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.
Recipe Card
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 (66.67 g) sugar , unrefined raw or other
Dry ingredients:
- 1 cup (125 g) flour (unbleached all purpose or white whole wheat flour), see notes below for Glutenfree
- 1/4 cup (28 g) almond flour or use 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1/8 tsp (0.13 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.
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Sara
These were so easy to make – I just made a batch and wolfed down 2 cookies LOL. I used all whole wheat pastry flour and it worked perfectly. Delicious!!!
Vegan Richa Support
YUM! So glad you enjoyed!
Melanie Drury
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.
Vegan Richa Support
yum, perfect!
Daniela
Can I replace the coconut oil with sunflower oil?
Vegan Richa Support
yes!
Grace
I followed your instructions for the gluten free option. They were delicious! Thanks again, Richa. ✌️
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Wonderful!
Sital
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
Vegan Richa Support
Thank you for the kind comment, Sital!
Katie
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?
Vegan Richa Support
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.
Korina
Can I replace the apple sauce or no. Dairy yogurt with anything else or do u have any suggestions?
Richa
Coconut cream. Or oil
Viki
Totul la superlativ!!!!
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Mulțumesc Richa.
Fatima
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!
Vegan Richa Support
thanks for your positive feedback
Pat
These look great. I wonder if I could use the king Arthur’s 1 to 1 gluten free flour? Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Richa
Those flours are usually high in rice flour so they dry out quickly. You can use half of that and half almond flour
Diane
Can you use cold butter if you don’t have coconut oil?
Luisa
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🥰
Pat
How did you make them gluten free please?
Richa
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
Pat
Thanks. I must have missed your directions when I initially read your recipe.
Dee
What is semi solid coconut oil? Can I put some coconut oil in the chiller then use it for this recipe?
Richa
Yes
Carolyn
I made these today and they were excellent! I used coconut sugar instead of regular sugar and added a pinch of turmeric as suggested. Love the texture and the not too sweet or too lemony flavor. The batch made 18 petite cookies. Thanks for a great recipe!
Vegan Richa Support
perfect thanks for popping in ♡
Sarah
Forgot to rate them. SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD.
Vegan Richa Support
welcome back
Sarah
I think I’ve made these 27 times. They are a staple in our household. THANK YOU for creating this – and for providing gram measurements!!! I will pass this recipe down to my grandchildren one day (with proper credit, of course!)
Vegan Richa Support
that’s lovely
Lisa
These cookies are fantastic! I make them with erythritol and they turn out perfectly every time. My only question – Richa, how do you manage to blend the coconut oil with the yoghurt and lemon juice without it congealing into solidified hard chunks? Everytime I’ve had to heat up the wet mixture (pre-chia seed) to get the oil to melt and blend into the rest of the wet ingredients. Even room temperature yoghurt and lemon juice have the same effect. It hasn’t harmed my final outcome but it’s a slightly annoying extra step. Any suggestions?
Alejandra
I have made these cookies many times and I love them! Everyone that tries them love them as well. The only thing for me is that it took way longer than 10-11 minutes to be ready!
ALEJANDRA
I forgot to rate this! 5 starts for sure!
Vegan Richa Support
Awesome, thank you!
Vegan Richa Support
Yay! I hope you enjoyed making them.
Fran
My kids and I devoured these cookies. They were light and soft, but they didn’t crumble to pieces. These cookies were delightful . Thank you for sharing. 😊
Vegan Richa Support
😃 that’s great, thanks for the 5 🌟
Vanessa
I just made these and they came out really well!
I used lime instead of lemon (cause that is what i had in the house ) and a little less sugar cause I prefer things less sweet.
Thank you for the recipe!
Vegan Richa Support
that’s great; thank you so much for the review
Patty Eilers
Very lemony tasting and just the right amount of chewiness (I used applesauce instead of buttermilk). Very simple to make—thank you!
Vegan Richa Support
That’s great Patty, I’m so happy that you enjoyed them.
Amy D
Delicious! Our household is oil-free, so I omitted the oil and added an extra Tbsp of yogurt and a little water to compensate. The cookies came out nice and chewy. I love the texture with the chia seeds. I will make these again for sure!
Vegan Richa Support
so happy that it turned out spectacular. thank you for the 5 stars!
Anvita
Can I substitute coconut oil with Avocado oil or butter? (i don’t mind dairy). if yes, what quantity?