#lavender shortbread

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Lavender Shortbread

Mentioned in Chapter 56 today’s recipe is for Fiona Pitch’s lavender shortbread. It seems Baz isn’t the only Pitch family member who has a thing for lavender. 

“He sits at my grotty little table and starts drinking my tea, dunking the last of my lavender shortbread in it.” Fiona Pitch, Chapter 56, Carry On. 

Lavender Shortbread:

Ingredients: 

3/4 pound salted butter (three sticks)

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/4 to 1/2 tsp. lavender extract (I prefer this to dried lavender--I have no patience for grinding lavender with a mortar and pestle and then having bits of it in my biscuits. It’s a personal thing. If you prefer dried lavender go right ahead--you may need more like 1 1/2 to 2 tsp of it.) 

Method:

I used a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. You can use a hand mixer.

I mixed the butter with the sugar until it was well combined. 

Then I added the vanilla and the lavender extract. I used 1/4 tsp of the extract and it had a faint lavender flavour. If you want a stronger flavour use the 1/2 tsp. 

Add the flour to the bowl and mix together until the dough starts to form a ball

place the dough ball on a nonstick baking mat

Roll out the dough on a baking mat until approximately 1/2 inch thick, then cut desired shapes. I have a square cutter so that’s what I used.

Cut the dough into shapes

I then cut these shapes in half because they seemed too large and my kids like the Walkers rectangular shortbread so I decided to try to match them. 

Refrigerate the cut dough for one hour, until cold and firm to touch. (I often forget this step, fyi). It’s good to think about preheating the oven while the dough is chilling. 

Preheat oven to 350F.

Bake the shortbread for 20-25 minutes, until they are lightly golden brown at the edges.

let them cool to room temperature before serving.

Baked biscuits:

Plated biscuits: 

Store in an airtight container. 

I served these at my book club and they were a hit. (We ate them as we raged about the lessons of feminism and the myth of having it all and how it’s not what it’s cracked up to be.) 

[dxppercxdxver]

Yoooooo I just made @cookingmywaythroughcarryon‘s recipe for lavender shortbread and HOLY SHIT????

I THINK I JUST HAD A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE???

[chronic-mastication]

Strawberry sundae, heather honey and lavender shortbread

[witch-bitch-coven]

Lavender shortbread recipe:

Hey guys so I found a great lavender shortbread recipe I wanted to share with you along with some changes I made to the recipe ( I’ll have the link at the end to the place I found the recipe). I hope you enjoy and if you have any questions feel free to ask!!!

Ingredients:

- 1tbsp of dried lavender flowers ( be sure you buy safe for consumption lavender, the articles recipe calls for 2tbsp but I found it a bit overpowering so I downgraded it a bit).

-2 sticks unsalted butter, softened to room-temperature

-1/2 cup sugar

-2 cups flour

-Purple food coloring (optional, in a normal assorted box of 4 I used 3 drops blue, 3 drops red, feel free to adjust based on your results).

Steps:

1. Mix lavender and sugar together with blender/ stir with spoon

2. Add lavender sugar to room temperature and stir, this is when I added in my food coloring.

3. Add flour and stir with fork or mixer until evenly mixed together.

4. Roll and cut out with circle cookie cutter Or mold the mix with your hands for the shape you want ( I went with the simple patty/circle design and made each about 1/2 an inch).

4 Optional. One of the batches I made I drew one of my anti-anxiety sigils into the top with a toothpick before putting it in the oven. Feel free to try this with any sigil you want!

5. Bake in oven at 300 degrees Fahrenheit ( 149 Celsius) for 15 minutes.

6. Enjoy!

I found the recipe at :https://www.buzzfeed.com/joannaborns/lavender-shortbread-recipe?utm_term=.fhlRB3DvO#.qvE0XjxpD ( They found the recipe somewhere else but the link was broken and I couldn’t find the original source)

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

Should I try making either a) rose shortbread or b) lavender shortbread tonight?

[jediartemis]

Two o’clock cake time.

Lavender shortbread.

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How to Make Lavender Simple Syrup

How to Make Lavender Simple Syrup

Lavender Simple Syrup is true to its name; it is quite simple to make. Basically all simple syrups are flavored sugar-water. Equal parts raw or organic sugar to water, heated to dissolve the sugar. Add a natural flavor, in this case lavender, but you can add any kind of citrus rinds, such as lemon, lime or orange. Pomegranate seeds, berries or herbs, like fresh mint, make wonderful simple syrups…

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