Lemon Lavender Cookies - Feast Your Eyes

by Nanette Maxim, Posted May 6th 2010 @ 10:00AM

lemon lavender cookies Photo: sweetbeetandgreenbean, Flickr

Put a taste of the south in your mouth -- the South of France. This cookie will take you to the deep purple lavender fields of Provence, and the lemon groves of Menton. (You may have missed Menton's Fête du Citron, in February, but start planning for next year. Would it tempt you if I told you that they parade statues made from lemons through the street? C'mon, a Buddha made from lemons! You've got to see this.)

The recipe, from blogger sweetbeanandgreen, is for a buttery sugar cookie with both lemon juice and zest, which is rolled in sugar and crushed lavender. A little bit of lavender goes a long way, so if you're making these for the first time, go easy on it until you know how much floral taste you want in your dessert. (Too much, and it's like taking a bite of a bar of soap.) Lavender, by the way, is recognized by herbalists for its calming effects, and as a digestive, which may make this cookie, or a honey-lavender-plum gratin, perfect snacks for just before lights out.

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Filed Under: Feast Your Eyes
Tags: cookies, lavender, lemon cookies, LemonCookies, provence france, ProvenceFrance, sugar cookies

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5-08-2010 @3:38PM Maria said... Speaking of soapy tasting cookies, nothing can be as bad as girl scout cookies. YUUUCK !
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5-13-2010 @7:57AM Nanette said... Even Samoas, Maria?

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5-08-2010 @9:56PM Angela said... Hmm. . . I use lavender in my bath all the time. Anyone up for a lavender cookie bath? Just kidding,
the cookies look good.
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5-08-2010 @7:13PM Lynn said... I am SO, SO SICK of hearing about this RIDICULOUS "so-called" cookbook.
"Whipped and Beaten" is NOT a "COOKBOOK." it's a far cry from one!!
Please do NOT waste your money on it.!! Simply pathetic and a real shame that anyone would even consider it a "cookbook." I feel badly for all the REAL CHEFS out there who work so, so hard and then a person puts this RIDICULOUS book out there on the market. What a waste AND a SLAP IN THE FACE to REAL CHEFS!!
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