Easy Cookie Recipes: Lemon Lavender Cookies :  these are  yummy lemon cookies are summer in a cookie.  The lemon flavor with a subtle lavender aroma.  You will find these cookies are a great addition to any summer cook out.  My Recipe for Lemon Lavender cookies are made as icebox cookies so you can make a head and freeze  then slice off as needed. The Lavender and lemon are natural repellants for flies and mosquitoes,  so tasty and a pest deterrent. 

Lemon Lavender Cookies

• 2 1/2cups  Flour  sifted
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 2 sticks of unsalted butter
• 2 eggs yokes
• 2 teaspoon of vanilla
•  1 cup Sugar
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1 Teaspoon of lemon extract
• 1 Tablespoon of lavender (for cooking)

1. In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients flour, baking powder salt
2. In another bowl cream butter with sugar  till light and fluffy
3. Add eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon extract
4. Mix slowly the flour in with the wet ingredients till completely incoprated
5. Then mix in the lavender into the dough.
6. Roll the dough in a tube, and roll in wax paper and place in the fridge  to chill for 2-3 hours or overnight. (you can also freeze the dough)
7. Make 4-5 tubes of cookies.
8. Slice the cookies off into 1/4″ slices,  I used the back of a spoon to make the crescent shape, place on a cookie sheet.
9. Bake at 425 for 12 minutes or golden brown.

These Lemon Lavender cookies are unique and different.  You will surprise  your friends and family with a cookies that is special.  I brought them to a family picnic,  and they were a hit among the crowd.    The cookies are sophisticated and buttery the light delicate flavor of lavender and lemon.

These are great to freeze and take them out and slice a few off.   They also make a yummy after school treat.

What are some of your favorite cookies?

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