Food

1900

Lavender Cookies

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beat slightly
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp. lavender flowers - snipped
8 oz. semisweet chocolate chips

Butter and flour a cookie sheet. Cream butter well. Add sugar and beat till well combined. Beat in eggs and Lavender flowers. Add flour gradually until you have a very stiff dough. Using about a pinky finger's worth of dough, roll into a cigar and place on baking sheet. Space about 2" apart. Bake at 350 for 15 to 18 minutes. Cool.

In a saucepan melt chocolate stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Dip half of each cookie in the chocolate. Cool well on a waxed sheet before serving so chocolate will set up nice. Serve with sprigs of lavender flowers.