FAVORITES ON THE FIRST

Thanks to our wonderful hostess Alison at The Polo House for hosting Favorites on the First!
 I chose one of my favorite summer desserts,  Lavender Cookie Bars .

The inspiration behind the Lavender Cookie Bars came from the Garden and Herb Fest that I attend each year. At the fest, they had many different food items made with herbs, including the lavender cookie bars. I didn't have a recipe, and was surprised I couldn't find anything similar on the internet, so played around with a few recipes and had success. Here's a picture below of the one I had at the fest, served ice cream sandwich style.

So, off I went to my lavender patch, and came up with this recipe.

Debbie's Lavender Cookie Bars

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cups soft butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup white chocolate chips

2 Tablespoons chopped lavender

In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, with electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture. Stir in chips. Spread evenly in an ungreased 15 x 10-inch shallow-rimmed pan. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool in pan. Cut into bars.

I topped my bars with black cherry ice cream which is my absolute favorite flavor (strawberry and chocolate are not too far behind). I opened the box of ice cream, and quickly cut it into slices. I placed the ice cream slices on a parchment lined cookie sheet, and put in the freezer until solid. Then I wrapped the slices individually with wax paper, and put in zip loc bags.

Thank you for your visit!

Debbie