Lavender-vanilla Pillows

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon dried lavender
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split in half and scraped (or 1 t. vanilla extract)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 using a mortar and pestle, grind and crush the 1 teaspoon lavender.
• 3 in a small bowl, combine the lavender and the water; set aside for 10 minutes.
• 4 in a large bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• 5 add the 1/2 cup powdered sugar; beat until combined, scraping bowl occasionally.
• 6 beat in lavender mixture and vanilla bean seeds.
• 7 gradually add flour, beating on low speed until combined.
• 8 divide dough into 36 equal portions (each about 3 teaspoons of dough).
• 9 with lightly floured fingers, press each portion of dough evenly into bottom of an ungreased 1 3/4-inch muffin cup.
• 10 bake about 20 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned and pick comes out clean.
• 11 cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 12 using a thin knife, loosen edges of cookies from muffin cups and remove.
• 13 transfer to a wire rack; cool.
• 14 lightly sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar just before serving.
• 15 store-layer cookies between sheets of waxed paper in an airtight container; cover.
• 16 store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.