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Ever since I picked up this bag of organic lavender at a Hamburg Christmas Market, I have been looking for an opportunity to bake with it.
I know Kipferl is an Austrian cookie and mostly found at Christmas time. Yep, still on somewhat of that Christmas cookie tangent. Also I thought kipferl would be the perfect lab rat cookie for my first attempt at baking with lavender.
And they were. Fragrant, sugary, buttery, crumbly perfection.
Lavender Kipferl
Ingredients:
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons lavender
- 2 cups flour
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2/3 cup almond flour
- scant 1 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon lavender extract
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Place the granulated sugar and lavender in a food processor or grinder and blend together. Split into two half cup portions and set one aside.
- In a mixer blend one half cup of the lavender sugar, flour, powdered sugar, salt, almond flour, butter and extract into a smooth dough.
- Split the dough in half and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- I have this cutsey kipferl molded baking sheet, so I just filled the crescent impression with dough. If you don’t have a kipferl pan (I mean who does, really? Mine was an insane impulse buy last December), do the following:
- Taking one half at a time, roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface into a long piece about the width of your index finger.
- Using a sharp knife cut the long roll into 2 inch pieces.
- Place pieces on baking sheet curving them into a kipferl shape.
- Bake for 15 minute or until they turn slightly brown.
- Directly after removing the kipferl from the oven sprinkle with the remaining half cup of lavender sugar.
Makes about 60 kipferl.
3 comments
I didn't know there were pans for this! Love it. And the idea of using lavender in them makes them all the more charming!
Can you use the lavender from your yard? (Although my yard lavender looks a bit stringy and funky). Or, is it best to buy special lavender from a farm?
Love lavender! these cookies look so yummy. I like to add lavender to my butter pound cake recipe…Thanks for the recipe Lora!