Lavender Shortbread

These are a lovely variation on traditional shortbread, I use Waitrose Lavender Sugar in my recipe...

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   1. Sift the flour & stir in the sugar. Work in the butter using your fingertips until it starts to bind together to a dough. I'd normally just blitz it in my food processor, but it would destroy all the lavender flowers. If it's difficult to get it to bind, add a little dash of milk to help it along.
   
   2. Once it's all combined, knead it until you have a smooth dough. Roll it into a sauage shape, wrap it in foil or cling film & put it in the fridge for 30minutes to chill.
   
   3. It's up to you if you want to roll it out & use a cookie cutter. I'm a bit lazy & just slice the sausage shaped dough into 5mm thick discs.
   
   4. Place the biccies on a greased baking tray & sprinkle a little sugar over the top. Bake in the oven at 170c/GM3 for around 10 minutes until the edges are just golden.