Lemon Lavender Cookies

Ugly Duckling Bakery

These lemon lavender cookies are as easy as 1 2 3. Because that's the ratio of sugar, butter, and flour in this lemon lavender shortbread cookie recipe.

Lemon Lavender Cookies

Lemon Lavender Cookie Ingredients

sugar  butter  culinary lavender lemon zest vanilla flour salt

Yup. Pound cakes like this chocolate chip pound cake have a standard ratio. Classic pound cakes are a pound of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs.

Baking ratios?

To make lemon lavender shortbread cookies, cream 1 ounce of sugar for every 2 ounces of butter. Then 3 ounces of flour.  Easy as 1 2 3!

Tips and tricks for these lemon lavender cookies

After a quick chill, roll the dough and cut them into any shape. Or roll the shortbread cookie dough into a log and slice off cookies as you want them.

Tips and tricks for these lemon lavender cookies

Space them quite closely on your baking sheet, because the lemon lavender shortbread cookie dough won't spread in the oven.

Tips and tricks for these lemon lavender cookies

Bake until they are just beginning to brown. They will continue to firm up as they cool.

Tips and tricks for these lemon lavender cookies