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Lavender Cookies submitted by Lea Madrid Jenkinson

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 cups flour
3 tablespoons fresh lavender flowers (about 16 stems with flowers pulled off)
Topping
1/4 cup coarse sugar (colored is nice!)
1 -2 tablespoon fresh lavender flowers

Directions:

1 Cream the sugar, butter, powdered sugar and canola oil.
2 Mix in the egg and vanilla.
3 In a separate bowl, stir together the baking soda, cream of tartar, flour and lavender flowers.
4 Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients a cup at a time.
5 Chill for 2 hours.
6 Drop 1 or 2 inch balls onto a cookie sheet.
7 Bake for 10 minutes in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven.
8 Immediately after taking out, sprinkle sugar and lavender flowers on top of each cookie.