Lavender is quite an odd spice, and I've never really worked with it before until making these cookies. It's almost kind of difficult to explain the taste. I planted some lavender in my garden this year because it's a perennial and it keeps on coming back every year. Hopefully, they turn into beautiful big purple bushes. I'd love to dry my own lavender and make oils with it, eventually if the lavender ever takes off. Lavender is purple which happens to be one of my favorite colors!
I'd love to sit in this garden of lavender flowers one day and just drink a cup of tea or eat some lavender cookies.
A bushel of lavendars would look cute in this mason jar.
Recipe from Taste of Home
PrintLavender Cookies
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 1 hr
- Yield: 6 dozen 1x
Ingredients
½ cup shortening
½ cup butter, softened
1-¼ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
2-¼ cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons dried lavender flowers
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
In a large bowl, cream the shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Combine the flour, lavender, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets lightly coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 7 dozen.
Editor's Note: Look for dried lavender flowers in spice shops. If using lavender from the garden, make sure it hasn’t been treated with chemicals.
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 54
- Sugar: 4g
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
Keywords: lavendar cookies
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