Last Updated on April 5, 2026
Want a perfect way to celebrate spring? Why not try these Vegan Hibiscus Lemon Cookies!
These cookies have a chewy middle, topped with a sweet glaze, and sprinkled with the tart hibiscus flower.
Not only are they so easy to make but they also use simple ingredients.
So why add hibiscus to a cookie?
I personally love the flavor of hibiscus flowers, they have a tart slightly fruity profile.
And once you add in the lemon or lime juice, that enhances the tartness of the hibiscus flower even more.
Combine the sweetness of a sugar cookie and the fruity tartness of the hibiscus and lemon and it makes a perfect cookie for the warm seasons.
These cookies will compliment your hot or cold tea and are a perfect treat for the spring and summer celebrations.
Ingredients for the cookies
- Flour – This recipe uses all purpose flour.
- Egg Substitute – In this recipe I used a powdered egg substitute. An egg substitute replicates the action of an egg in a recipe.
- Vegan Margarine – Margarine has a higher water content, this will give the cookies a softer texture.
- Oil – I used the buttery avocado oil in these cookies. The oil will keep the cookies moist and give them a tender and fluffy texture.
- Sugar – The sugar is a pure cane sugar. You may notice that there is not a lot of sugar in these cookies, it is because I frosted the cookies.
- Baking Powder and Soda – Both baking soda and powder are in these cookies to help with both browning and flavor.
- Salt – The salt will enhance all the other ingredients in the cookies.
- Plant Based Milk – Unsweetened vanilla almond milk is used in these cookies to add moisture and to help combine the ingredients.
- Pure Vanilla Extract – The vanilla extract adds just a hint of a vanilla flavor and helps to enhance all the other ingredients in these cookies.
- Lemon Juice – You can add lemon or lime juice to the cookies, both compliment the hibiscus flowers.
- Hibiscus Flowers – If you can find dried hibiscus flowers, if not, you can use hibiscus flower tea.
Frosting Ingredients
- Powdered Sugar – This sugar is what give the frosting the sweet smooth texture.
- Plant Based Milk – An unsweetened vanilla almond milk is used to make the frosting spreadable.
- Pure Vanilla Extract – This adds just a hint of vanilla flavor to the frosting.
- Lemon Juice – You can add lemon or lime juice to the frosting.
- Salt – The salt enhances the flavors in the frosting.
How to make Vegan Hibiscus Lemon Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Prepare the baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
Mix the powdered egg substitute to the package direction in a small bowl and set aside.
If using dried hibiscus flower, add a little to a spice or coffee grinder and pulse the flowers to a coarse grind, but not powdery.
You can eliminate the above step by using hibiscus tea bags, cut them open and poured them into the mixing bowl with the flour.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, blend the flour, baking powder, salt, ground hibiscus flowers, and baking soda together and set aside.
Next, in a large mixing bowl, blend together the sugar, plant based milk, margarine, oil, vanilla extract, and lemon juice.
Pour in the egg substitute and continue blending until smooth.
Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until well blended.
Scoop about a tablespoon of dough from the bowl and place it onto the lined baking sheet, continue until the baking sheet is full.
Place both baking sheets into the oven and bake for about 5 to 7 minutes, then rotate the baking sheet and bake for another 5 to 7 minutes.
Watch the cookies closely, baking times can vary.
Once the cookies are done they will be slightly golden brown along the edges and firm to the touch.
Remove the cookies from the oven, leave them on the baking sheet for a few minutes and then move them to a cooling rack.
Once the cookies have completely cooled, it is time to frost.
Frosting the cookies
In a small bowl, mix together the powdered sugar, salt, plant based milk, vanilla extract, lemon juice.
Drizzle each cookie with the frosting.
Grind more hibiscus flower or use hibiscus tea and sprinkle on top of each frosted cookie.
Leave the cookies until the frosting has hardened.
Store the cookies in a flat container, making sure to not disturb the frosting.
Enjoy your cookies with a hot or cold beverage.
Vegan Hibiscus Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Prepare the baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
- Mix the powdered egg substitute to the package direction in a small bowl and set aside.
- If using dried hibiscus flower, add a little to a spice or coffee grinder and pulse the flowers to a coarse grind, but not powdery.
- You can eliminate the above step by using hibiscus tea bags, cut them open and poured them into the mixing bowl with the flour.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, blend the flour, baking powder, salt, ground hibiscus flowers, and baking soda together and set aside.
- Next, in a large mixing bowl, blend together the sugar, plant based milk, margarine, oil, vanilla extract, and lemon juice.
- Pour in the egg substitute and continue blending until smooth.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until well blended.
- Scoop about a tablespoon of dough from the bowl and place it onto the lined baking sheet, continue until the baking sheet is full.
- Place both baking sheets into the oven and bake for about 5 to 7 minutes, then rotate the baking sheet and bake for another 5 to 7 minutes.
- Watch the cookies closely, baking times can vary.
- Once the cookies are done they will be slightly golden brown along the edges and firm to the touch.
- Remove the cookies from the oven, leave them on the baking sheet for a few minutes and then move them to a cooling rack.
- Once the cookies have completely cooled, it is time to frost.
- In a small bowl, mix together the powdered sugar, salt, plant based milk, vanilla extract, lemon juice.
- Drizzle each cookie with the frosting.
- Grind more hibiscus flower or use hibiscus tea and sprinkle on top of each frosted cookie.
- Leave the cookies until the frosting has hardened.
- Store the cookies in a flat container, making sure to not disturb the frosting.
- Enjoy your cookies with a hot or cold beverage.
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