these for a work tea.. everyone avoided them when I said they were vegan and gluten free. Once all the rubbish was eaten and they headed for my cookies everyone was delighted and demanded the recipe 😂 yet another vegan richa win🥰
How did you make them gluten free please?
I use 1/3 cup almond flour 1/3 cup oat flour 1/3 cup white rice flour and 3 tbsp starch as a mix
Thanks. I must have missed your directions when I initially read your recipe.
What is semi solid coconut oil? Can I put some coconut oil in the chiller then use it for this recipe?
Yes
The flavor is so minimal that I would make them again but with more sugar and add lemon extract or way more zest.