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Lavender's blue dilly, dilly.

Hi Joy here, this week I have been inspired by the Great British Bake Off watching the programme makes you want to rush straight into the kitchen and start baking. I like the different takes on traditional recipes and this got me thinking about Lavender Shortbread. I had seen jars of lavender sugar in the supermarket but it was always expensive. Surely with all the lavender in the garden I could make some?

1/2 lb (225g) caster sugar

1 handful lavender flowers, English lavender is best

A large jar

Push the lavender flowers off the stem with a fork.

Add the flowers into a jar with your sugar. I first put it into a quite large jar so that I could shake it up and disperse the flowers.

I found some lovely airtight jars in Lakeland to decant my mixture into.

I added a quick label and a flash of purple ribbon so that I could find it easily in the cupboard. I used it to make some shortbread which was delicious. I would have had a picture of it too but the children ate it before I could get my camera! When making the shortbread, sieve out the flowers from the sugar as you add it to your mixture,

I thought I may make some more for Christmas presents and print out some smart labels for them. I have considered making vanilla and cinnamon sugar as well.

Happy Baking Joy xxx

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Looks so pretty, Joy - I must let my Mum, who adores lavender, know about making your own lavender sugar. Things like a vanilla pod take such a long time to really seep through the sugar, that a jar of it as a Christmas present would really go down well. I can't count the number of times I've gone to the drawer for some and realised I'd run out - and it's too late then! Great idea!

Posted by: alexa | September 03, 2010 at 10:45 AM