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Home » Homemade Seasonings » An Easy Recipe For Homemade Lavender Sugar

An Easy Recipe For Homemade Lavender Sugar

Author: Karon Grieve Published : April 2012

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Lavender – I love it. Old fashioned in look, delightful in scent, and 100% useful is so many ways.

I know I’ve done lots of posts using lavender in various ways, one of the simplest and tastiest is to use it to infuse sugar with this delicate floral scent and taste.

Lavender is used a lot in cooking in the south of France, we tend to associate the plant more with bathing than cooking and we are missing a trick on that score.

This lavender sugar recipe is from my book So Easy Herbal where you’ll find over 50 fabulous ways to use herbs in all areas of the home.

Here is how to make lavender sugar

Take 10 heads of dried  lavender for half kilo of caster sugar and crumble them into the sugar. Store in a large jar with enough space for you to shake the sugar about a bit and make sure it’s well mixed.

You can also zap the sugar and lavender in your food processor if you want.

Leave it for a week to mature and allow the flavour to develop.

How to use lavender sugar

Use as a sweetener in delicate teas for a summer picnic or tea party.

Bake with it in plain types of cakes and shortbread.

Whip your lavender sugar into cream for a topping for puddings.

Or simply sprinkle it on strawberries and other yummy fruit.

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Homemade Lavender Sugar

Karon Grieve
This super tasty lavender sugar is perfect for baking and desserts
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 5 minutes mins
Course seasonings
Cuisine French
Calories 1950 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 2 tbsp lavender or 10 lavender heads
  • 500 g caster sugar

Instructions
 

  • Mix both ingredients in a large jar with a lid, shake well and leave for a week for the flavours to infuse.

Notes

Use for baking (especially shortbread, cookies and summery cakes

Nutrition

Calories: 1950kcalCarbohydrates: 503gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 10mgSugar: 499gVitamin A: 90IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 71mgIron: 1mg
My Top Tips*Always read the full recipe first. *Assemble all your ingredients and everything you need before you start. *For baking check the size of tins I’m using as this makes a big difference to your cakes. * I use medium sized eggs unless otherwise stated. * I use extra virgin olive oil unless otherwise stated. * I use unsalted butter unless otherwise stated. * Check out My Preserving Kit!
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Comments

  1. Sue says

    April 18, 2012 at 10:01 am

    Yummy. So easy to make and so bl**dy expensive to buy. Something I always have in my baking cupboard.

    Lavender shortbread…….mmmm!!

    Why are SO many Blog posts about food this morning (haha….I’ve just realised after typing this that mine is too!!) …..I’m getting very hungry in Blogworld today.

    Sue xx

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