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Lavender Rosemary Lemon cookies


  • Author: Georgios Pyrgiotakis
  • Prep Time: 60 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 75 mins
  • Yield: 15 cookies
  • Category: Cookies
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Description

A great cookie recipe that reminds of spring! Perfect with a warm cup of tea.


Ingredients

Cookies:

  • 1/2 cup of butter
  • 1/4 cup of sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups of flour
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract
  • a pinch of salt
  • 2 tbsp of dry lavender flowers
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 sprig of rosemary

Icing:

  • juice of a lemon
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar

Instructions

  1. In a mortar and pestle grind half of the sugar, the 1 tbsp of the lavender flowers and a tsp of rosemary leaves.
  2. In a bowl cream together the butter and the rest of the sugar.
  3. Add the sugar with the herbs with the help of a sifter to hold back the large chunks.
  4. Add the vanilla extract and the lemon zest and blend.
  5. Add the flour and bring the dough together.
  6. Add the juice of one lemon and blend again.
  7. Let the dough in the fridge for a minimum of 30 mins.
  8. The meantime, make the icing by mixing the juice of the other lemon and the powder sugar.
  9. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes.
  10. Let them cool completely.
  11. Decorate with the icing and some more lavender flowers.

Notes

  1. You can make them in all sorts of shapes, but I prefer the round cookies because you are not getting any burned edges.
  2. You can use this as a base recipe and add all kinds of herbs and flavorings, like thyme and sage.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 137 kcal
  • Sugar: 8.9 g
  • Sodium: 205 mg
  • Fat: 6.3 g
  • Saturated Fat: 3.9 g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 2.2 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.2 g
  • Carbohydrates: 19.1 g
  • Fiber: 0.4 g
  • Protein: 1.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 16 mg

Keywords: cookies, icing, herb cookie, rosemary lemon cookies

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