These buttery lemon lavender cookies are deliciously crumbly and addictive. The extra tasty add-on of the lemon icing drizzled on them brings it to the next level. Make these shortbread cookies with only 4 ingredients plus the aroma of the lemon zest and the dried lavender. This Spring recipe is perfect to make for Mother's Day, an edible gift or to add to your cookie jar.
If you loved my French Madeleines with rose water, you will love the floral note on these cookies. Also, if my crumbly and buttery almond shortbread cookies are now on your favourite recipe list, you have to give a try to this one!
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📋 What Do You Need For This Recipe?
I love recipes involving a few ingredients but above all few dishes.
Utensils needed:
- a big bowl
- a hand mixer or a whisk
- a baking sheet
- a silicone mat - such a great investment to reduce parchment paper use!
- a rolling pin
- a cookie-cutter - I wanted big cookies so I used my 3-inch cookie cutter.
Ingredients:
- Soft unsalted butter - I used salted butter as I love this salty touch with shortbread!
- Granulated sugar
- Culinary lavender - the one you can eat
- One lemon for the zest and lemon juice
- All-purpose flour
- Icing sugar
Tip: if you don't have soft butter, grate it with a cheese grater!
🔪 How To Make the Cookies From Scratch?
First things first, gather your ingredients, all 4 of them plus the extra flavours!
- Grab your hand mixer and cream together the butter with the sugar.
- Next, you can add some lemon zest and edible culinary lavender.
- Lastly, add the all-purpose flour and work your dough until it holds together.
You now have your shortbread ready! How quick was that? Refrigerate the dough, put away the ingredients, and preheat the oven to 400F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
For the final step, roll down the dough and using a cookie cutter of your choice, cut the cookies and place them on the baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes or until it is slightly golden.
Tip: Use 2 chopsticks on each side of your dough before rolling it. You will get an even thickness of dough for your cookies!
Lastly, this is an optional step but you would miss out if you don't do it… While you allow your cookies to cool at room temperature, prepare the lemon glaze.
Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice in a small ramekin. Whisk until smooth. Now drizzle on your lavender lemon cookies and sprinkle with lavender.
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💭 Baking FAQ
Your cookies should cool completely before being stored in an air-tight container for 3 to 5 days.
Lavender tastes like an aromatic herb, a little bit earthy and woody. You have to try it for yourself, it is deliciously different.
There are so many things you can do, here are a few ideas:
- Lavender tea
- Flavour your crème brulée with a lavender infusion
- Flavoured sugar with lavender
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📖 Lemon Lavender Cookies
Equipment
- Hand-mixer or whisk
- Silicone mat
- Rolling pin
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup butter soft
- 1 teaspoon lavender chopped if you wish
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 and ½ cup flour
- ½ cup icing sugar
- 3 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- In a bowl, cream together the sugar and butter using your hand-mixer or whisk.
- Next, you can add the lemon zest and lavender.
- Lastly, add the flour and work your dough until it holds together.
- Cool in the fridge for an hour.
- Preheat the over at 400F and prepare a baking sheet with a silicone mat or pachment paper.
- Using a rolling pin and a slightly flour dusted surface, roll down your dough.
- Using a 3 inch cookie cutter (or 2-inch and you'll get 12), cut the cookies and place them on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 8 minutes or until it is slightly golden.
- In a ramekin, combine icing sugar and lemon juice in a small ramekin. Whisk until smooth.
- Now drizzle on your lavender lemon cookies and sprinkle with lavender.
Sharon says
These cookies have such a unique combination of flavors in them. Perfect for tea parties and wedding showers.
Mélanie says
This is a combination made in heaven Sharon! Thank you for stopping by!
Natalie says
Beautiful cookies. They look so elegant and delicious. It's Mother's Day this weekend and I'm going to make them. Can't wait to surprise my mom. Thanks for the recipe!
Kate says
Your photos look sooo great. Who can resist those cookies? I will definitely try them very soon. Many thanks for sharing this.
Mélanie says
Thank you so much Kate! There are indeed irresistible!
Farrukh Aziz says
These cookies would be great for a teatime snack, and since I love butter cookies, it's even better! I love the add-on of the lemon icing, which adds the extra taste to the cookies!
Linda says
These cookies have all my favorite combinations! Buttery, lemony, with a touch of lavender. Can't wait to start baking soon
Mélanie says
Thank you so much Linda!
Tamara Andersen says
I love cooking with lavender, and rarely come across a recipe that uses it... These buttery lemon lavender cookies look addictively dangerous, and I can't wait to try them!
Mélanie says
Addictive is the perfect word, you can't eat just one! :)
Amanda Dixon says
These cookies were wonderful! They were so buttery as promised, and the lemon and lavender flavor was lovely for spring.
Mélanie says
So glad you enjoyed them Amanda! Thank you!
Beth says
I love this gorgeous post! We have just planted two lavender bushes and hope for wonderful lavender to bake with soon. That icing sugar-lemon drizzle sounds absolutely perfect on these light cookies.
Mélanie says
Thank you so much Beth! We have lavender in the garden too and it smells heavenly!
Tania says
These cookies look absolutely AMAZING!
I love that you added lavender. I bet this are dangerously delicious. I’m definitely going to have to make a double batch, because I know I’ll want to hoard most of these to myself!
Mélanie says
A double batch is actually the best idea!