Chewy golden cookies with quality white chocolate and fragrant lavender buds are a dreamy treat. Finished with a sea salt garnish, these whimsical soft lavender white chocolate cookies will be delightful for any occasion.
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Keyword lavender chocolate chip cookies, lavender cookies, lavender white chocolate, lavender white chocolate chip cookies
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 12 minutesmins
Additional Time 10 minutesmins
Total Time 32 minutesmins
Servings 18cookie
Calories 190
Author All recipes by Sarah Buckley
Ingredients
2 ½280 grams cups all-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspoonsalt
2/3cupsbutter150 grams unsalted butter
3/4cup170 grams brown sugar
½cup100 grams granulated sugar
1large egg
1tablespoondried organic lavender budsfood grade
2teaspoonsof vanilla extract
Coarsely chopped white chocolate or white chocolate chips
optional - after baking, while cooling
sprinkle of sea salt for garnish on top of cookies
sprinkle of dried lavender buds for garnish on top of cookies
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F. (176C)
Prepare baking sheet with parchment paper.
Start by making a lavender sugar, where all of your flavor will come from. Do this by grinding up lavender with your brown and granulated sugar. I use a mortar and pestle, but a food processor works great too. Grind slightly, just enough so you don't have large pieces of lavender. Set aside.
Next, In a large bowl combine your dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Put the butter in a medium size sauce pan and melt over medium - low heat. Heat until melted and slightly browned. Pour melted butter into a large bowl.
Pour lavender sugar mixture over the melted butter and mix until well combined. Let butter cool for several minutes. Whisk in the egg and then vanilla.
Sift the dry ingredients into the butter/sugar (wet ingredients mixture) and mix, folding in the chocolate
Use a small cookie scoop to portion out even size cookie dough balls. Place them on your prepared baking sheet, giving at least an inch inbetween cookie - to allow for flattening.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden, the edges crisp, but the centers still soft. Let the cookies sit on the baking sheet for five minutes, then transfer them to cooling rack to cool further, before serving.
Garnish with additional lavender buds and a pinch of flaky sea salt, if desired!