Lavender and Citrus Sugar Cookies
Description
Delicate cookies flavored with lemon and lavender are cut out to your desired shapes with cookie cutters. If desired, brush cookies with beaten egg white and sprinkle with lavender and sugar before baking, or just try them dusted with confectioners' sugar after they're baked.
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups butter, softened
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1 cup white sugar
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1 extra large egg
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1 extra large egg yolk
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3 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
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2 1/2 teaspoons crushed dried lavender flowers
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1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Directions
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Beat butter and sugar in the work bowl of a stand mixer until mixture is creamy; beat egg, egg yolk, lemon zest, lavender, and vanilla extract into butter-sugar mixture at low speed. Beat flour into moist ingredients, 1 cup at a time, to make a workable dough. Form dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 3 hours.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
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Roll dough out on a floured work surface to a thickness of about 1/8 inch. Cut dough into shapes using cookie cutters and place cookies onto baking sheets.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until firm, 9 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on sheets for 2 to 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to finish cooling.