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)
- In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients flour, baking powder salt
- In another bowl cream butter with sugar till light and fluffy
- Add eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon extract
- Mix slowly the flour in with the wet ingredients till completely incoprated
- Then mix in the lavender into the dough.
- 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)
- Make 4-5 tubes of cookies.
- 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.
- 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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