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Century Farmhouse Lavender Butter Cookies

Ann Marie Craig • Jul 08, 2020

These light and buttery cookies are a perfect foil for sweet culinary lavender, and the recipe can also be used as a tart shell for other wonderful lavender desserts. Try it!

As I write this, the warm July sun is shining and lavender is on my mind. I love lavender. The scent of it, the color, the feel of it in my hands, and the taste of it in desserts and main dishes just mean summer to me. Here is one of my favorite recipes - the first recipe I ever made with lavender, and the one I use and share when I teach and speak about using culinary lavender. The cookies are light and buttery and the dough is versatile enough to be used as a tart shell crust.

Century Farmhouse Lavender Butter Cookies

Recipe by Ann Marie Craig

Before you start, whir the culinary lavender with the 3/4 cup sugar in a food processor. This step is not completely necessary, but the bits of lavender are smaller and the cookies will take on a slightly lavender tinge of color. You can also make extra and save it in an airtight jar to sprinkle on muffins and cookies.

Ingredients:

2/3 cup (155gm) butter, softened

2 teaspoons culinary lavender (use 1 tsp. if making tart shell)

3/4 cup (150gm) sugar

1 egg

2 cups (295gm) all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon (6gm) baking powder

1 teaspoon (5ml.) vanilla

dash salt

1. Beat butter in a large mixing bowl until softened, then cream the butter, sugar, and lavender until smooth.

2. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla. Beat until combined well.

3. Beat or stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt.

4. Divide dough in half, cover, and chill about 3 hours or until easy to handle.

5. Roll each half of the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut dough into desired shapes. Place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

6. Bake at 375° for 7 - 8 minutes or until done - do not brown the cookies. Cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute. Remove cookies from the sheet; cool on a wire rack. Store in air tight container. These cookies freeze well for up to three weeks.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

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