These are lovely cookies, not too sweet with just a hit of lavender flavor.
Ingredients
1 and one half cups unsalted butter
Two thirds cup sugar
2 tablespoons fresh or dried pesticide free lavender flowers
1 tablespoon fresh mint, finely chopped
2 and one third cup all-purpose flour
Half cup corn starch
Pinch salt
Preheat oven to 325F
Cover bottoms of two baking sheets with parchment paper. In large bowl cream together
butter, sugar, lavender and mint, using an electric mixer. Cream until light and fluffy.
3 minutes. Add flour, cornstarch and salt. Beat until incorporated. Divide dough in half. Flatten into two squares. Wrap in plastic. Chill in refrigerator until firm. On a floured surface roll or pat out each square to a thickness of half inch, Cut dough into 1 and one half inch squares. Prick each cookie with a fork.
Bake 20-25 minutes until pale gold in color. Do not over bake. Cool slightly.
Transfer to wire rack. Sprinkle with lavender powdered sugar.
Lavender powdered sugar: Put 4 - 5 sprigs of lavender flowers in a sealed jar with the powered sugar for a day before using the sugar.
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