Lemon Sugar Cookies with Olive Oil (Dairy-free)

4.50 from 10 votes

A delicious dairy-free sugar cookie made with lemon zest, lemon juice and olive oil.

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Total Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup apple sauce
1 cup sugar
1 egg
the zest of two lemons (note: if want more lemon flavor than use the zest of 3 lemons)
2 Tablespoons lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cover cookie sheet pan in parchment paper or silicone cookie sheet liner.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together with a fork.
In another bowl, mix the olive oil, sugar, egg, apple sauce, lemon juice and lemon zest with a hand held mixer.
Pour half of the dry ingredients into the bowl of the wet ingredients and mix with your hand-held mixer. Add the other half of the dry ingredients and mix again. You may need to scrape the sides of the bowl as you do this.
Using a small cookie scoop, or a spoon, scoop out Tablespoon sized balls of the dough and place on a cookie sheet.
Note: if you want to roll the dough in coarse sugar, do this prior to placing the balls of dough on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, then remove the cookies from the oven and let them sit on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before letting them cool on a cookie rack.