Description
I’m totally addicted to using lavender as flavoring. If you think it sounds weird, may I suggest not knocking it like I did until you try it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons dried lavender buds
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup virgin coconut oil, softened
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 dash salt
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract (Optional)
- ½ teaspoon dried lavender buds
- ¼ cup confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8×12 inch baking dish.
- Make lavender sugar by blending the sugar and 2 teaspoons lavender buds in a blender; blend until the lavender is powdered.
- Blend together with an electric mixer 1/4 cup of the lavender sugar
- butter
- coconut oil
- 2 cups flour
- and salt in a bowl until a dough forms; press into the bottom of the prepared dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the top begins to turn golden brown; about 15 minutes.
- While the dough bakes
- mix together the remaining lavender sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- eggs
- lemon juice
- lemon extract
- and 1/2 teaspoon lavender buds; pour over the baked crust and return to the oven to bake until the center is set
- about 20 minutes. Allow to cool completely and dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 24