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Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies

These delightful shortbread cookies offer a delightful twist! A hint of floral lavender and a burst of lemon create a delicate, fragrant treat. The buttery crumb melts in your mouth. Perfect for afternoon tea or a special occasion.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Dough Resting Time 20 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Course Bread
Servings 10 Biscuits
Calories 170 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 3.5 oz softened butter
  • 1/3 cup icing sugar
  • 1/2 cup plain flour
  • 1/3 cup cornflour (corn starch)
  • Finely grated zest of 1 small lemon (about 1 teaspoon)
  • 1 tsp dried culinary lavender plus 1 tsp extra to
  • decorate

For the lemon icing:

  • 1 cup icing sugar (confectioner's sugar)
  • 2-3 tsp lemon juice

Instructions
 

For the shortbread:

  • Preheat the oven to 160˚C (320˚F) and line an oven tray with baking paper.
  • Put butter, sugar, flour, cornflour and lemon zest in a food processor and pulse until it starts toclump together. Add lavender and pulse very briefly to combine.
  • Tip dough onto a clean bench dusted with remaining flour. Gather up the dough with your handsvery gently, then pat into a round disc, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
  • Roll dough out between two pieces of baking paper, to 5mm (1.9 inch) thick and cut out shapesusing a cookie cutter (mine were about 3 inch circles).
  • Place on prepared tray* and bake 10-12 minutes until lightly golden, leave to cool on a wire rack.

For the lemon icing:

  • Add the icing sugar to a small bowl and add the lemon juice in small amounts until the mixture iscombined and thick (you don't want it to be too runny). Add teaspoon-ful lots of the icing on topof each biscuit (if it's the right consistency, it should gently level out, or you can tilt each biscuit toencourage the icing to spread).
  • Decorate by sprinkling a little lavender over top of the icing before it sets. Refrigerate to set theicing. The biscuits can be stored in a container in a cool area or, if it's very warm, in therefrigerator.

Nutrition

Calories: 170kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 64mgPotassium: 21mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 248IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 0.4mg
Keyword Lavender Shortbread, Lemon Shortbread
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