These soft lemon meltaway cookies get their name for good reason. They are melt-in-your-mouth delicious!
A lemon twist on the classic recipe.
If you somehow havenโt tried them yet, definitely be sure to also try the super popular original Snowball Cookies.
The snowball cookies are one of my most-visited recipe posts every December, and it seems everyone knows and loves the popular holiday recipe.
One of the best things about these cookies is their versatility. Iโve added lemon juice and zest for todayโs version, but you can just as easily substitute lime juice or even orange juice!
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The cookies are easy to transport, and you can freeze leftovers.
(If you have any leftoversโฆ)
I brought them to an Ugly Christmas Sweater party over the weekend, because bite-sized desserts always seem to be appreciated at events where thereโs a lot of food and no one wants to commit to one big slice of cake or a whole cupcake.
These adorable cookies were the perfect size.
Also try the Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lemon Meltaway Flavor Variations
Orange Juice + Zest
Lime Juice + Zest
Grapefruit Juice + Zest
I bet theyโd be good with pineapple juice too (although I havenโt tried yet), and I still need to do a chocolate version!
The cookies can be refined-sugar-free if you wish. Just blend your favorite granulated unrefined sugar, such as evaporated cane juice or coconut sugar, until it turns into powder. Multiple readers have written in to say theyโve had success with erythritol as well, but I havenโt personally tried that one.
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Lemon Meltaway Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour (white, spelt, or Bob's gf work)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts, almonds, or pecans (can omit for nut free)
- 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar, unrefined if desired
- 2 tsp lemon juice, plus 1 tsp zest (donโt omit)
- if using coconut oil, add 1/8 tsp salt
- optional additional powdered sugar for rolling
Instructionsย
- *For a keto version, just add lemon zest to this Keto Cookies recipe and roll into balls. Preheat the oven to 325 F. Beat butter or oil with the powdered sugar in a medium bowl or stand mixer. Stir in all remaining ingredients to form a dough. Roll into balls, place on a cookie sheet, and bake 17 minutes. The cookies will still be underdone, so do not touch them for 10 minutes as they cool and firm up. If desired, roll in additional powdered sugar.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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Just made the lemon melt away cookies. Very good! I probably used a little extra lemon juice but they were greatly! Baking most cookies for 17 m would be a long time on a regular cookie sheet, cause they will be too brown on the bottom . How you do that, I would like to make them again !
Made these, little bit less than pleased with the result. The recipe is misleadingly named- the cookies are not moist at all, actually, more of a shortbread texture, and the whole recipe only made 15 cookies. Also, be very careful when coating the baked cookies with powdered sugar: I accidentally broke 3. However, despite the hang-ups, we liked the cookies, and discovered that though they are dry-ish they are really good with cold milk!
Hi! I made those cookies yesterday and they were pretty small! Much smaller than they look like in the pictures. I got really disappointed.. They tasted good, though!
Thank you so much for making them! Feel free to roll the cookies to any size you want ๐
Hi! Just a note, the link to the nutrition facts for these links to the nutrition facts for snowball cookies instead ๐
They have the same nutrition facts ๐
I made these for Christmas, but realized working with the recipe itโs incomplete. For example, it doesnโt state what temperature the butter should be at, room soft or cold. Doesnโt explain what you need to make the powdered sugar. Coconut sugar does not give the fluffy white look pictured, cookies are brown. Baking any cookies at 17 minutes made these very dry and hard.
The leftover powdered coconut sugar just melts when you try and roll them, and not much flavor to the actual cookie.
To fix this, I made a glaze with milk, lemon juice, and sugar, and rolled them in shredded coconut flakes. Huge improvement!
Hi Katie!
I donโt understand something from this recipe: how am I supposed to roll them in additional sugar as soon as they come out of the oven if I cannot touch them for 10 minutes because they need to firm up?
Can you do it later? Iโm thinking that it might not work out if they are not even a bit sticky any more.
Thanks if you can help ๐
Hi, do wait until they cool and then roll ๐
I just made two batches of these! They are so delicious!! This isnโt my first time making them,and it wonโt be my last!!
Thank you so much for trying them ๐
How many cookies are a serving?
Can u make these without the nuts? Allergic.
Thanks!
Made with oat flour, coconut oil, lime and pistachios! Seriously addictive.
Your version sounds even better than the original!