Lavender biscuits

I thought today I needed to celebrate having lost a stone (7 kilos!!) in the last 6 weeks, which caused me much strive and suffering.

So, today I baked.

I had tried these only once from a friend (yes, L, you!), and coveted them since.

After extensive research on the Internet (and lots of fantasizing about food late at night), today I finally made them. And the result is superb, although I only allowed myself a quarter of a biscuit so far, but, as I write, the afternoon is still long.

Here is the recipe, adapted from a recipe by Meeester Nik.

Ingredients:

125g (4.5oz) of butter, softened
100g (3.5oz) of caster sugar
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons of lavender flowers (I used dried flowers from the garden, the original uses fresh ones)
150g (5.25oz) of 00 flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoon of coarsely chopped lemon zest

Directions:

Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees C (how many F?).

Cream butter and sugar, add beaten egg until nice and fluffy. Add flour and baking powder together. Mix might look dry at first but if you use an electric whisk and or insist with elbow grease it will go fluffy and amalgamated eventually.

Last but not least, add the lavender flowers and the lemon zest. My biscuits came out very aromatic, so you can play with measures here; other recipes use only 2 teaspoons of lavender.

Spoon the mixture on baking tray the size of a golf ball leaving some space for expanding, and put in oven for 15-20 minutes.








Although I am a through and through coffee lover, I would say these complement tea better, especially if it's the Lavender Tea I buy from my favorite tea house, High Tea of Highgate.