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Easy Vegan Lemon Cookie
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5 from 1 vote

Vegan Lemon Cookies

These vegan lemon cookies have the perfect amount of lemon. They taste like a lemon sugar cookie that is pillowy soft.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time7 minutes
Total Time7 minutes
Course: All Recipes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24
Calories: 124kcal

Ingredients

Lemon Cookie

  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • cup vegan butter softened
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 flax eggs Use golden flax meal 2 TB FLAXMEAL +4 TB WATER)
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 TB lemon zest

Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 TB fresh lemon juice

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, line a cookie sheet with a Silpat, grease it or parchment paper, and set it aside.
  • Take a small cup and make your flax egg, let sit a few minutes to gel.
  • Get your stand mixer and add your sugar and soft vegan butter; whip until light a fluffy.
  • Add your wet ingredients; vanilla extract, lemon juice, and flax egg, and stir to combine. Then add your lemon zest and baking powder until evenly combined. Now add your last dry ingredient; your flour, and stir until combined.
  • These are most like drop cookies, so take your cookie scoop and drop them as evenly as you can on your prepared cookie sheet.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 7-8 minutes do not overbake.
  • Let cool on a cooling rack.
  • While cooling, make the icing. Take a small bowl and combine the powdered sugar and lemon juice; use a whisk or fork to mix until smooth. Drizzle the lemon icing over the cooled cookies.

Notes

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Nutrition

Serving: 24g | Calories: 124kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 77mg | Potassium: 21mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 240IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg