Victorian Lavender Cookies With Rose Water Icing
"These delicious lavender cookies are a real treat--perfect for tea-time, or for serving out on the veranda with a pitcher of ice-cold lemonade! From The Spice House. Note: Icing amount as written is very generous for these cookies, feel free to reduce to one half or one quarter the recipe, as you like."
photo by The Boots
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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4 dozen Cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon lavender, crushed
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
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For Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 5 1⁄2 teaspoons water
- 6 1⁄2 teaspoons rose water
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, lavender, flour, baking powder and salt.
- Drop by teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes.
- While the cookies bake, prepare the icing by mixing the powdered sugar with water and rose water. Drizzle over the cookies after they have cooled.
Questions & Replies
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I couldn't find lavender, what herb can I use instead of lavender.
Reviews
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omg it was fantastic!! me and my friends most certently enjoyed it -
I was unable to taste the lavender in mine. Perhaps my lavender is old? I will use 2 tsp. next time. A good buttery cookie. -
Very good. I did add some vanilla extract to the cookie dough. I baked on Silpats and needed to bake about 12 minutes before the edges began to turn a light golden brown. The recipe made far more icing than needed...next time I will make only 1/4th the quantity of icing. Only a very light drizzle of icing is needed so that the lovely flavor of the lavender cookie is not over powered. Thanks for posting! -
That tasted delicious :) I agree about amount of icing - only a little is needed, I used 1/4 of icing suggested.<br/>I have also used dark brown sugar instead of white. It made cookies light brown and they tasted great :)
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