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Sweet Lemon and Lavender Biscuits

February 2, 2013 by Nancy Lopez-McHugh 41 Comments

Lemon Lavender Biscuits Made with Buttermilk Recipe by Spicie Foodie

When you think lavender what images race through your mind? A light violet color, sweet scent, fields in Southern France, and serenity are what I picture. Cooking ingredient is the last thing that I think of.

The first time lavender came into my kitchen was in a packet of herbes de Provence. The herb mixture was most often used in fish or other savory dishes. Never did I imagine using lavender as an ingredient in sweet recipes. That was up until a few years ago when lavender appeared to become the hip ingredient in the food blogging community.

Initially it didn’t really appeal to me because I’m not much of a baker and sweets are an occasional treat for us. The other reason is that I had this idea in my head that the sweets would taste like perfume or the lavender essential oil that I used in the bath. But I was wrong because as long as you don’t overuse it that taste will not be there. After a few experiments I discovered that lavender is a great culinary ingredient.

As I mentioned before lavender makes up part of the herb mixture called herbes de Provence. It can also be infused with other ingredients to prepare a tisane or herbal tea, paired with cheeses, candied for cake decorating or mixed with sugar to create lavender sugar. My favorite sweet uses for this lightly floral ingredient are in biscuits, scones and muffins. I also love infusing it with lemon honey tea for a relaxing night time drink.

4.8 from 6 reviews
Sweet Lemon Lavender Biscuits
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
These biscuits are soft, sweet with scents of lemon zest and lavender buds. The outer crust is crumbly while the center is soft and moist. Served warm with soft butter and honey makes them great for breakfast or an accompaniment to your afternoon tea.
Author: SpicieFoodie.com &Nancy Lopez-McHugh
Recipe type: Baked, Breakfast, Brunch, Snack, Dessert
Cuisine: International, American, Baked
Serves: Makes 9
Ingredients
  • 1¾ cups all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp. baking powder
  • ¼ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp white sugar (adjust to taste)
  • zest from 1 small lemon
  • ½ tsp dried lavender, grind in a mortar and pestle to small granules
  • 4 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • ¾ cup of buttermilk
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 428 f or 220 c. Sift the flour, salt, sugar, zest, lavender, baking powder and baking soda into a large bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces and place inside the bowl with the flour. Using either a pastry cutter or your hands work the butter into the flour mixture. Continue until it has becomes coarse crumbs. Little by little start adding the buttermilk and stopping to work it into the crumb until all of the milk has all been used.
  2. Gather the dough into a large even height piece. Use a cookie cutter to cut the biscuits. I cut 6 pieces but it will depend on the cookie cutter size you use. Place biscuits onto a cookie sheet and bake in center of oven for 15 minutes or until baked through. Allow to cool sightly before serving.
Notes
Makes 9 extra small biscuits.
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These biscuits are soft, sweet with scents of lemon zest and lavender buds. The outer crust is crumbly while the center is soft and moist. Served warm with softened butter and honey makes them great for breakfast or an accompaniment to your afternoon tea. These may not be the prettiest biscuits but they sure brought a bit of serenity with each bite.

Lemon Lavender Biscuits Made with Buttermilk Recipe by Spicie Foodie

 

Next time I bake with lavender it will also include chocolate. I hear chocolate pairs deliciously with lavender. Have you tried the combination, or what is your favorite sweet lavender recipe? Do share in the comments below.

 

Other great lavender uses and recipes.
– Joy The Baker’s Lavender Vanilla Sugar Recipe
– Lavender & Vanilla Marshmallows by Drawings Under The Table
– Pear and Lavender Butter by The Musician Who Cooks
– Flavored Simple Syrups by Laura Friendly
– The Purple Haze of Provence by The Hedonista
– Molly’s Sketchbook: Lavender Sachets by The Purl Bee

 

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Filed Under: Baked, Desserts-Sweets

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Comments

  1. Rosa says

    February 2, 2013 at 11:35

    Beautiful biscuits! That flavor combination is great.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 2, 2013 at 22:39

      Thank you Rosa!

      Reply
  2. yummychunklet says

    February 2, 2013 at 15:35

    Oh, I love baking with lavender. Great looking biscuits!

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 2, 2013 at 22:40

      Thanks Yummychunklet!

      Reply
  3. What's Baking?? says

    February 2, 2013 at 16:08

    Me too..never thought that of baking with lavender until my sis gave me some. Kind of wondering whether the bakes using lavender will smell like aroma therapy perfume…lol. now that you are sharing this recipe, I might try this out as these cookies looks good.

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 2, 2013 at 22:41

      Hehe, so I wasn’t the only one that thought that. Thanks and enjoy them!

      Reply
  4. Tad says

    February 2, 2013 at 18:50

    I’m making these this morning, and remembering to add the sugar, lavendar and lemon zest since none of those are added in the instructions :)

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 2, 2013 at 22:41

      :z Good for you Tad! hehe

      Reply
  5. Sandra says

    February 2, 2013 at 19:59

    This would be a very nice treat. I can see them as part of a brunch line-up, yummy. I made a pound cake a couple of years ago with lavender cordial. Up until then I was skeptical about using lavender also. Not anymore!

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 2, 2013 at 22:42

      That sound delicious Sandra. Thanks

      Reply
  6. Laura (Tutti Dolci) says

    February 3, 2013 at 01:20

    Gorgeous biscuits, Nancy! I love your lemon and lavender pairing!

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:17

      Thank you Laura!

      Reply
  7. Ramona says

    February 3, 2013 at 02:27

    I have never worked with lavender… but it sure sounds fancy and beautiful. These biscuits are stunning and I love the blue you used to make them pop. Love the lighting too. :)

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:17

      Thanks Ramona and I hope you give lavender a try soon.

      Reply
  8. Suzanne Perazzini says

    February 3, 2013 at 02:29

    I love the change to your photography – so light and bright but beautiful as always. Here’s a genuine question: why use lavender in your cooking if you can’t taste it? I have never used it, by the way.

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:18

      That’s true Suzanne. My hang up was just that I didn’t want it to taste like a fragrance. Thank you.

      Reply
  9. Yelena says

    February 3, 2013 at 03:19

    I hope you are feeling better dear Nancy. I am still recovering from a nasty cold myself. We have a lavender farm near our house, I buy lavender honey all the time there. Biscuits look so rustic and so delicious. And I love photos, of course-))

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:19

      Thanks Yelene I am and hope you are too. How lucky! I would love to try the lavender honey.

      Reply
  10. Victoria of Flavors of the Sun says

    February 3, 2013 at 04:00

    Lavender is one of my favorite flavors, and luckily it grows really well here in San Miguel. I’ll tag these biscuits to make–that’s certain. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:19

      Enjoy them Victoria!

      Reply
  11. Angie@Angie's Recipes says

    February 3, 2013 at 16:06

    Your kitchen must have smelt wonderful while baking these beautiful biscuits.

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:19

      It did smell great. Thanks Angie!

      Reply
  12. john@kitchenriffs says

    February 3, 2013 at 20:24

    Great looking biscuits! Definitely something I should try. I use herbes de Provence all the time, but that’s really the only way I use lavender. Definitely something I should explore – thanks for the inspiration.

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:20

      Yes definitely John!

      Reply
  13. Jen Laceda | Tartine and Apron Strings says

    February 4, 2013 at 00:02

    Beautiful biscuits! I first encountered lavender in Aix-en-Provence on a biking trip in the countryside…sounds cheesy but that’s the way it happened. Seeing rows and rows of these gorgeous purple plants and inhaling its sweet intoxicating scent – it was pure heaven! I like lavender in my soap – or food, too!

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:20

      No not cheesy at all Jen -it’s wonderful! Thank you!

      Reply
  14. mjskit says

    February 4, 2013 at 06:01

    I would love to place a little tab of butter on one, two, maybe three of the biscuits! I can smell the lemon and lavender. What a fabulous biscuit!

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:21

      Haha just like my hubby! Thanks

      Reply
  15. Sugaroverlord says

    February 4, 2013 at 09:10

    I never liked lavendar in food until I had an amazing ice cream that didn’t make it taste like soap. These look wonderful! Maybe I’ll give lavendar a try at home now. :)

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 16:21

      Lavender ice cream sound delicious! Have fun trying it out.

      Reply
  16. Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says

    February 4, 2013 at 16:23

    I love lavender in sweet recipes! It adds such a nice, floral flavor–without being TOO flowery. Combining it with lemon is a brilliant idea. :)

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 4, 2013 at 22:55

      I agree that lavender adds a really nice flavour. Thank Kiersten!

      Reply
  17. Evelyne@cheapethniceatz says

    February 6, 2013 at 00:50

    I am a big fan of lavender in food, not toomuch of course. Lemon is the perfect pairing but I never whould have thought of biscuits. Intriguing.

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 6, 2013 at 22:44

      Thanks Evelyne!

      Reply
  18. Gina says

    February 9, 2013 at 18:24

    I’ve had some dishes with lavender come out wonderful and others tasting like perfume! I think the biscuit might actually tame it a bit and it would be good, some butter on top wouldn’t hurt either. Love that top shot.
    -Gina-

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 10, 2013 at 13:51

      That’s always my fear. Of course biscuits always need a good smearing of butter. Thanks sweetie:)

      Reply
  19. Nami | Just One Cookbook says

    February 11, 2013 at 06:30

    Very nice combination – lemon and lavender, so elegant! I love how you styled these biscuits!

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      February 12, 2013 at 17:40

      Thank you Nami!

      Reply
  20. Sarah Walton says

    June 28, 2013 at 17:32

    What a lovely recipe. In Australia, we would call this a scone, and usually we have them plain, then split them and load them with jam and cream. Or sometimes we make pumpkin scones which we have steaming hot and slathered in butter. But these would be better than both – I can imagine them hot with butter and some fleur du sel, or cold, with some whipped cream and lashings of mountain honey. Oh god. Now I’m so hungry. Definitely going to make this recipe…

    Reply
    • Spicie Foodie says

      June 29, 2013 at 16:52

      Thank you Sarah! You’ve made me so hungry now — is it lunch time yet?:)

      Reply

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