10.Oct.2007 Lemon Lavender Cookies

lemon lavender cookies

Buttery goodness. Because lavender doesn’t belong just in soaps.

Lemon Lavender Cookies

1/2 cup (128 g) nondairy butter
3/4 cup (144 g) raw sugar
2 teaspoons pure lemon extract
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups (204 g) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 scant tablespoons culinary dried lavender
2 scant tablespoons (28 ml) coconut milk or other nondairy milk

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4). Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats, such as Silpat.
With an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in extracts.
In a medium bowl, sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt. Stir in lavender.
Fold dry ingredients into wet. Add milk, as needed.
Scoop up 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons worth of dough. Flatten a little, as the cookies don’t spread a lot while baking.
Bake for 14 minutes, until the edges of the cookies are golden brown. If you want chewier cookies, aim for 12 minutes instead.
Wait 2 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Yield: 20 medium cookies

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  • katiejayne says:

    I just made these on Friday and they are so good!! Thanks for sharing the recipe, my mom is going to be really excited when I make them for her (lavender is her favorite)

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  • Celine says:

    so happy to hear, katie!! you rule.

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  • medu3a says:

    I just made these. They smell so good and taste awesome. Mine spread out quite a bit though, they actually ran into one another and took over my cookie sheet they spread out so much!

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  • Celine says:

    could be the margarine or even the quality of the flour, medu3a. it’s happened to me with other cookie recipes. I usually fix that by adding extra flour. was the dough wet when you mixed it?

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  • Kat says:

    Woohoo! I made these tonight for the future in-laws (she loves lavender, he loves cookies), and they were a great hit. Mine weren’t as pretty as yours, but there is no evidence–whatever was left, they took back to the hotel with them when they left us for the night!

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  • eat me says:

    i used half cup sugar a little extra milk and the batter was very sticky! however, they turned out more like scones…. the best scones ever that is!

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  • Thanks! The Kitchen Yogi is going to try these this week! They sound delicious!

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