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Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies

4.73 from 37 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 20 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup salted butter
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • zest of 3 lemons
  • 2 tablespoon dried lavender

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl combine your sugar, flour, and salt. Mix until combined.
  • Dice up your cold butter. Using a pastry cutter, cut in your butter until your butter and flour is about the size of oats and resembles wet sand.
  • Add your lemon zest and dried lavender. Mix with your hands and start to kneed your dough together. Your dough should be a crumbly dry texture but that is correct. Keep kneading and working until your dough is combined (if you are struggling with that you can use a stand mixer on low speed to combine).
  • On a heavily floured surface roll out your dough using a rolling pin, until your dough is about ½ inch thick.
  • Using a small biscuit cutter (or cookie cutter) cut out your cookies and transfer them to a baking sheet (with parchment paper on it). Re-knead your scraps together and repeat until all your dough is used.
  • Pre-heat your oven to 325 degrees and let your cookies rest in the freezer for at least 15 minutes. (DO NOT skip this step)
  • Bake your cookies for 12 minutes.
  • Let cool and enjoy!
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