Lavender Cookies

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup golden superfine sugar, plus extra for dusting (55 g)
• 1 teaspoon lavender leaves, chopped
• 4 ounces butter, softened, plus extra for greasing (115 g)
• 1 lemon, finely grated rind
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (175 g)

Recipe

• 1 place the sugar and lavender leaves in a food processor.
• 2 process until the lavender is very finely chopped, then add the butter and lemon rind and process until light and fluffy.
• 3 transfer to a large bowl.
• 4 sift in the flour and beat until the mixture forms a stiff dough.
• 5 place the dough on a sheet of parchment paper and place another sheet on top.
• 6 gently press down with a rolling pin and roll out to 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick.
• 7 remove the top sheet of paper and stamp out circles from the dough using a 2 3/4 inch round cookie cutter.
• 8 re-knead and re-roll the dough trimmings and stamp out more cookies,.
• 9 using a spatula, carefully transfer the cookies to a large, greased cookie sheet.
• 10 prick the cookies with a fork and bake in a preheated oven,
• 11 300 degrees for 12 minutes, or until pale golden brown.
• 12 let cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.