Low Calorie Lemon Cookies
Simple and delicious recipe for guilt free, low calorie lemon cookies!
LOW CALORIE TREAT DAY!? I’m always trying to create recipes that will fit into a low calorie diet. Counting calories is the best way to be flexible with your eating plan, while still able to maintain a healthy weight.
While these low calorie cookies are great any time of the year, Spring is the perfect time for lemon cookies!
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What makes these lemon cookies low calorie
The only swap I made here to save calories was in the butter. Most cookies like this are packed with butter and therefore, have many calories that come with it!
I haven’t browsed the butter/margarine selections at the grocery store in quite some time. I remember the rise and fall of margarine and their very harmful trans-fats, and never looked at options for butter again.
That was until one day when I thought about looking for low-calorie butter options to use for cookies. I did find one, and the low calorie lemon cookies turned out DIVINE! The butter I used was Country Crock light, which is just a blend of oils, water, and salt. No hydrogenated oils or artificial stuff in it.
Low Calorie Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup cake flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 6 tablespoon light butter (35 cal per tablespoon)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoon lemon rind
- 1 medium egg lightly beaten
Instructions
- In a food processor, mix all ingredients until a dough forms.
- Chill in fridge for 1 hour.
- Drop by tablespoon onto a sprayed cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and more lemon zest.
Notes
14 g carbs
1.4 g protein
1.6 g fat
Nutrition
Because of the butter swap in this recipe, these low calorie lemon cookies not only have fewer calories, but the ingredients they contain are actually better for you than similar recipes. AND they taste amazing! I call that a win!
hey can I know how big or small are these cookies??
1 tablespoon of dough!
Hi Amy, I just made these lemon cookies (along with your orange sugar cookies) and despite following the directions verbatim I noticed I don’t end up with formed cookies. The mixtures taste delicious and even the end result of these lemon cookies taste good but they form more of a “cake batter” than a dough. This made placing them on cookie sheets difficult as they spread even after chilling.
Any tips or suggestions? Thanks!
Hi Elle!
Did you use cake flour, or all purpose flour?
Thanks!
Amy
Modified this for AIP- 1.5c gluten free flour all purpose mix (2 tbsp of it was coconut flour to reduce gummy texture), 1/2c honey instead of sugar, 4 tbsp of coconut oil instead of 6tbsp of the low cal butter (yes, this increases calories significantly but it’s a cookie), zest from 1 lemon (juice from half), and one egg substitute from Bob’s red mill. Cookies needed to be pressed into flatter shape. Cooked great. A tiny bit dry. But not bad considering all of the substitutions. Thanks for a tasty treat.
Glad you tried it and made it work for you Kristi! Thanks for the recommendations!
Can these Low Calorie Lemon Cookies be frozen? I want to make them ahead of time for Christmas.
Bonnie! Hi. Sorry, I haven’t tried to freeze them before.
These look yummy. Do you have a fitness site? I would love to follow. I am in PT for my shoulder and would love to improve my flexibility and range of motion and strength.
Hi Faith! I don’t have a fitness site! So sorry 🙂
I could munch on these cookies all day! They are so delicious! Thank you for the recipe
I loved these cookies! My kids couldn’t stop eating these!
I love a buttery lemon cookie! These sound absolutely delicious.
Who doesn’t love cookies? And these lemon cookies are so delicious, but also low on calories. I say this was a win-win!
Can you use monk fruit sugar? Can you use almond or oat flour?
Oh!! I bet you could. I was making these before I started using monk fruit sugar, and I have plenty to start testing it on these cookies. I’m sure they’d turn out great!
Are the 71 calories per cookie?
Yes- each cookie!
These were so easy to make and are delicious. Thank you.
Gotta make these!