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    Home » Recipe » 20 Recipes To Use and Preserve Lavender

    20 Recipes To Use and Preserve Lavender

    Published: Jun 3, 2020 · Modified: Jan 18, 2023 by Sabrina Currie · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Cooking And Baking With Lavender

    Lavender not only smells divine, it tastes delicious! Lavender works well in sweet or savoury dishes but today's are all sweet treats. I’ve put together this collection of 20 of the best recipes to use and preserve lavender. In addition to the tasty recipes below, you can find my guide for 3 Easy Ways To Preserve Your Lavender here to save some for the winter by drying it, making a simple extract/tincture or simple syrup.

    Lavender Drinks, Cookies, Jam, and Dessert Recipes
    Lavender Drinks, Cookies, Jam, and Dessert Recipes

    Why And How To Pick And Choose

    Lavender is well known as a calming scent but the herb is also believed to have a calming effect on your digestive system. If buying it at the store, make sure it is marked as edible and if picking your own, English Lavender is the best type. Choose unsprayed flowers when they are in full bud but not yet blooming. Pick lavender buds in the morning when their essential oils are at their most vibrant and then pick them from their stems for use fresh or dry them for use later.

    If you love these recipe ideas, I'd love you to pin this or share it with your friends 🙂

    3 Easy Ways To Preserve Lavender

    Lavender Libations

    Citrus Lavender Schorle is an effervescent non-alcoholic traditional German sparkling beverage. Strong notes of citrus are accompanied by a beautiful sweet flavour and bouquet of lavender, created by infusing dried lavender flowers into a simple syrup mixture.

    Lavender Schorle Recipe From The Simple Green

    Lavender lemonade is a refreshing and delightful twist to your classic lemonade recipe. Infused with a lavender honey simple syrup it’s easy, fragrant, elegant and perfect to enjoy on a warm day throughout spring and summer.

    Lavender Lemonade recipe

    For a fresh take on the classic Champagne cocktail, try a Lavender French 75 . Lavender and gin pair well together making this totally addicting, this is even better than the original!

    Lavender French 75 Cocktail
    Lavender French 75

    This easy Lavender Cold Brew Coffee is sweetened with a delicious lavender simple syrup.

    Lavender Cold Brew Coffee

    Lavender Infused Gin! A fabulous way to add a little floral note to your cocktails! If you’re looking for homemade gift ideas, this makes a lovely gift!

    Lavender Infused Gin is a good way to preserve your fragrant flowers

    Lavender Treats

    Lavender Creme Brulee is soft and creamy on the inside with a deliciously crisp topping. Perfect for entertaining the custard is infused with lavender flowers for a chic French dessert. 

    Lavender Creme Brulee

    Gorgeous and tasty, these Lemon Lavender Mini Tarts are completely gluten-free –a delicious treat that anyone can enjoy.

    Lemon Lavender Mini Tarts

    Easy sugar free blueberry cheesecake ice cream is a delicious dessert made from just 5 ingredients! This recipe can be used without an ice cream maker.

    5 Ingredient Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Recipe

    A dairy-free/no churn Lavender Honey Ice Cream that’s incredibly creamy and perfectly scoop-able. With 6 ingredients only, this ice cream is easy to make, lactose free, non-dairy, and gluten-free!

    Dairy Free Lavender Honey (N)ice Cream

    Honey, Orange and Lavender Posset is an herbal twist on a traditional English pudding (dessert).

    Honey Orange Lavender Posset

    Plum Tarte Tatin might sound complicated but in reality it is just an upside down tart. A delicious and impressive French recipe that is actually pretty simple. Topped with luscious lavender cream, this is great for company.

    French Plum Tarte Tatin

    Lavender Cookies & Cakes

    Blackberry Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies – a unique twist on the classic with some fruit and dried lavender. Perfect dessert in summertime!

    Blackberry Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Lavender sugar cookies are a twist on a classic! The herbaceous, botanical note of lavender is offset with a simple Earl Grey glaze that is SOOO good!

    Lavender sugar cookies with Earl Grey glaze

    These Lemon Lavender Cupcakes are the perfect spring treat. Bright and full of flavor and sure to be the favorite dessert!

    Lemon Lavender Cupcakes

    Lavender Earl Grey cake is a fabulous, special cake for any baby or bridal shower. A sweet spring or summer treat, this is a delicately perfumed cake.

    Tall pinterest graphic with lavender tea cake in background with wedge served on a plate in foreground. The cake is golden colored with a white icing. There are dried lavender buds scattered around.

    Lavender Lemon Scones! The aroma of citrusy lemon and floral flavour coupled with the crunch from the poppy seeds make these scones a must have treat for breakfast or tea.

    Scones with lemon and lavender

    Lavender Jam

    Learning how to make plum jam is easy with this Lavender Plum Jam recipe. Using culinary grade lavender gives the preserve a gorgeous floral depth.

    Lavender Plum Jam

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    1. Mayuri Patel

      June 04, 2020 at 12:53 pm

      An awesome collection of recipes using lavender. I love adding edible flowers to my bakes and desserts. I now can refer to your post for some different ideas on how to use lavender. Thank you so much for including my post link.

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      • SabCurrie

        June 04, 2020 at 2:52 pm

        You’re welcome! And thank you so much for sharing your recipe 🙂

        Reply
    2. Shelby

      June 08, 2020 at 6:00 pm

      I love this! We use lavender for so many things around the house, I need to preserve more!

      Reply
      • SabCurrie

        June 08, 2020 at 6:29 pm

        Awesome, it’s so easy, you’ll love it!

        Reply
    3. Terri

      June 15, 2020 at 6:08 am

      I have never tried cooking with lavender but these look incredible - I'll definitely give it a try! Pinned 🙂

      Reply
      • SabCurrie

        June 15, 2020 at 6:53 pm

        Thanks Terri! Using lavender in recipes works so well. A little more subtle than rosemary but a similarity. Really beautiful and complex.

        Reply

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