Delicious, homemade lavender shortbread cookies. Perfect with tea or ice cream.
I’ve had dried lavender burning a hole in my pantry for ages, so I decided it was time to make something yummy. Once I started looking for ideas, I was amazed to discover that there’s an entire cookbook dedicated to lavender. This book is full of delicious sounding savory and sweet recipes, divided by seasons. I plan to start making my way through The Lavender Cookbook
 as soon as I get my hands on a copy. But for the moment, I’ve modified my current shortbread recipe to make these lavender shortbread cookies.
Lavender Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, cubed and at room temperature
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoon dried lavender, chopped very finely
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Chop the lavender or, even better, use a spice grinder to get it to a fine spice consistency.
- Cream the butter, sugar and salt in a stand mixer on medium-high until light and fluffy.
- Add the vanilla and lavender, then lower the speed and slowly add the flour until the dough is combined.
- Roll the dough tightly in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least an hour, or until the butter firms up. You can speed up the process by using the freezer.
- Roll out the dough to around 1/2 inch thick. I rolled it in between 2 sheets of parchment paper, which isn't essential but really helps avoid a mess and keep the dough smooth.
- Using a cookie cutter, cut dough into rounds and then place them on a sheet tray covered with parchment. Roll the excess scraps in a ball and repeat the process until you have used all the dough.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes for 350 degrees F, or until lightly golden on top. Allow to cool to room temperature.
Notes
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We just got some lavender to give my sister-in-law as a birthday gift! I’ll pass this recipe on to her, too!
This is my first experiment with lavender, and the cookies were delicious…..thank you.
I’m so happy you liked them!
looks great! your blog is good enough to eat :-D Thanks for swinging by my place and liking my post :-)
Thanks – I have lavender burning a hole in my pantry too! Time to try out this recipe.
These look great. I have dried culinary lavender on the shelf, so I might try these out. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I’m glad to discover yours and I’m enjoying exploring your posts. Your recipes are very enticing. I’m a Maryland girl myself, though I live in New England now, so I can relate to your geographic references.
They are so beautiful! I have a lavender plant on my roof terrace and am always looking for new recipes to try, my latest was lavender and lemon oat bars but this shortbread sounds to die for!!
I’d love to hear some of your other recipes!
What a beautiful photo. Thanks for this post. I also have a bunch of dried lavendar burning a hole in my pantry. I made lavendar shortbread once before, but you’ve reminded me it’s time to do it again. I’ll have to give your recipe a try.
I had no idea that one can eat lavender. I love the smell, I wonder how it tastes :O
It tastes good but you have to use it in small quantities. If you go overboard it definitely ventures into the realm of soapy bath product. But if you go light it tastes wonderful.
This sounds genius!! I never thought of using lavender with my shortbread recipe.
It is so nice to see recipes for using lavender in cooking. These cookies would be quite lovely glazed with a simple fondant made with lavender tea to moisten the 10x sugar. A soft lavender color infused with the essence is the result when using the tea.
To think about using lavender in other cooking, use it where you would use rosemary- in pork and lamb dishes too.
I adore this herb!
Wonderful tips!
I love lavender! Can’t wait to make these.
These look delicious… I have lots of lavender growing in my garden that I like to cook with, so I’ll add these to the list!
And your photos are stunning.
These look sooo delicious! I’m definitely going to try this recipe!
They are so pretty!!! :)
My m-i-l gave me a tin of dried lavender a few months ago and I’ve had no idea what to do with it. These cookies look like a good place to start, thanks!