Lavender Sugar

Lavender sugar is so easy to make! Just three ingredients: sugar, lavender and time. Look no farther if you need pretty, beautiful (inexpensive!) favors for wedding or shower favors.

I know people do get married all year round, but as winter turns into spring and summer, the pace seems to speed up. And the warmer weather reminds me of fabulous fragrance of the lavender fields in Jersey, Channel Islands.

A while back I made some lavender sugar just so I could hold on to that memory all year long. With its delicate floral aroma and flavor, lavender sugar is perfect sprinkled on some buttery shortbread, fruit muffins or yogurt. Tomorrow I’ll be sharing an almond lavender Bundt cake decorated with lavender sugar so I thought this was a good time to show you just how easy it is to make.

My culinary grade lavender is from the Jersey Lavender Farm in the Channel Islands. They don’t export the lavender flowers  outside of Europe, but you can buy culinary lavender grown elsewhere on Amazon so I’ll include an affiliate link with the ingredients list.

Lavender Sugar

Lavender sugar makes a great gift for your favorite bakers. It keeps for several months in a sealed jar.

Ingredients
3 1/2 cups or 865g large grain sugar (also called coarse or decorating sugar)
1 rounded tablespoon lavender flowers <affiliate link
Time!

Method
Mix the lavender flowers with the sugar. Store for at least one week in a tightly sealed jar. The fragrance and flavor of the lavender will infuse the sugar beautifully.

If you are giving the lavender sugar as gifts, divide it between some pretty jars. Add fabric and ribbon to decorate.

Enjoy!

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