London Fog Lavender Shortbread Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup (8 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
• ⅔ cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon Mary DiSomma’s Vanilla Extract
• 1 tablespoon (about 1 to 2 tea bags) Earl Grey tea, ground
• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ cups confectioners’ sugar
• 2 to 3 tablespoons whole milk, as needed
• ½ teaspoon vanilla paste or scraped seeds from ½ of a vanilla bean
• Culinary lavender or food grade lavender for decorating the final cookies
• Crystal sanding sugar