Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Speedy Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies
Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, lemon lavender shortbread cookies. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
To up the ante on these cookies, I mixed together lemon sugar to sprinkle on top of the baked cookies and threw in a bit of dried lavender flowers for a subtle floral note. The lemon sugar is exactly what it sounds like - granulated sugar mixed with lemon zest. I like to mix this together when I mix the shortbread dough. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.
Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon lavender shortbread cookies using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies:
- Take 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- Get 1 tsp dried lavender buds (flowers) finely ground
- Get 1 tsp dried lemon peel, finely shredded
- Take 1/4 tsp salt
- Get 3/4 cup butter (one and a half sticks), softened
- Get 1 cup powdered sugar
- Prepare 1 tbsp milk
At low speed, beat in the flour and salt. Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies These lemon lavender shortbread cookies are so delicious! They are like spring in a cookie, buttery, lemony, and slightly sweet. The lavender flavor really shines through!
Steps to make Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies:
- In a medium bowl mix flour, ground lavender buds, lemon peel and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the powdered sugar and milk and beat until its thoroughly mixed well.
- Beat in as much of the flour mixture as you can with the electric mixer. Finish stirring in what flour you have left by hand if needed.
- On a floured surface roll the dough into a 10 inch log. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap or parchment paper and chill until the dough is firm. (2 to 24 hours)
- Once dough is chilled, preheat oven to 350°. Cut the dough roll into 1/4 inch slices and put the slices onto a parchment paper lined cookie tray.
- Bake for 10 minutes until the edges are slightly browned. Cool either on parchment paper or on a wire rack.
They are like spring in a cookie, buttery, lemony, and slightly sweet. The lavender flavor really shines through! Soft, buttery shortbread cookies half-dipped in a simple glaze, with a yummy flavor combination of lavender flowers and lemon zest. The lavender combined with the rich shortbread cookies is a match made in heaven, and the glaze adds just enough sweetness to bring all the flavors together. Magic happens when lemon, lavender, butter, and sugar meet in the oven.
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