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lemon glazed lavender and lemon shortbread cookies

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 i love shortbread, i decided to make these really thin so they would just melt in the mouth.
i combined lemon and lavender as i love those two flavours together, if you are not fond of lavender then just use lemon, they will be just as lovely.
i used the juice of the lemon for the glaze and the zest in the biscuit so they are full of flavour.
i decided to experiment with the photos and try and take a darker moodier picture.

 

 recipe
110g butter
60g icing sugar
grated zest of one large lemon or two small
2 egg yolks
150g plain flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp fresh or dried lavender to taste
in a food processor add the flour, sugar, lemon zest salt and lavender, pulse to combine, then add the butter and mix until it resembles bread crumbs, then add the two egg yolks and the vanilla extract and process for a minute until it comes together, tip on to the work surface and knead it a little to combine then wrap in cling film and refrigerate for at least an hour to firm it up to make it easier to roll out.
preheat oven to 180c
roll out the dough and cut into circles, i used a alphabet stamp from wholeport.com for some of the cookies.
 place them on a lined cookie sheet and put in the fridge while the oven is heating up.
bake for 8/10 minutes until golden.
then let cool.
to make glaze, juice the lemon and add half of it to a bowl with 300g powdered sugar and mix until smooth, then use a pallet knife and add the glaze to the shortbread or dip them into the bowl, then sprinkle over some lemon zest and lavender to finish.

 

 

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  3. Lemon and lavender are two of the very best flavor partners EVER.

    I like your "moodier" pics – but then again I pretty much love your blog as one of my all-time favies!!!

    Thank you for sharing your recipe – never thought about making my shortbread thin like that. And this is the best cookie with tea EVER.

    I may have to do some baking this week! : – )

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  17. I love lavender. These look simply delish. Your photos are stunning! I would love to invite you to share these at Modern Cottage Monday a new link party at Curate by Carrie Corson:)

  21. I bet they taste as wonderful as they look! Just wondering how many cookies will we get from this recipe?

  22. What size cookie cutter did you use? You said it makes about 15 but it’s hard to tell the size. Thank you! These look so yummy!

    • Hi kellie, it was such a long time ago i’m not sure if i still have the cookie cutter to measure it, they where about the same size of a digestive biscuit, are you familiar with those? xx

  23. Thank you for this simple yet elegant cookie recipe. I made it exactly as you indicated and they turned out beautifully. Excellent as a hostess gift.

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