Name: Lavender Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room-temperature; 4 teaspoons fresh lavender buds, or 2 teaspoons dried; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour, scooped and leveled; (Optional: 1 t of lavender extract in place of dried lavender or 1 t of lemon extract and a bit of fresh lemon zest if you want a lemon lavender cookie.); Lavender Glaze; 1 cup confectioners sugar, blended with just enough water to achieve a spreadable consistency; (I used a few drops of lavender bitters in my glaze or use fresh lemon juice if you are making lemon lavender cookies.); Lavender petals

Description

These simple shortbread lavender cookie recipe tastes like summer. Fresh and light but with buttery shortbread, these cookies are so special!

Ingredients

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8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room-temperature
4 teaspoons fresh lavender buds, or 2 teaspoons dried
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour, scooped and leveled

(Optional: 1 t of lavender extract in place of dried lavender or 1 t of lemon extract and a bit of fresh lemon zest if you want a lemon lavender cookie.)

Lavender Glaze
1 cup confectioners sugar, blended with just enough water to achieve a spreadable consistency

(I used a few drops of lavender bitters in my glaze or use fresh lemon juice if you are making lemon lavender cookies.)
Lavender petals

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Instructions

Use a food processor or spice grinder to grind the sugar and lavender petals together.

Put the sugar mixture and softened butter in the work bowl of a standing mixer that is fit with the paddle attachment. Beat at low speed until smooth -- about 2 minutes. Add the flour and beat until combined. Mixing is complete when there are no visible lumps of butter in the dough. Form the dough into a rough disk or a 2" round cylinder and wrap it in plastic, and chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

Roll the dough into a 1/4-inch thick circle. Cut out cookie shapes with a round, 2-inch diameter cutter or slice 1/4" slices of cookie dough and place on cookie sheet. Use a flat spatula to transfer the rounds to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Chill for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 300°F.

Bake on the middle rack of the preheated oven just until the sides of the cookies begin to color — 25-30 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheet.

Top the cookies with glaze mixture. If desired, sprinkle fresh lavender petals over the cookies.

Notes

Please see post above for more info on lavender.

Thank you A Garden For The House for this recipe.