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Melt-in-Your-Mouth Lavender Shortbread

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Lavender Shortbread

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Lavender Shortbread

Recipe By Elizabeth Bannas, Savory Spice—Portland, OR customer

Yields

1 dozen

Prep Time

10 Minutes

Cooking Time

13 Minutes

Recipe By Elizabeth Bannas, Savory Spice—Portland, OR customer

Delicately flavored shortbreads, perfect alongside a cup of tea.

Recipe Notes

To make Rose Shortbread, use 1 Tbsp. crushed rose petals and 2 tsp. rose water in place of lavender flowers and lavender extract.

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/4 cup powdered sugar



Savory Spice ingredients in this recipe

  • Lavender

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  • Natural Lavender Extract

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Directions

Whip butter with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 5 min. Stir in lavender extract, powdered sugar, cornstarch and flour, and beat on low for 1 min., then on high for 3 to 4 min. Stir in lavender flowers. Drop cookies by heaping teaspoons about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 13 min., watching that the edges don't brown too much. Cool cookies on wire racks.