Lavender Syrup

[devil_heart]

2 C sugar
4 C water
1/2 C fresh or 1/4 C dried lavender flowers

Put all into saucepan. Heat to boiling, simmer 5 minutes. Allow
syrup to cool with flowers in it. Strain and bottle. Store in
refrigerator. Will keep for several months.

Comments

[contentlove]

Thank you! When you say "flowers", does that mean the whole flowering top of the wand? Or do you pick the little flowery bits off of there.

[devil_heart]

Just the flowers, not the stems/wands. We just ran our fingers down the stems to remove the flowers and rinsed the flowers off.

And the finished product looks a bit like olive oil.

[daotoad]

Most sources say to use English Lavender or True Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia officianalis ).
Some people prefer a French hybrid call 'Provence'.

Other varieties are not toxic, but contain too much camphor oil to be palatable.