Delicate and ethereal, contrasting notes creating a harmony that both surprises and delights. This, my friends, is the magic of lemon rose shortbread.
Course Botanical Shortbread
Cuisine Cookies
Keyword lemon rose shortbread, valentines shortbread
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 12 minutesmins
10 minutesmins
Servings 16cookies
Calories 97
Author sarah
Ingredients
Cookies
1cupbutter softenedsalted (225 grams)
½cuppowdered sugar60 grams
2tablespoonsgranulated sugar
½cupcorn starch68 grams
1pinchsalt
2cupsall-purpose flour260 grams
1tablespoondried organic rose petals
1lemonzest only - reserve juice for icing
Icing
1cupicing sugar125 grams
Juice of one lemon
1tablespoonrose water*
¼cupmilk4 tablespoons, 57 grams
1tablespoonVanilla extract or the beans of 1 vanilla bean pod
Instructions
Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F or 176 C.
Start by making a rose lemon sugar, where all of your flavor will come from. Do this by grinding up your granulated sugar, rose petals and lemon zest together. I use a mortar and pestle, but a food processor or blender works great too. Add your powdered sugar in as well now and mix.
Cream butter with your rose lemon sugar until well incorporated and fluffy.
Sift in the flour and cornstarch and gradually mix.
You will need to get your hands dirty and really mix well to incorporate all of the butter into the flour. Work it with your hands until the dough becomes a ball. At this point, you can chill the dough if you're not ready to bake, but it's not necessary with this dough.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes. I used a heart cookie cutter.
Bake for 12 minutes. Longer if you want them golden brown and more crisp (my personal preference) But they should be done and have a nice crumb, and still be pale at 12 minutes if your oven temperature is correct. Let cookies cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack.
Let them cool completely and make your icing.
Icing:
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl until it has a smooth and runny consistency. If it needs to be thinned more, add a few more drops of milk.
Dip your cookies into the icing after they have cooled.