The month of June started with me having a weekend home alone. The boys were off to upstate New York to visit family and I stayed home and "held down the fort" as some would say. I had a really hard time deciding if it was going to be a pure all me and know one else but me weekend or to have a gals weekend. Well, I decided I wasn't ready for a pure all me and know one else weekend so a gals weekend it was.
The "gals" consisted of mom and I. The theme was drinking, cooking, and baking but luckily we did the cooking and baking first and the drinking second. I thought that would be a good idea considering we were trying recipes with my products to blog about and capture all our doings digitally.
We tried 7 recipes that weekend. This one came out perfectly but not so many pictures. It seemed that if we took all kinds of pictures the recipes still needs work but if we only have two like for the shortbread's it turned out awesome on the first try. Go Figure?
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 stick unsalted butter, at room
temperature
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
zest of 1 blood orange(seasonal Nov
to May) or regular orangeIn
a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, confectioners’ sugar, cornstarch and
salt. In a separate bowl, beat butter until creamy.
While continuing to mix,
slowly pour olive oil into butter until fully incorporated.
Stir in sugar,
vanilla extract, lavender, and zest to butter mixture.
Slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring together until just
blended.
Form dough into a ball and divide in
half. Roll each half into a 6'' log, wrap logs in plastic and refrigerate for
at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 325. Unwrap dough logs and cut each log into
1/3''-inch thick rounds. Place rounds about 1/2'' apart on baking sheets. Bake,
rotating pans halfway through, until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Transfer
cookies to wire sheets and allow to cool.
This dough can be very crumbly so I would suggest making sure the dough is really cold.
Store the cookies in an airtight container and the flavor of the Lavender and Blood Orange will meld together into a wonderful citrus and floral sensation!
This recipe was adapted from
A Couple in the Kitchen