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Healthy Lemon Lavender Cookies are perfect for warm weather! Packed with citrus, these Vegan, gluten free cookies are light, refreshing and subtly sweet.
I’m so glad it’s Monday because I finally get to share these vibrant Healthy Lemon Lavender Cookies with you! I am seriously in love with these cookies. I made my third batch yesterday, you know just to be sure they’re good and all. 😉
After they came out of the oven, I realized there was something wrong though. Not with the cookies, they’re completely decadent and perfect, but with me. There’s something wrong when I don’t want a cookie especially these yummy Lemon Lavender Cookies.
I’ve been in denial for two weeks that something’s going on with me respiratory wise. I’ve been coughing, my glands are swollen and my throat has been hurting on and off.
We’ve been having odd weather in Phoenix, 95 one day, 70 the next which always does a number on my allergies so I didn’t put much thought into it. Then Friday it hit me.
I started feeling feverish and noticed some redness in the back of my throat. This weekend I mostly slept, got no work done (ugh) and only ate breakfast on both days.
I fear one of the kiddos (many of them have been sick) at swim lessons passed me something.
So…a visit to the doctor may be in order this week. I haven’t gone already because I know they will just give me an antibiotic and that is not something I want in my body as I’m still recovering from my Hashimoto’s.
But at this point, I may have no other option. Anyway…back to these gorgeous Healthy Lemon Lavender Cookies!
Last month I planted my herb garden and could not wait for my lavender to grow so I could put it in all my baked goods. It’s so pretty, how could you resist?
Don’t worry, you won’t taste it in the cookies. It’s more like a mild herb flavor in the background.
You can buy dried lavender at health food stores or buy dried lavender for under $5 on Amazon. A little goes a long way for making these yummy, healthy cookies!
These Healthy Lemon Lavender Cookies are like a shortbread bursting with citrus. I bake them with sprinkles of lemon zest so they get nice and citrus-y. Baking them with fresh lemon zest really brightens the citrus flavor in them and these cookies are only subtly sweet.
I don’t like overly sweet cookies. They’re a turnoff for me, but these Healthy Lemon Lavender Cookies are spot on! Now if only my throat and lungs would heal up so I could eat all of them. In the meantime, you can eat them for me!
Lemon Lavender Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup Gluten Free 1 to 1 baking flour, or regular oat flour
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar, or sugar of choice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon dried lavender, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Zest of 1 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or use a nonstick baking sheet.
- Using a standing mixer or hand mixer, blend together coconut oil, coconut sugar, salt, baking soda, lemon juice and lavender. Slowly fold flour into the batter by hand to combine. Do not over combine.
- Scoop a heaping tablespoon of the batter onto the baking sheet. Pat the dough down to form the batter into the shape of a cookie as these will not flatten or rise when they bake. Sprinkle lemon zest over the cookies.
- Bake 8-10 minutes until they are slightly golden around the edges. Remove from the oven and immediately transfer cookies from the baking sheet using a spatula to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Keep up to two weeks in the refrigerator!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I’m assuming these would turn out just fine if I didn’t use gf flour? Would you advise a specific type?
You can try oat flour or even whole wheat flour. I haven’t tried them, but I’m thinking they should work.
I had to add a bit more flour because my mixture with the regular white flour seemed very wet/greasy. I also melted the coconut oil completely. Maybe I should have just softened it? The cookies spread quite a bit while baking and weren’t a lovely shape like yours. Didn’t impact the taste! They were crunchy right out of the oven but became very soft after being stored in a plastic bag. When I would eat one, there would be coconut oil residue on my hands. Not a bad thing, just something I haven’t experienced with a cookie. The flavor was wonderful and refreshing. I had not put a ‘taste’ to the ‘smell’ of lavender before if that makes any sense. My point is you can use regular, white flour and still make these cookies if anyone is wondering.
Great taste! I did the same thing I would prob recommend just softening the coconut oil or adding more flour as mine flattened out and conjoined but I had melted the coconut oil since mine was solid.
Glad you liked them! The instructions actually do say the coconut oil should be melted. For baking purposes, it always should be melted or things won’t combine properly.
Such great photos! And yes, lemon and lavender pair up so well together! Pinned, and can’t wait to make these!
–G
http://gingerwroot.com
Oh thank you!
Hope you are feeling better Megan!! I have seriously been craving all things lemon lately, these look and sound amazing. And yes the kiddos will give you everything they have. I got so sick my first month of teaching kids, ugh. Hope you feel better soon!!
OMG…so glad it’s not just me. The kids are always coughing and have crazy things coming out of their noses. I feel like I should wear gloves and a face mask, but that would probably scare them. HAHA!
These looks wonderful and thanks for the lavender link, I’ve never cooked with it before but am a huge fan of lemon. Hope you feel better soon!
It gives things a very mild herb hint in the background. I adore it!
I love having dried lavender around my apartment! I had no idea of those health benefits either.
I love incorporating them into things. They just give an extra hint of something people can’t quite put their finger on.