Crispy on the outside and chewy in the middle, these gluten free vegan lime sugar cookies are BURSTING with fresh lime!
Always going for the citrus. Always. We are obsessed with anything lemon, lime or orange in our house. Wether it’s cookies, cupcakes or muffins. We love our citrus. It just makes everybody smile.
I had a few fresh limes that I wanted to use in a recipe and the kids were requesting cookies. I went with a simple rolled sugar cookie, only I added fresh-squeezed lime juice and tons of lime zest. Nothing better than fresh zest. So fragrant and so flavorful!
I’m thinking these would make a fun summertime cookie to enjoy at your barbecues with friends or pool parties. I know I’ll be making these gluten free vegan lime sugar cookies lots this summer. How about you? Are you crazy about citrus too?
- 1 1/2 cups, plus 2 tablespoons Sarah's gluten free flour blend
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cane sugar
- 1/3 cup refined coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons lime zest
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- additional 1/4 cup cane sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In medium bowl, whisk together flour blend, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer, beat together sugar, coconut oil and lime zest for 2 minutes, until creamy. Add lime juice, almond milk and vanilla. Continue to beat another 1-2 minutes. Add flour mixture and mix until combined.
- Pour 1/4 cup sugar into shallow dish. Roll heaping-tablespoon size scoops of cookie dough into balls. Roll in sugar and place onto prepared baking sheet. Flatten to 1/2-inch thick with bottom of glass jar.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Do not over-bake {cookies will be soft to the touch}. Place cookies on cooling rack to cool completely. Store in air-tight container.
Is there anyway that this recipe can be made with AP flour 1:1? I was looking up summer-y cookies on Pinterest to make for a bake sale and these look perfect!
This recipe hasn’t been tested with all purpose flour, but you could certainly give it a try! I would just start with about 1/4 cup less.