A unique sugar cookie with a gentle flavour of lavender and lemon. The lemon icing garnished with more lavender and lemon zest adds a pretty touch and more lemon flavour.
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time40 minutesmins
Course: baking
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookies, fresh herbs, herbs in baking, lavender, lavender cookies
Servings: 28
Calories: 150kcal
Author: Getty Stewart
Ingredients
1tspdried lavender blossoms
1cupsugar
1Tbsplemon zest
1cupbutterroom temperature
1egg
1tspvanilla
2 1/4cupsall purpose flour
Icing
1cuppowdered sugar
1-2Tbsplemon juice
1/2tspdried lavender blossomsminced or crushed
2tsplemon zest
Instructions
Use a knife, spice grinder or mortar and pestle to mince lavender buds to make smaller pieces and more evenly distribute the lavender throughout the batter. Combine with sugar and add lemon zest.
In large bowl, cream butter until smooth and fluffy, about 3 min. Add sugar mix and beat another 2 minutes.
Beat in egg and vanilla and beat until fluffy, about 1 min.
Gradually add in flour, mix until just combined. Batter will look crumbly.
Use hands to press together into a rough shaped ball. Separate into two pieces, flatten and wrap each half with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least one hour before rolling.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Remove one half of dough from fridge, roll out on lightly floured counter to 1/4 inch thick. Cut with your favorite cookie cutter and place on cool baking sheet leaving 1 inch space between cookies. Re-roll scraps and cut cookies until done. Repeat with other half of dough.
Bake for 15 minutes until just turning gold around edges. Remove from oven and let rest for two minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Cool thoroughly before adding icing.
Icing
In small bowl combine powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Mix well.
Add more lemon juice to reach desired consistency.
Sprinkle minced lavender and lemon zest on top of cookie before top hardens.
Let rest to harden icing, minimum 15 minutes.
Makes 24 to 36 cookies depending on cookie cutter size
Notes
Try this recipe with other herbs and citrus - lemon thyme, thyme, rosemary, sageChilling the cookie dough in the fridge for at least an hour hardens the butter so it's less sticky to roll and the cookies hold the cookie cutter shape better.