Lavender Sugar Cookies

Name: Lavender Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 30 cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1/2 cup canola oil; 1 large egg; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar; 2 cups flour; 3 tablespoons fresh lavender flowers (about 16 stems with flowers pulled off); 1/4 cup coarse sugar (colored is nice!); 1 -2 tablespoon fresh lavender flowers

Submitted by sofie-a-toast

"A soft, beautiful cookie. Perfect for a special springtime treat!"

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photo by Lalaloula

Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 30 cookies

ingredients

Cookies
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
¹⁄₂ cup butter
¹⁄₂ cup powdered sugar
¹⁄₂ cup canola oil
1 large egg
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cream of tartar
2 cups flour
3 tablespoons fresh lavender flowers (about 16 stems with flowers pulled off)
Topping
¹⁄₄ cup coarse sugar (colored is nice!)
1 -2 tablespoon fresh lavender flowers

directions

Cream the sugar, butter, powdered sugar and canola oil.
Mix in the egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, stir together the baking soda, cream of tartar, flour and lavender flowers.
Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients a cup at a time.
Chill for 2 hours.
Drop 1 or 2 inch balls onto a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven.
Immediately after taking out, sprinkle sugar and lavendar flowers on top of each cookie.

Questions & Replies

can you use dried lavender?

Angelina L.

Reviews

Delicious!! I used dried flowers and the conversion was 1/3 so I only used 1 Tbs of lavender and it was the perfect amount. I made these to go with this lemon ice cream (https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lemon-ice-cream-10427) and it was heaven!

Hannah W.
Excellent! Everyone that tasted these fell in love with them, even those unsure of trying food with lavender in it. The texture is as perfect as you can get with these cookies, the lavender is not at all overwhelming, and they are just wonderful!

Carol A.
Definitely five stars! These cookies are wonderful, delicate little gems! I made them with gluten free cake and cookie flour mix, and they turned out perfect! Thanks so much for sharing.<br/>Made for ZWT 8 / France.

Mia in Germany
What a great recipe, sofie! The lavender taste is just right and makes these cookies very special! I loved it! The dough was super easy to work with and dropping the cookies onto the sheet worked out nicely. I got 36 chunky cookies from the full recipe and the only thing I changed was to reduce the oil a tad. I used blueberry sugar to sprinkle on top, but sadly it didnt stay on that well. Ah well, the cookies disappeared super fast anyways and nobody really cared. :) <br/>THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this great recipe with us, sofie! Made and reviewed for PRMR April 2012.

Lalaloula