Lavender Cookies*

1½ cups whole wheat flour
1 heaping Tbsp dried lavender
1 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp flax seeds, ground
Zest of 1 orange
½ cup butter, at room temperature
½ cup sugar (or stevia**)
1 large egg
½ tsp vanilla extract
Almond slices, for garnish
1 Tbsp butter, to grease cookie sheet

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a cookie sheet and set aside.

Sift the flour twice to give more lightness to the cookies. Stir in lavender, baking powder, flax seed and orange zest. In separate bowl, beat butter with sugar until pale. Beat in egg and vanilla. Slowly beat in dry ingredients.

Place batter, one Tbsp at a time, onto cookie sheet. Sprinkle the tops with almond slices, then bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden.

Makes 2 dozen cookies

*Any herb or flower (roses, sage, basil, tea mix, etc.) can replace the lavender.

**Stevia (liquid)

1 tsp = 1 cup sugar
6 drops = 1 Tbsp sugar
2 drops = 1 tsp sugar
For each cup of sugar replaced by stevia, add ¼ to ½ cup of bulk
(applesauce, fruit puree, fruit juice, puree pumpkin, yogurt…)

In this recipe, I added the vanilla to 1 tsp, as well as 1 tsp of almond extract in an effort to cover the taste of the stevia...