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Luscious Lemon Cookies

A little chewy, a little crispy, a lot lemony!
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Rest time 30 mins
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, Comfort Food
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup palm shortening
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup maple sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon zest
  • 3 cups finely ground almond flour
  • 1 1/4 cups arrowroot
  • 3/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt

Optional Glaze (this will be brown due to the maple sugar)

  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. fresh lemon zest
  • 1/4 cup maple sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. arrowroot

Alternative Glaze if you don't like the look of brown glaze

  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. fresh lemon zest
  • 1 Tbsp. water
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar maybe a little more

Instructions
 

  • To the bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl, add palm shortening, honey, maple sugar, and egg and mix until smooth, light in color and creamy.
  • Wash and zest a large lemon. This should yield enough zest for both the cookie recipe and the glaze. Then juice the lemon. Add 1 Tablespoon of juice to the cookie dough and mix in well.
  • Add the almond flour, arrowroot, baking soda and salt and mix thoroughly.
  • Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line three large baking sheets with parchment paper (or work in batches if needed) and scoop approximately 2 Tablespoons of dough for each cookie. I fit about 8 cookies per cookie sheet. Bake approximately 15 minutes or until just starting to look golden brown all over.
  • Allow cookies to cool completely before drizzling with glaze.

To make glaze

  • Combine all glaze ingredients in a bowl, mix well and drizzle over cookies. Allow to set before storing cookies in an airtight container. As with all paleo cookies, they will keep longer in the refrigerator, but you can keep these at room temperature for a couple days if you prefer.
Keyword Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Paleo