Lavender Shortbread with White Chocolate

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Ingredients:

1 1/3 cup pastry flour

1 stick butter, cubed and left and left out at room temperature until slightly softened

1/4 bakers sugar

3 teaspoons finely powdered dried lavender

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

3 drops red food coloring

1 drop blue food coloring

1/3 cup white chocolate 

1. pour the flour onto a counter and make a well in the center

2. sift together the sugar, baking powder, salt, and ground up lavender

3. in the well of the flour mixture add the butter and sugar/lavender mixture

4. with your hands create a rough dough by working the flour into the center of the well until the dough begins to have a crumb like texture

5. in a small bowl whisk the egg with the vanilla and 3 drops of red food coloring and 1 drop of blue food coloring

6. make another well in the flour and add the egg/vanilla/food coloring in the well

7. mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated

8. tightly wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 2-3 hours

9. after 2-3 hours unroll the dough onto a lightly floured (2 tablespoons of flour should do) surface with a rolling pin until the dough is a little less that 1/2 inch thick

10. cut the dough with cookie cutters

11. bake for about 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 350

12. let cool on a cooling rack

13. in the meantime microwave the white chocolate for about 30-45 seconds and whisk until smooth

14. when the cookies are cool spread a thick layer of white chocolate across the bottom of the cookie and then put in the freezer for about 10 minutes until the chocolate hardens