Lavender Cookies

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Lavender Cookies

 

Recipe By :Recipes from a Vegetarian Goddess

Serving Size : 18 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Cookies

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2 sticks unsalted butter or margarine -- room temperature

1 cup superfine sugar

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

2 free-range eggs -- well beaten

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon lavender buds

2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

 

In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, and salt until fluffy. Add the beaten

eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Add in the flour and mix on low speed just until the

dough is coming together. Sprinkle in the lavender buds and fold in gently

(don't overmix).

 

Divide the dough into two mounds and wrap up well in plastic. Chill in the

refrigerator for one hour at least.

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Flour your work surface and unwrap the dough. Take

half of it out and wrap up the other half to keep chilled in the fridge while

you work. Roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin, taking care not to

overwork or overstretch the tender dough.

 

Cut out shapes of hearts, full moons, stars, and crescents. Carefully move the

cookie shapes to nonstick cookie sheets, placing them 1/2-inch apart, fitting as

many as possible on each sheet.

 

Bake, two sheets at a time, until the cookies are golden brown, about 6-8

minutes. Use a thin spatula to move the hot cookies to a rack to cool. Store in

an airtight container when cooled.

 

Yield:

" 3 dozen "

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 205 Calories; 11g Fat (47.5% calories

from fat); 3g Protein; 25g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 48mg Cholesterol;

60mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 2 Fat; 1/2 Other

Carbohydrates.

 

Serving Ideas : Serve in the afternoon with cold, fresh lemonade or iced tea

with mint sprigs.

 

NOTES : The summer solstice brings us the first harvest of lavender buds. Bake

up

some love magick in your oven early in the morning before the day gets too

hot. Makes a classic summer combination with sherbet.

Nutr. Assoc. : 1553 1440 0 3235 0 0 14