Homemade Lavender Extract {2 Ingredients}
If you really want to make your lavender lemon muffins sing, making your own homemade lavender extract can make a world of difference. The delicate, floral flavor is perfect for so many recipes.
You’ll love this recipe for its incredible lavender flavor and how easy it is to whip together. If you’re anything like me, you’ll be using this again and again in your baking!
🥘 Ingredients
- Dried Lavender – homemade or store-bought
- Vodka
See the recipe card for quantities.
🔪 Instructions
Step 1: You’ll combine dried lavender and vodka in a glass mason jar and close it tightly before giving it a good shake.
Step 2: Leave it in a cool and dry spot for at least a week (though two weeks is ideal) while shaking it once daily.
Step 3: After two weeks, open the jar and strain the infused vodka through a fine sieve. Press out any liquid kept in the soaked lavender before discarding it.
Step 4: Store it in a tightly closed glass jar.
🍽 Equipment
- Measuring Cup
- Mason Jar
- Sieve
🌡 Storage & Tips
This homemade extract can last up to a year!
When you make it at home, using a culinary-grade lavender is important. If you plan to forgo the culinary lavender and use lavender from your garden, you must clip sprigs of the vibrant blue-purple color instead of grayish-purple.
For this recipe, you’ll need to dry those fresh lavender buds, so hang the bundles in a dark, warm spot for roughly 10 days.
💭 Top tip
Share something you think is key to making this recipe well, such as: Don’t overcook the burgers! Sear the outside and cook to a minimum internal temperature, but they should still be juicy for best results.
🙋🏻 FAQ
While the aromas and topical use of lavender essential oils have been used to help ease symptoms of anxiety, stress, insomnia, depression, dementia, and even pain, the extract can be a delicious addition to items like lemon scones, vanilla ice cream, or a tasty nectarine and peach salad.
You don’t need to use much of this powerful extract in your baking – a little will go a long way! The amount may vary slightly from one recipe to the next, but you’ll usually only add a teaspoon.
Lavender can be added to your baked goods as an extract, but fresh lavender buds can be ground and added to a dough mix. For example, adding ground lavender to your pizza dough is surprising, but lavender pairs well with savory dishes.
I think this homemade extract is the best addition to your baking recipes! It’s even better to source the lavender flowers from your garden!
This homemade extract is a wonderful addition to baked goods like lavender lemon bars, but it provides more than just delicious flavor. There may be some health benefits, too. Lavender essential oil might help you sleep better, may help clear blemished skin when applied topically, and offer a natural remedy for pain.
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Homemade Lavender Extract for Baking
Equipment
- Measuring cup
- Mason Jar
- Sieve
Instructions
- In a mason jar, pour in 2,7 oz Vodka and 2 tbsp Dried lavender.2 tbsp Dried lavender, 2,7 oz Vodka
- Close the jar tightly and shake it. Leave it in a cool and dry spot for about a week (at least 2 weeks, ideally) while shaking it once daily.
- After this, the vodka should be very fragrant when you open the jar and ready to be strained with a fine sieve. Press out any liquid kept in the lavender before discarding it.
Nutrition
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⛑️ Food Safety
- Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
- Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat
- Don’t leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
For further information, check Safe Food Handling – FDA.
I love using lavender in my bakings and ice cream. But now I only use it in season, freshly harvested in my garden. With this recipe I can use it all year round. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Andréa! I am so happy you like this recipe!
I have made these for Christmas gifts, and I just know that my friends and family will love them. I can’t wait to use in my own baking 🙂
Giving the lavender extract as a gift is a great idea! Thank you, Alexandra!
So easy! And so many things you can use it in – cookies, frostings, hot cocoa!! I love lavender and had quite a big harvest. I made this extract and am VERY happy with it!
Thank you, Helen! So glad you like it!
I love lavender! This was a lot easier than I thought it was going to
Be!
Awesome! Thank you, Natalie!