Lavender Shortbread Cookies
Created by Fizzybrat on May 28, 2019
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #32337
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter (unsalted, at room temperature)
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- Lavender (dried blossoms, 2 teaspoons)
- Spearmint (dried, crushed, 1 teaspoon)
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup flour (unsifted)
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
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Step 2: Prepare an 8-inch square baking pan by lining it with aluminum foil and coating the foil lightly with a vegetable oil spray.
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Step 3: Cream the butter until light and fluffy.
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Step 4: Stir in the sugar, lavender, spearmint and cinnamon.
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Step 5: Work in the flour and blend until the mixture is crumbly.
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Step 6: Scrape it into the prepared pan and spread until level, pressing lightly to compact it evenly.
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Step 7: Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges.
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Step 8: Gently lift both the foil and shortbread out of the pan onto a cutting surface.
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Step 9: Slice the bars with a serrated knife.
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Step 10: Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Step 11: Store in a tightly sealed tin.