Honey Lavender Cookies Recipes

HONEY LAVENDER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together butter and honey until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, lavender, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight). Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. I prefer a soft, thicker cookie, but this is your preference. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. A honey bee cookie cutter is particularly appropriate, but your favorite shapes will do. Place cookies 1 inch apart on un-greased cookie sheets, covered with parchment or a non-stick silicone baking mat. Bake 6 to 8 minutes for thinner cookies, 8 to 10 for thicker cookies. Cool completely before eating. The honey and lavender flavor doesn't really come through until they're completely cooled.

LAVENDER AND HONEY SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F
• Place flour, confectioners' sugar and cornstarch in food processor; cover; pulse to blend.
• Add butter; pulse until coarse crumbs form.
• Add honey, lavender and vanilla; pulse until dough pulls away from side of bowl.
• Place dough in ungreased 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom.
• Place waxed paper over dough.
• Press to form a smooth even layer in bottom of tart pan.
• Remove waxed paper.
• Pierce dough with a fork, then score top with sharp knife into 12 wedges.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until firm and just starting to brown around the edges. (Shortbread should be pale in color.)
• Place pan on wire rack.
• Cut through shortbread into wedges.
• While still warm but not hot, remove shortbread from pan to wire rack to cool.
• PREPARE VANILLA GLAZE:.
• Mix cup confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla extract in small bowl until well blended and smooth.
• Drizzle vanilla glaze over cooled shortbread.
• OTHER VARIATION:.
• Sprinkle shortbread with confectioners' sugar.