The “bang” of the party will undoubtedly be the cocktail-sized meatballs of chicken and pork coated in the ideal balance of sweet and spice. No one should be without on game day.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 3 hrs 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs |
| Servings: | 30 |
| Yield: | 5 dozen cookies |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 extra large egg
- 1 extra large egg yolk
- 3 ½ teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
- 2 ½ teaspoons crushed dried lavender flowers
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar in the work bowl of a stand mixer until mixture is creamy; beat egg, egg yolk, lemon zest, lavender, and vanilla extract into butter-sugar mixture at low speed. Beat flour into moist ingredients, 1 cup at a time, to make a workable dough. Form dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Roll dough out on a floured work surface to a thickness of about 1/8 inch. Cut dough into shapes using cookie cutters and place cookies onto baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until firm, 9 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on sheets for 2 to 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to finish cooling.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 166 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 40 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 69 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I added lavender extract to the cookie recipe. I made an icing with lemon juice, powdered sugar and meringue powder then topped it with dry lavender flowers and lemon zest.
It was amazing. Very simple recipe. Next time, I would a little more lavender and even add lavender AND lemon extracts .