Lavender Shortbread Cookies

Lavender Shortbread Cookies- #RecipeInBloom

Romantic Lavender Shortbread Cookies- Recipe
Time 10 minutes to prepare  -  10-12 minute cooking time

Makes 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 cup organic all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unblanched almond flour meal
2 Tbs. Arrowroot
2 Tbs. Organic Pure Cane Sugar
1 Tbs. Dried Lavender
1/2 tsp ground pink Himalayan salt
1/2 tsp Organic baking soda
1/2 cup butter- chilled and cubed
2 Tbs. fresh organic lemon zest
2 Tbs. Local wildflower honey
1 Tbs. Organic Lemon juice

Preheat over to 350 degrees

Use a standard cookie sheet- place parchment paper on cookie sheet

In a medium bowl- mix the follow ingredients:
flour, almond flour, arrowroot, sugar, lavender, salt and baking soda- until well combined.

Cube butter into 1/4″ pieces and add butter and lemon zest to dry mixture… combine until a coarse dough forms.

Add wildflower honey and lemon juice to the mixture until a soft dough forms.

Spoon 1 inch balls of dough onto baking sheet. Use the bottom of glass dipped in arrowroot to press the balls into flat discs. Approximately a half inch thick…
Bake for 10-12  minutes at 350 degrees or until light brown… remove from oven
and let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes… then transfer to a wire rack.

J adds romantic lavender buds to this shortbread cookie recipe on Life in Bloom!

J adds romantic lavender buds to this shortbread cookie recipe on Life in Bloom!

Featured on J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom – Romance Episode!