Easy Lemon Cookies - Gluten and Dairy Free

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 Lemon, Zest of

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg, large

• Condiments

  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice, fresh
  • 110 g Margarine, dairy free

• Baking & Spices

  • 225 g All purpose gluten free flour mix
  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder, gluten free
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 225 g Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp Xanthan gum

• Snacks

  • 1/4 cup Powdered sugar to dust cookies

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Description

Directions

• *PLEASE READ NOTES FIRST!*
• Preheat your oven to 350F.
• Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Cream margarine and sugar together until combined.
• Add egg, vanilla, lemon zest and lemon juice to the mixture and mix briefly to combine.
• In a separate bowl mix together the flour, xanthan gum, baking powder and salt, you want to make sure the gum is evenly distributed.
• Add the flour mixture slowly to the margarine and sugar and mix together, dont forget to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl and make sure its all incorporated.
• Drop tablespoonfuls of the cookie dough onto your lined cookie sheet.
• Flatten the cookie out some more to about 3/8ths - 1/4 of an inch thick. You can simply use your hand or squash it a little with a fork.
• Repeat until your cookie sheet is full and bake for 13 -15 minutes.
• Allow to cool a little before transferring from baking sheet, dust with powdered sugar.
• Cookies are best eaten within a day or two, you can freeze them.

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