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lemon lavender cookies recipe
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Lemon Lavender Cookies

This recipe for Lemon Lavender Cookies combines bright lemon with flowery herbal notes from dried lavender buds. A delightful cookie to serve with tea or as a light dessert.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chill 1 hour
Servings 24
Calories 100kcal
Author Robin Gagnon

Equipment

  • stand mixer (optional)
  • baking sheets
  • parchment paper or silicone cookie sheet liner
  • rolling pin
  • round cookie cutter 2 ½ inch

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter softened
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Zest from one lemon should be about a tablespoon
  • 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 Tablespoon dried lavender culinary grade buds

Lemon Glaze:

  • 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lavender buds

Instructions

  • Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside
  • In a larger mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
  • Beat in egg, vanilla, and lemon zest
  • Beat in flour mixture and lavender buds, and scrap into a rough ball
  • Cover, and chill the dough for at least an hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350ºf and line a baking sheet with parchement paper.
  • Remove cookie dough from refrigerator and and roll on a floured surface to about ⅛-¼ inch thick
  • Cut with cookie cutter, and place on prepared baking sheet or ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Gather up scraps, and repeat until dough is used up.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes for a 2 ½ inch cookie, or until the edges are set, but not yet brown, and the centers are still soft, but not gooey (If you’re cookies are larger, you may need to bake longer)
  • Remove cookies from oven and let cool on a wire rack
  • When cookies are cool, combine lemon juice and powdered sugar into a thick, but drizzleable glaze. If you find you need a little more lemon juice, add it a drop at a time - a little goes a long way!
  • Spoon onto center of cookies, and spread with the back of a spoon or icing spatula
  • Sprinkle with lavender buds

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Notes

Vanilla can be replaced with lemon extract, or Lorann lavender flavoring for more pungent flavor.
Make sure the sugar cookies cool completely before storing.
Nutrition based on a rough estimate of about 70% of the icing adhering to cookies.

Nutrition

Calories: 100kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 21mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.4mg