Lavender Lemon Drop Recipes

Steps:

• For the demerara sugar syrup: Combine the demerara sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
• For the lavender lemon drop: Add the gin, limoncello, lemon juice and 1/2 ounce of the demerara sugar syrup to a cocktail shaker, add large ice and shake vigorously. Add the Moscato d'Asti, tumble-roll once to mix throughout and double-strain into a martini glass with a small sprig of lavender. Garnish with a lemon wedge and serve (do not muddle the lavender).
• Keep the remaining demerara sugar syrup covered in the refrigerator up to 1 month.
• Remove the peels from the lemons carefully, making sure not to include any of the pith. Place the peels in a large container and add the vodka (reserve the vodka bottle for later). Infuse until the alcohol strips the oils and color out of the peels, 12 to 24 hours.
• Meanwhile, make the simple syrup. Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
• Fill the vodka bottle with about 27 ounces of the infused vodka and 7 ounces of the simple syrup and place in the freezer. Serve ice cold in chilled small copita or shot glasses.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Stir in eggs - make sure butter, sugar, and eggs are completely blended.
• Stir in vanilla seeds and vanilla extract.
• Fold in lemon juice and zest.
• Gradually stir in lavender, make sure to mix well.
• Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cream of tartar and slowly mix into wet mixture.
• Chill for 1 hour.
• On a fully prepped cookie sheet, drop cookies by the spoonful about 1 inch apart.
• Bake at 375 for approximately 10 minutes.