Secret Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies

Secret Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies!

submitted by Marlene Morris

 

 

• 1/2 cup real butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• *** 2 Tbsp. dried Sweet Lavender flowers (3-4 Tbsp. fresh flowers)
• 1 large egg
• 2 Tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1 1/2 cups white flour
• 3/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 generous cup good chocolate chips

Bowl 1: Blend butter, sugar & Lavender until smooth. Add egg, milk & vanilla in next.Bowl 2: Blend oatmeal, flour, and baking powder together; add in your chocolate chips to this dry mix.Blend both mixes together to form soft dough.(If it is too sticky, add a bit more flour.)Place by teaspoons onto baking tray.Set oven @ 350° FBake 10 minutes for soft cookies, 15 mins for crisp ones.OPTIONAL: Add 3 or 4 pieces of crystallized ginger finely chopped OR zest of one orange. OR: 1 cup nuts, raisins, coconut OR dried sweetened cranberries.FOR A CHOCOLATE dough base: Add ½ cup of cocoa powder in with flour & sugar and decrease the chocolate chip amount slightly.