Lavender Honey Wafers

Name: Lavender Honey Wafers
Yield: Makes about 24
Ingredients: 1 egg white; rose-scented sugar or plain caster sugar and a few drops of rose-water; 90 g (3 oz) icing sugar; 90 g (3 oz) plain flour; 60 g (2 oz) unsalted butter, softened; rose-scented sugar or plain caster sugar and a few drops of rose-water; rose-scented sugar or plain caster sugar and a few drops of rose-water; a little extra icing sugar; 150 ml (¼ pint) whipping cream; 120 g (4 oz) alpine or wood strawberries (if available); 120 g (4 oz) alpine or wood strawberries (if available); 1 egg white, lightly whisked; 4 tablespoons clear lavender honey

Preparation info

Makes about
24

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Complete Book of Herbs

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1991

About

These delicate wafer biscuits are excellent eaten quite plain with a sorbet or ice-cream. Or for serving at afternoon tea, the wafers are very good filled with a light rose-water cream and some alpine strawberries.

Ingredients

60 g (2 oz) unsalted butter, softened
90 g (3

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the butter with the sifted icing sugar, and gradually mix in the sifted flour with the egg white and honey. Place the mixture in teaspoons on a buttered non-stick baking sheet and spread each spoonful level to make a round 5-7.5cm (2-3in) across. You should be able to make 4-6 lavender honey wafers on each baking sheet.

Bake the wafers in a moderat