Lavender Sugar Cookies

This recipe comes from Denise (Jackson) Dailey.

Ingredients Instructions

Frosting

  • 6 tablespoons milk
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups powdered sugar

Frosting

  1. Mix.
  2. Divide into three parts, and add different food coloring to each part.

Cookies

  • 1 1/2 cups butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons lavender blossoms
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 5 1/2 cups flour

Cookies

  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Blend in eggs and lavender blossoms.
  3. Add salt and baking powder.
  4. Add flour.
  5. Chill dough for 1 to 2 hours.

  6. Roll out to 1/8 inch thick, and cut into shapes.
  7. Bake at 400 for 6 to 8 minutes, or until lightly browned.
  8. Let cool.

  9. Frost using paint brushes, thinning frosting as necessary.