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

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.

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