I love cooking with lavender. You can make a latte, hot chocolate, cook your clams in the lavender broth, make scones, and all kinds of other wonderful things that lavender can flavor. With the holiday season coming and all the baking ahead of us, here’s an easy way to add a little touch of lavender to your cookies or cakes. Make lavender sugar. But get it started now.
I have several types of culinary lavender growing. They are doing absolutely fabulous this year. You can use it fresh or dried.
Just make sure you’re using culinary grade lavender. Do not use lavender from the craft store.
Here’s how you do it:
Put 15 to 20 dried flower heads into a quart sized jar. You’ll need the dried flowers so no moisture is introduced to the sugar.
Fill the jar with sugar, screw the lid on tight and give it a good shake.
Label the jar, including the date that you put the lavender in. Let it sit for 4 to 5 weeks.
When you open the jar you should smell the lavender. If you don’t, you need to let it sit a little bit longer.
This sugar is fantastic for making cookies topping cookies, making other kinds of sweets and treats, lavender hot cocoa, and a whole variety of other things.
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This sugar is fantastic for making cookies topping cookies, making other kinds of sweets and treats, lavender hot cocoa, and a whole variety of other things.
- 15-20 flower heads dried culinary lavender (about 4 tablespoons) Do not use craft store lavender
- 4 cups fine white sugar
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Put 15 to 20 dried flower heads into a quart sized jar. You'll need the dried flowers so no moisture is introduced to the sugar.
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Fill the jar with sugar, screw the lid on tight and give it a good shake.
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Label the jar, including the date that you put the lavender in. Let it sit for 4 to 5 weeks.
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When you open the jar you should smell the lavender. If you don't, you need to let it sit a little bit longer.
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The sugar is fantastic for making cookies topping cookies, making other kinds of sweets and treats, lavender hot cocoa, and a whole variety of other things.
© Copyright 2022 The Lazy Gastronome
YUM, sounds good except I no longer eat sugar. I never heard of doing this before but I love lavender!! Thanks so much for linking up at the Unlimited Link Party 83. Shared.
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thanks Dee