Lavender Shortbread Cookies
These keto lavender shortbread cookies are a delicate low carb dessert made with no added sugar and a buttery gluten free texture. Infused with floral lavender flavor, these sugar free cookies are perfect for tea time or spring desserts.
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Have you ever had a lavender flavored dessert? It’s a new trendy ingredient, but its roots are found in classic tea time menus. Lavender smells amazing with a slightly citrusy and herbal sweetness that works very well with shortbread cookies. Why? We find that butter is a perfect balance to lavender, smoothing out the bright floral notes with rich buttery flavor. If you’ve never had lavender in a dessert before, these sugar free shortbread cookies are a perfect place to start. We make them keto friendly thanks to our sugar free lavender syrup. It’s sweetened with all natural monk fruit and contains prebiotic fiber so that this dessert is as functional as it is delicious.
These elegant cookies blossom with flavor despite having no added sugar. Plus, you’ll love how easy this recipe is and once you get the hang of it, you can customize it however you like. We decorate these lavender cookies with melted white chocolate. We take our keto white chocolate chips, melt them down, and drizzle them over the cookies. If you want to get really fancy with it, you can also sprinkle on some dried lavender. Just make sure it’s food grade and edible!
While these are baking in the oven, you’ll love the rich floral and sweet aroma. They’re the perfect cookie for a tea party or a simple spring time snack. Thanks to the gluten free lupin flour, they will have the same delicate crumb you want from a shortbread cookie. This flour helps keto bakers achieve the perfect texture without any wheat. But, wait! We have one more secret ingredient. What goes perfect with tea? Honey of course! If you’re making tea time cookies that are sugar free, you can’t miss with our keto honey. It enhances the sweetness of the cookie and works amazing with lavender. Our honey is bee-free and vegan, so it’s a great sweetener for anyone you know that can’t enjoy dairy.
Jump to recipe sections:
- How much lavender should I use in cookies?
- What does lavender taste like?
- How do I make keto shortbread cookies?
- How can I decorate sugar free shortbread cookies?
How much lavender should I use in cookies?
Lavender can be a tricky ingredient to get right, but once you’ve mastered the amounts for baking, it’s absolutely worth it. For this recipe, we use three tablespoons of our sugar free lavender syrup for flavoring and added sweetness. That way you can enjoy the floral notes of lavender without overpowering the shortbread cookie.
What does lavender taste like?
Lavender has a naturally sweet and slightly floral taste to it. Some detect a herby flavor to the flower that’s reminiscent of rosemary or mint. It smells amazing, which alerts the taste buds they’re about to go on a sweet journey of flavor! It’s best balanced with honey, but can also taste great with a little lemon. We like lavender in these shortbread cookies because the buttery flavor of the cookie works well with lavender.
How do I make keto shortbread cookies?
It’s easy to make keto shortbread cookies with the help of almond and lupin flour. Almond flour is a tasty gluten free flour that enhances the natural flavor of shortbread cookies, while lupin flour creates the texture you want for these sugar free cookies. We sweeten these cookies only with our syrup and honey, which means there’s no artificial sweeteners to leave a bad aftertaste. We use all natural monk fruit to sweeten!
How can I decorate sugar free shortbread cookies?
If you want to decorate shortbread cookies, you can never go wrong with melted chocolate. We melt our keto white chocolate chips and drizzle them over the cooled cookie. This adds a little more sweetness and delicious buttery flavor from the cocoa butter we use in our chocolate chips. You can also add some food-grade lavender, but it’s not necessary for a delicious baked goodie!
