Orange Honey Cookies

These cookies are soft and pillowy, with a mellow, earthy sweetness. If you can, use orange blossom honey.

Dried Cherry Butter

Dried cherries are one of my favorite dried fruits. Plump, tart, and sweet, they have a concentrated cherry flavor that packs a serious punch. Here, dried cherries shine in a silky fruit butter sweetened with honey and spiced with cinnamon. This butter would be delicious on cornbread or sourdough toast, or use it as a filling for chocolate sandwich cookies.

Lavender Syrup

Quickly infused with the fragrance of lavender, this versatile syrup is perfect for cocktails and desserts.

Blueberry Lavender Jam

Lavender transforms ordinary blueberry jam into preserves that are positively romantic. Delicate and floral, it would be perfect with scones, croissants, or crostini with fresh ricotta.

Scooped: Lavender-Hyssop Ice Cream

Lavender is a surprisingly versatile dessert ingredient with a strong affinity to cream. It's a love-it-or-hate-it kind of herb, but the creaminess subdues its at-times overwhelming intensity. Hyssop has largely fallen out of Western culinary use, which is a shame given its long history dating back to ancient times. Fortunately it's increasingly common in gardens and at farmers' markets.

How to Make Butter

Making butter from scratch starts with heavy cream, and is as easy as whipping it until it breaks and the butterfat collects; then all you you have to do is wash it, dry it, season it with salt (only if you want!), and roll it up tightly.

Garlic-Parsley Butter (Beurre Maître d'Hôtel)

A classic compound butter flavored with parsley, garlic, and lemon. It's perfect for grilled steak, seafood, or vegetables.

The Homemade Pantry's Butter

To make butter from the comfort of your home kitchen, all you need is a stand mixer, a pint of cream, and a pinch of salt. Over the course of just about 15 minutes, the cream whips, stiffens, then separates into butter and buttermilk.

Garlic Scape Compound Butter

A flavorful compound butter packed with mild and herbal garlic scapes with parsley, lemon, juice, and salt—perfect for melting on meats and fish and more.

Parmesan-Basil Butter

A compound butter flavored with Parmesan cheese, basil, garlic, and lemon. Use it on grilled meat, vegetables, or seafood.