Soft Vegan Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
Dry
- 1 Cup Blanched Almond Flour
- 1/4 Cup Tapioca Flour (can sub 2 Tbs Cornstarch, See Note 3)
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Heaping Tbs Lemon Zest
Wet
- 1/2 Tbs Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1/2 Tbs Refined Coconut Oil, Melted
- 2 Tbs Honey (or Maple Syrup)
- 2 Tbs Non-Dairy Yogurt
Optional: lemon cream cheese icing
- 3 Tbs Softened Vegan Cream Cheese
- 3 tsp Pure Maple Syrup (or to taste)
- 3/4 - 1 tsp Plant Based Milk (or Milk of Choice or Water)
- 1 1/2 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1/2 tsp Fresh Lemon Zest
- Opt: 1/3 tsp Vanilla Extract
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 F. and line cookie sheet with parchment paper or grease with coconut oil.
In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
Next, add in all wet ingredients and mix until cookie dough forms.
Using a small cookie scoop, place cookies on baking sheet (should make about 9 smaller cookies). Gently flatten down cookies with your fingers until about 1/2 inch thick.
Bake at 350 F. for 8-10 minutes until slightly golden and set on top. Optional: While cookies bake, make Lemon Cream Cheese Icing by combining all ingredients in a small bowl and mixing until smooth using a fork, electric hand mixer or standing mixer. Just make sure cream cheese is very soft.
Let cookies cool completely to allow almond flour to set (around 10 minutes). Drizzle or spread lemon cream cheese icing on top of cookies and serve! Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days, in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, or in the freezer for 3 months.
Notes
Lemon Cream Cheese Icing: If you want your icing to be a little thicker, add less liquid and store in the refrigerator to firm up a bit before frosting cookies. You can also add a little cornstarch or tapioca starch to thicken it.
Cream Cheese Icing Sweetener: I have not tested the cream cheese icing with honey or any other sweetener. Organic powder sugar will work well though. Let me know what you try and how it turns out!
Tapioca Flour Sub: You can sub 2 Tbs cornstarch for the tapioca flour. The cookies don’t turn out as fluffy, but s
