Lavender Heart Cookies
Source of Recipe
Sunday Dinner
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons fresh lavender florets -- OR
1 tablespoon dried culinary lavender -- roughly chopped
2 tablespoons superfine sugar for sprinkling
Recipe
Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in the flour
and
lavender and bring the mixture together in a soft ball. Cover and
chill for
15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface and stamp out about 16
cookies using a 2" heart-shaped cookie cutter.
Place on a heavy baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes, until
golden.
Sprinkle with sugar then leave the cookies standing for 5 minutes to
set.
Using a metal spatula, transfer carefully onto a wire rack to cool
completely.
The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week.