Best Lavender Vanilla Lemon Drops Recipes

LAVENDER COOKIES

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I am a wedding and event planner and one of my brides served these unusual cookies at her reception, so I had to have this lavender butter cookies recipe. You can guess what her wedding color was! -Glenna Tooman, Boise, Idaho

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 40m

Yield about 6 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons dried lavender flowers
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, lavender, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets lightly coated with cooking spray. Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Cool 2 minutes before removing to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 54 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 9mg cholesterol, Sodium 35mg sodium, Carbohydrate 7g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

LAVENDER & VANILLA LEMON DROPS

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A delicious, light, experimental recipe I created. These are a good spring or summer cookie. For the lavender-vanilla sugar, I used --Rita--'s awesome recipe. (http://www.recipezaar.com/Lavender-Sugar-With-Vanilla-101039)

Provided by salad savior

Categories Drop Cookies

Time 25m

Yield 24-36 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1 cup lavender-vanilla sugar
2 large eggs, beaten (with a fork)
seeds from 1 vanilla bean
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
lemon, zest from 1
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon ground lavender

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cream butter and sugar.
Stir in eggs - make sure butter, sugar, and eggs are completely blended.
Stir in vanilla seeds and vanilla extract.
Fold in lemon juice and zest.
Gradually stir in lavender, make sure to mix well.
Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cream of tartar and slowly mix into wet mixture.
Chill for 1 hour.
On a fully prepped cookie sheet, drop cookies by the spoonful about 1 inch apart.
Bake at 375 for approximately 10 minutes.