1/2 cup real butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. dried Sweet Lavender flowers (3-4 Tbsp. fresh flowers)
1 large egg
2 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup oatmeal
1 1/2 cups white flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1 generous cup good chocolate chips
Bowl 1: Blend butter, sugar & Lavender until smooth. Add egg, milk & vanilla in next.
Bowl 2: Blend oatmeal, flour, and baking powder together; add in your chocolate chips to this dry mix.
Blend both mixes together to form soft dough.
(If it is too sticky, add a bit more flour.)
Place by teaspoons onto baking tray.
Set oven 350° F
Bake 10 minutes for soft cookies, 15 mins for crisp ones.
OPTIONAL: Add 3 or 4 pieces of crystallized ginger finely chopped OR zest of one orange. OR: 1 cup nuts, raisins, coconut OR dried sweetened cranberries.
FOR A CHOCOLATE dough base: Add ?cup of cocoa powder in with flour & sugar and decrease the chocolate chip amount slightly.
