Gluten Free Lemon Cookies
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 16 cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons softened (room temperature) ghee
- 3/4 cup maple sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups gluten free flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, add ghee and maple sugar. Use a hand mixer to beat the ghee and sugar together until smooth and creamy. Then add the egg, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice, and beat once more with the hand mixture until smooth. Lastly add the baking soda and salt, then slowly add the gluten free flour 1/4 cup at a time, beating with the hand mixer throughout until the flour completely mixes into the dough. Place in fridge for 30 minutes.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop out 16 cookie dough balls and place them evenly throughout a baking sheet (you may need to use 2 baking sheets, depending on the size it’s size). Place in the oven to bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the cookies flatten out and then edges begin to brown, ever so slightly.
- Cool on a baking sheet then eat up!
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