Vegan Lemon Cookies
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: -1 minutes
Cooking duration: -1 minutes
Ingredients:
1/4 cup applesauce mixed with ½ teaspoon baking powder (used as egg replacement)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 Juice from half a large lemon
1/2 Zest of half a large lemon (more if you prefer)
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1/2 cup oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
Extra sugar to coat cookies prior to baking
1/2 cup turbinado sugar (also called raw sugar)
Equipment:
bowl
oven
baking sheet
Cooking instruction summary:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- N a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients together and sift.
- In a small bowl, mix the applesauce and baking powder together.
- Mix the remaining wet ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl and add the applesauce mixture to it. Stir well.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, a little at a time until combined.
- Form the dough into a large ball.
- Add about 1/4 cup sugar (add more as needed) into a shallow bowl.
- Form small balls from the dough, about 1-1/2-inch in diameter. Roll the cookies in the sugar to coat.
- Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten them a little with your fingers.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.N a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients together and sift.In a small bowl, mix the applesauce and baking powder together.
2. Mix the remaining wet ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl and add the applesauce mixture to it. Stir well.Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, a little at a time until combined.Form the dough into a large ball.
3. Add about 1/4 cup sugar (add more as needed) into a shallow bowl.Form small balls from the dough, about 1-1/2-inch in diameter.
4. Roll the cookies in the sugar to coat.
5. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten them a little with your fingers.
6. Bake for 7-9 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
covered percent of daily need
