Tag: afternoon tea

Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies [Recipe Review]

Lavender’s floral taste can be hit or miss for people. For me, it’s almost always a miss. That is, until now…

I have a love-hate relationship with lavender. I’ve wanted to like it for a very long time, but every time I tried it from a restaurant or cafe it tasted like soap. So I did some research and decided to try it at home with these cookies from Barley and Sage and now I finally understand why people like lavender! It’s delicious…in very small quantities lol. In fact, I liked it so much, I even made a Vanilla Lavender Simple Syrup so that I could eat my lavender and drink it too!

Pros and Cons of this Recipe

Pros
  • Delicious!
  • Easy to make
  • One bowl recipe
  • Perfect amount of lavender
  • Kid apporved
Cons
  • Two resting times
  • Finding the right lavender
  • Felt like something was missing

Recipe Review

Rating: 4 out of 5.

I loved this recipe! I made them for afternoon tea and barely had any left to bring home; the ones that I did bring home are currently being devoured by my children. For me, that’s when I know a recipe is a success.

Aside from how much everyone loved them, they were also easy to make and only required one bowl for quick clean-up. They did require a decent amount of rest time, once after the dough was made and again after the dough has been rolled and cut. That actually isn’t a huge problem for me because I was able to just make the dough the night before and let it rest in the fridge overnight. When it came time to bake, I split the dough in half and worked on them in a way that made rest time feel like no time at all. But it’s something to keep in mind if you’re strapped for time.

The cookies came out gorgeous, especially with that beautiful glaze on top. I would definitely recommend doing the glaze; without it, I felt the cookies were just a little flat, but the lemon zest and extra bit of lavender from the glaze really helps to make the flavors shine. I still felt like something was missing to help round these cookies out, but I can’t put my finger on it. It might be salt? I used table salt, but next time I might try to use kosher to get that nice salty bite.

And there will definitely be a next time because these cookies are so yummy and full of Spring flavors that I already want more!

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Farewell, friends. And Happy Spring!