Recipes Using Dried Lavender

The sweet smell of lavender used in perfumes and bath products also adds a floral fragrance to your cooking. Drying lavender intensifies the flavor of the herb, and to avoid using too much in your food, What's Cooking America recommends using 1/3 the amount of dried lavender compared to fresh. The French have made dried lavender a staple in their cooking as a main ingredient of the herb mixture herbes de provence, according to Chow. Bring a little of provencal France into your kitchen by using dried lavender in your cooking.

Lavender Sugar

Bury 1 tbsp. dried lavender into 1 cup white sugar and seal in a jar for two days. Use this lavender-scented sugar to make lavender sugar cookies by replacing all of the sugar in an sugar cookie recipe with this floral sugar.

Herbes de Provence

Combine 1/4 cup of dried thyme, 1/4 cup dried savory, 3 tbsp. dried basil, 2 tbsp. dried and crushed bay leaves, 2 tbsp. dried and crushed rosemary and 1 tbsp. dried lavender in a jar. Seal the jar and shake to combine the ingredients. Sprinkle 1 tbsp. of this mixture over roasted chicken or turkey or mix it into the sauce to create a French-inspired dish.

Lavender Bread

Add 3/4 tbsp. of dried lavender to the dry ingredients in your favorite bread recipe to create a lavender bread.

Lavender Butter

Mix 1 stick (8 tbsp.) butter with 1/4 tsp. dried lavender and 1 tsp. honey to create a lavender butter for spreading on top of steaks, vegetables or bread, or substitute this for the butter in any recipe to add a floral scent and piney flavor.