Lavender and Citrus Sugar Cookies

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.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 166 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 extra large egg
• 1 extra large egg yolk
• 1.5 cups butter, softened
• 3.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.25 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3.5 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
• 2.5 teaspoons crushed dried lavender flowers

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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.

Step 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.