White Chocolate Lavender Cookies & My Use of Profanity
 
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Makes 24 cookies
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Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, 8 ounces
  • 2¼ cups bread flour, 12 ounces
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar, 2 ounces
  • 1¼ cups brown sugar, 8 ounces
  • 1 egg, large
  • 1 egg yolk, large
  • 2 tablespoons whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1½ cups white chocolate chunks, 9 ounces
  • 4 teaspoons dried lavender, more for garnish
Instructions
  1. Place butter in small pan and melt over low heat. Allow to cool.
  2. Combine flour, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl.
  3. Pour melted butter into mixing bowl.
  4. Add both sugars. Mix for 2-3 minutes.
  5. In a measuring cup mix egg, egg yolk, milk, vanilla extract and almond extract.
  6. Slowly add egg-mixture to the bowl and mix until thoroughly combined.
  7. Gradually add flour while scraping down the bowl.
  8. Remove bowl from mixer and stir in white chocolate chunks and lavender by hand.
  9. Chill dough for at least 2 hours or over night.
  10. Preheat oven to 375 Fahrenheit and place racks on top and bottom third of oven.
  11. Place parchment or silpats on 4 half-sheet pans.
  12. Scoop dough into 1.5 ounce portions ( I used a size 24 scoop.)
  13. Place 6 cookies on pan. (You can place more than scoops but the more scoops you place on each pan, the more the cookies will spread.)
  14. Sprinkle s couple of lavender buds on top of each cookie, optional
  15. Bake for 12-14 minutes rotating the pans, halfway through.
  16. Let cool in pan for about 5 minutes before removing to cooling rack.
  17. Stuff several in your face.
Recipe by I bake he shoots at http://ibakeheshoots.com/white-chocolate-lavender-cookies-my-use-of-profanity/