Lavender And Honey Shortbread

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup butter, slightly softened, cut into chunks
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon mccormick gourmet collection lavender
• 1/2 teaspoon mccormick pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon mccormick pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300°f
• 2 place flour, confectioners' sugar and cornstarch in food processor; cover; pulse to blend.
• 3 add butter; pulse until coarse crumbs form.
• 4 add honey, lavender and vanilla; pulse until dough pulls away from side of bowl.
• 5 place dough in ungreased 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom.
• 6 place waxed paper over dough.
• 7 press to form a smooth even layer in bottom of tart pan.
• 8 remove waxed paper.
• 9 pierce dough with a fork, then score top with sharp knife into 12 wedges.
• 10 bake 25 to 30 minutes or until firm and just starting to brown around the edges. (shortbread should be pale in color.)
• 11 place pan on wire rack.
• 12 cut through shortbread into wedges.
• 13 while still warm but not hot, remove shortbread from pan to wire rack to cool.
• 14 prepare vanilla glaze:.
• 15 mix cup confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla extract in small bowl until well blended and smooth.
• 16 drizzle vanilla glaze over cooled shortbread.
• 17 other variation:.
• 18 sprinkle shortbread with confectioners' sugar.