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lemon lavender shortbread cookies with lemon curd lined up cookie sheet

Lavender Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Silky, tart and sweet lemon curd sandwiched between buttery lemon lavender shortbread cookies
4.50 from 4 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Chill 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 12 sandwich cookies
Calories 328 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

Lemon Curd

  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 1 large egg
  • cup lemon juice
  • teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

Lavender Lemon Cookies

  • 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon culinary lavender
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • confectioners sugar, for dusting on top of cookies

Instructions
 

Lemon Curd

  • Combine the sugar and lemon zest into a bowl. Rub the mix between your hands to release the oils of the zest.
    ½ cup granulated sugar, 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • Add the egg and egg yolks to the sugar mixture and whisk to combine thoroughly. 
    3 large egg yolks, 1 large egg
  • Add the lemon juice and whisk to combine.
    ⅓ cup lemon juice
  • Pour the mixture into a medium sauce pan, and place over a medium low heat. Add the salt and butter. Whisk continuously to keep the mixture moving so your eggs don't scramble.
    ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt, 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
  • Cook the curd until thick and just beginning to bubble, or until an instant read thermometer reaches 170F.
  • Take the curd off of the heat and strain into a container using a fine mesh sieve and place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the curd to prevent a skin from forming.
  • Refrigerate curd for at least 2 hours or up to a week.

Lavender Lemon Shortbread Cookies

  • In a food processor, pulse together the flour, lavender, lemon zest and salt until well blended. You want the lavender to be dispersed and chopped up a bit.
    2 ¼ cups all purpose flour, ¾ teaspoon culinary lavender, 2 teaspoons lemon zest, ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the softened butter, powdered sugar and vanilla and beat together on medium speed until creamy and combined.
    1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, ½ cup powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Reduce the mixer speed to low. Add the flour mixture and beat just until combined.
  • Turn the dough out onto some plastic wrap. Press the dough together, forming a disc shape, about an inch in height. Wrap the dough with the plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for 1 hour.
  • Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
  • Dust your work surface with flour. Roll out cookie dough to about ⅛ - ¼ inch thick. 
  • Using a 3" flower shaped cutter, cut out flower shapes. Re-roll the remaining dough and continue cutting until all is used. You should have 24 cookies.
  • Place the cookies 2" apart on the baking sheets.
  • Using a 1" round cutter, cut a hole into the center of 12 of the cookies.
  • Place the cookies into the refrigerator to chill for an additional 30-40 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350F while the cookies are chilling.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the edges of the cookies start to turn a light golden brown.
  • Let cool completely on the cookie sheets or on a cooling rack.
  • Place the cookies with the holes in them on a cookie sheet and sift a light dusting of powdered sugar over the top.
    confectioners sugar, for dusting on top of cookies
  • Spread 1 ½ - 2 teaspoons of lemon curd on each whole cookie. Carefully top each with a sugar dusted cookie and press down gently until the curd reaches the edge of the cookies.

Nutrition

Calories: 328kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 4gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 112mgSodium: 84mgPotassium: 50mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 675IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
Keyword lavender, lavender lemon bars, lemon curd, linzer cookies, sandwich cookies, shortbread cookies
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