Lemon and lavender were made for each other.
I just LOVE the smell of lavender. I forgot I bought some and when I walked into my house today I could smell it throughout. Baking with it is even better when mixed in cookies. The aroma is so refreshing and everyone loves the smell of cookies baking right?!
This is the part I HATE. Once I turn that switch on flour be flyin' everywhere and my baby gets covered in it. Yes I am referring to my mixer. It is my pride and joy. Anyone even talks bad about it they get a mouth full of my fist! I'm so serious.
Adding the food coloring to make my lemon cookies pop.
It looks like granules of sand but keep that mixer goin!
Ready for the final touch.
And out they come! If you look very closely past the sugar you can see the lavender buds inside. What's also awesome is that I used the cap from the lavender sprinkles to cut out my cookies into bite size medallions.
I tweaked the recipe and added measurements for 2 batches because 1 cup of flour for a cookie recipe is just ludicrous. I also added some of my own ingredients.
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter (I use sweet cream always. Always!)
2/3 cup powder sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp lemon extract
2 tsp chopped culinary lavender buds (If you are scared it may be a little potent which I do not think so. Go ahead and cut back and use 1 tsp)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp butter vanilla extract
A couple pinches of salt
2 cups flour
yellow food coloring (optional)
lavender sugar (optional)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
Add butter, powder sugar, zest of 1 lemon, lavender, extracts and salt to bowl and beat with mixer.
Add flour and beat until dough forms. It may take a while and if it looks like it needs more flour add little by little.
Bake for 8-10 mins.
I know I know....some of my ingredients may not be so easy to find in stores. Like the culinary lavender and the butter vanilla extract. I was lucky enough to find the lavender at the flea market at some herb and spices stand. I got the butter vanilla extract from amazon.com for way cheap. Walmart carries it too but not all do as I have experienced. You can get lavender on there too. If you are not a online shopper then your best bet is to look on yelp for tea and spice shops in your area. You will find it there I promise. The butter vanilla is something I added to the recipe so if you would rather do without then make sure you replace that measurement with another tsp of vanilla extract mmmkay?
