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Lavender Cookies

Name: Lavender Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: about 6 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup shortening; 1-1/4 cups sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 4 teaspoons dried lavender flowers; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt

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Total Time

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Makes

about 6 dozen

Updated: Apr. 25, 2022

I am a wedding and event planner and one of my brides served these unusual cookies at her reception, so I had to have this lavender butter cookies recipe. You can guess what her wedding color was! —Glenna Tooman, Boise, Idaho

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons dried lavender flowers
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, lavender, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets lightly coated with cooking spray. Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Cool 2 minutes before removing to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

Test Kitchen Tips

Because shortening melts at a higher temperature than butter, it’s useful for baking cookies that you want to have a nice uniform shape.

Unless otherwise specified, Taste of Home recipes are tested with lightly salted butter. Unsalted, or sweet, butter is sometimes used to achieve a buttery flavor, such as in shortbread cookies or buttercream frosting. In these recipes, added salt would detract from the buttery taste desired.

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Lavender Flowers

Look for dried lavender flowers in spice shops. If using lavender from the garden, make sure it hasn't been treated with chemicals.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 54 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 9mg cholesterol, 35mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Lavender Cookies

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