Lavender Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup superfine sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lavender flowers
• 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, and salt until fluffy.
• 2 add the beaten eggs and vanilla. mix well.
• 3 add in the flour and mix on low speed just until the dough is coming together.
• 4 sprinkle in the lavender buds and fold in gently. (don't over mix).
• 5 divide the dough into two mounds and wrap up well in plastic.
• 6 chill in the refrigerator for one hour at least.
• 7 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 8 flour your work surface and unwrap the dough.
• 9 take half of it out and wrap up the other half to keep chilled in the fridge while you work.
• 10 roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin, taking care not to overwork or overstretch the tender dough.
• 11 cut out shapes of hearts, full moons, stars and crescents.
• 12 carefully move the cookie shapes to nonstick cookie sheets, placing them 1/2 inch apart, fitting as many as possible on each sheet.
• 13 bake, two sheets at a time, until the cookies are golden brown, about 6-8 minutes.
• 14 use a thin spatula to move the hot cookies to a rack to cool.
• 15 store in an airtight container when cool.