Flourless Lemon Chia Cake Cookies
They’re soft, slightly sweet, pillowy dreamboats kissed with lemon and puffed up like a cloud drizzled with a bright lemon glaze made of cashews!
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- ½ cup almond flour
- ½ cup coconut flour
- ⅓ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ cup chia seeds
- 1 tsp BP
- ¾ tsp bicarb
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup overripe mashed banana (1 large banana)
- 1 cup plain yogurt of choice
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the lemon glaze:
- ½ cup cashews, soaked
- 1 Tab coconut oil, melted
- juice of a large lemon
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2 tbsp water
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place cashews for glaze in a bowl. Cover with hot water and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 160°C (FF). Line a large baking tray with parchment paper, a Silipat, or spray with cooking spray.
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir together almond flour, coconut flour, coconut sugar, chia seeds, BP, bicarb and salt.
- In a medium bowl stir together yogurt, banana, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract.
- Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir until combined. Let batter sit for 5 minutes.
Form rounded Tab-balls of dough and spread evenly on baking tray. (batter should be soft & sticky but still hold together when you roll into a ball). Pat each cookie down lightly with fingers, since they will not spread in the oven. Bake for about 23 minutes. - Meanwhile drain soaked cashews. Place in high-speed blender with rest of glaze ingredients – make completely smooth & creamy. Transfer to a small bowl, freeze until cookies are cool.
- Remove cookies from oven & place baking tray on a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely.
- Use a fork to drizzle glaze over top. You can also put glaze into a plastic baggie, cut off the corner and drizzle that way. Store cooking in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
NOTES:
– The glaze is AMAZING & I’m so glad I used fresh lemon juice. Next time I’ll probably sub the banana for applesauce as it’s pretty flavourful to me.
– Ideas for what to do with leftover glaze? Porridge
