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Zesty Lemon Oatmeal Cookies

 
These no bake lemon oatmeal cookies are an easy cookie to make. The cookies are just 4 ingredients and don’t require any flour, eggs or butter. They are soft, chewy and full of zesty lemon flavor.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Healthy Clean Eating
Keyword clean eating dessert or snack, lemon no bake cookies, no bake lemon cookies, oat lemon no bake cookies, zesty lemon oatmeal cookies
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup quick oats
  • 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
  • 2 lemons, juice and zest

Instructions

  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or use a silicon baking mat.
    Add white chocolate chips to a microwave-safe mixing bowl. Heat chocolate in 15-30 second intervals, stirring in between with a spatula until chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
    You can also melt the chocolate on the stove using the double boiler method. Using a whisk, add in lemon juice and whisk until lemon juice is fully incorporated and the mixture becomes uniform in color and smooth.
    Switch to a spatula and stir in the zest and rolled oats and coconut until they are evenly mixed in. The batter should be thick.
    Use a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop or spoon to scoop cookie batter and place onto the prepared cookie sheet, spacing cookies 2 inches apart. The batter may spread out a little but it should not spread much.
    Use the back of a spoon to flatten cookies into a thick round disk (about 1/4 inch thick), smoothing edges and top as needed. You can also use your fingers to help shape the edges of the cookies. Cookies will not change shape so shape them to how you would like your final cookies to look like.
    If desired, garnish the top of cookies with additional zest. It will add more lemon flavor and add some color to the cookies. Place cookies into fridge to set.
    This can take about 30 minutes to one hour. When cookies are set they should feel firm and you should be able to peel the cookies off of the parchment paper.
    Let cookies sit at room temperature for about 10-15 minutes before eating. You can also eat them straight out of the fridge but the chocolate will be a little more firm when it's cold. Store uneaten cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week or up to 3 months in freezer.
     
     
     
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