Vegan Lemon Cookies

Dish type: dessert

Serves: 8

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)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. N a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients together and sift.
  3. In a small bowl, mix the applesauce and baking powder together.
  4. Mix the remaining wet ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl and add the applesauce mixture to it. Stir well.
  5. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, a little at a time until combined.
  6. Form the dough into a large ball.
  7. Add about 1/4 cup sugar (add more as needed) into a shallow bowl.
  8. Form small balls from the dough, about 1-1/2-inch in diameter. Roll the cookies in the sugar to coat.
  9. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten them a little with your fingers.
  10. Bake for 7-9 minutes.
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