Lemon Lavender Cookies
Light, buttery cookies infused with zesty lemon and delicate lavender, perfect for tea time, spring gatherings, or gifting.
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- - 1 tsp baking powder
- - ¼ tsp salt
- - ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- - 1 tbsp dried culinary lavender buds
- - Zest of 1 lemon
- - ½ cup unsalted butter room temp
- - 1 egg room temp
- - ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- - 1 tsp vanilla extract
- For the Glaze:
- - 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
- - 1 tbsp melted butter
- - 1 tbsp lemon juice
- - 1 tbsp lavender syrup
Instructions
- Blend sugar, lemon zest, and lavender in a food processor.
- Cream butter with lavender sugar until light.
- Add egg, lemon juice, and vanilla; mix.
- Gradually add dry ingredients; form dough.
- Chill dough for 2 hours.
- Roll into balls, flatten, and bake at 350°F for 10–12 minutes.
- Mix glaze ingredients and drizzle over cooled cookies.
Notes
- Chill dough to maintain shape.
- Adjust lavender to taste if stronger or milder floral notes are desired.
- Cookies can be frozen (unbaked or baked without glaze).
- Adjust lavender to taste if stronger or milder floral notes are desired.
- Cookies can be frozen (unbaked or baked without glaze).