Month long meme: day 021 ⇒ a recipe
Lavender cookies
5/8 cup of butter
1/2 white sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon lavender flowers
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flower
1/2 colored sugar (optional, for decoration)
1 tablespoon lavender flowers or crystallized violet petals
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar. Beat the egg, and blend into the butter and sugar. Mix in the lavender flowers and the flour. Drop batter by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
3. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden. Remove cookies to cooling racks, and sprinkle with decorative sugar and additional lavender flowers or violet petals, if desired.