I love Lavender, it just screams "summer" and I thought it was time to do a spot of baking with some I picked from my mum's garden - she has absolutely loads so I think the bees will forgive me for cutting just a small amount for my recipe, plus a bit extra for a vase too!
These biscuits are super easy to make and so I thought I'd share the recipe with you...300g / 10oz butter
180g / 7oz caster sugar
450g / 1lb plain flour
2 egg yolks
about 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped lavender leaves
about 1 tablespoon of lavender flowers
drop of milk (if required)
You could always halve the quantity - as you can see, this makes quite a lot - depending on what size cutters you use! I couldn't resist making heart shaped biscuits!Method:
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Then add your lavender leaves, most of the flowers and your flour and egg yolks and mix well. Knead your mixture into a soft dough and, if necessary, add a drop of milk to get a nice smooth ball. I then popped it in the fridge for half an hour before rolling out to my desired biscuit thickness, about 1/2 cm. Cut your biscuits out using your biscuit cutters and place on a greased baking tray. You can press extra lavender flowers into the top of each biscuit if you like. Bake in the oven at 160 o centrigrade / 320F for about 15-20 mins, or until firm.
Leave to cool in the trays for a few minutes to firm up before using a palette knife to remove and place on wire cooling trays.
Then settle down with a nice cuppa to enjoy a little taste of summer!The biscuits keep really well but if you make enough, why not share them with friends -they look really pretty presented in a clear cellophane bag and tied with ribbon and a parcel tag.
Jacqui x
i have a terrible time growing lavender here in Canada...though I have some friends who are successful, think it is just getting the right 'sort'
ReplyDelete..especially if the tag is tied with some purple 'Nutscene' string...I was the lucky recipient, Nic x
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