That's what my friend's husband said about the cookies we baked today.
Let me start from the beginning... no wait, that will take too long. Let me start from a beginning.
I had a "play date" with my sister, brother-in-law, nephew and friends Mara and Andrew. We 3 women figured we'd do something fun whilst we sent the boys (well, we kept the toddler with us) off to play with their cameras.
Lois was in the middle of making some bathtub crayons (really, soap with food colouring added), and she was using Mint and Lavender to scent them. The mint tones down the "girly-ness" of the lavender. It was really smelling delicious, so I thought... I bet that would be a great sugar cookie flavour!
Presto, our afternoon's activity, sorted.
This was the recipe we used.
We didn't have any of the fresh stuff, though, so we just used lavender essence and peppermint oil we had on hand. Worked great. (Note: We decided it was a little too much cornstarch.) Also, we didn't add the lemon flavour to the dough. When we originally thought of it, we didn't think we wanted the Lemon flavour.
Once the cookies came out of the oven, we had a little taste, and realised, the Lemon would have been a smash hit, so we added a Lemon Drizzle topping. Just a bit of powdered sugar mixed with lemon juice.
The results? Andrew's assessment was the best, "Surprisingly Refreshing. It's not everyday that you bite into a biscuit and feel refreshed." They were a total hit!
Thanks, Andrew, for taking the photo!
