Lavender Biscuits (Typical Alto Adige recipe)

 Ingredients:

• 9 tbsp of butter
• 7 tbsp of sugar
• 10 tbsp of flour
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp dried lavender flowers
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• icing sugar

Take out the butter from the fridge. 

Cut the softened butter in little cubes.

Knead the butter with the sugar, the egg, the flour, the dried lavender flowers, the baking powder and a pinch of salt.

Roll out the dough about 1 cm (0.5 in.) wide.

Cut the biscuits with a cookie cutter.

Preheat the oven at 350 F.

Place the biscuits on a baking tin covered by baking paper.

Bake for 20 minutes.

Let cool and sprinkle the biscuits with icing sugar.