Culinary Lavender Recipes
Hi Lavender Friends! Everyone is coming out with their pumpkin spice drinks for fall, and I'm happy they are! How about something a little different this fall though? Mix things up a little with our favorite fall hot beverage!
Lavender London Fog Latte
1-2 tsp Earl Grey Tea (or 1 Earl Grey teabag)
1 C milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1T lavender simple syrup
honey to taste
Mix the milk and vanilla together and heat to a simmer. Do not boil! Add the Earl Grey Tea in a bag or steeper, and let steep for 3-5 minutes. After steeping stir in the tablespoon of lavender simple syrup and a dash of honey for extra sweetness if desired. Sprinkle the top with a little cinnamon or ground lavender buds.
**If using Sleepy Bees Lavender Farms culinary lavender buds, there is a recipe for lavender simple syrup on the back of the package, otherwise just google it, the recipe is so easy!
- 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
- ¼ cup water
- ½ teaspoon dried lavender (more or less according to taste, I grind my lavender buds because I don't like the texture of whole buds)
- 4 large peaches, peeled and sliced (about 4 cups)- I used 6 peaches
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine ¼ cup sugar, water and lavender in a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add the lavender. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes. Add the peach slices and cook for 5 minutes.
Place the butter in a 9 x 9 baking dish. Put in the oven to melt the butter.
In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, remaining ¾ cup sugar, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon. Stir until smooth.
Pour the batter into your baking dish on top of the melted butter.
Spoon the peach mixture evenly over the batter.
Bake for about 50 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve while warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.
***I forgot to take a photo before we ate it, lol...this is an AI generated pic, but it looks real close!
Here is our first recipe celebrating cooking with culinary lavender, plus an additional recipe, (which I tried this week and it is WONDERFUL) from one of our followers!
Thank you LeeAnne Call for this fabulous Lavender recipe, it is the perfect way to kick off Baking For The Fallidays!
Lavender Shortbread- contributed by LeeAnne Call
The lavender is ground and dispersed throughout the shortbread so it's difficult to see, but the flavor is there and it's wonderful.
