Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon rose water
  • 2 teaspoons rose-scented geranium leaves, finely chopped
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 4 dozen small rose-scented geranium leaves, for garnish

Method

  • Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in egg, milk and rose water.
  • Sift dry ingredients and add them together with the chopped leaves to the creamed mixture, stirring until well mixed.
  • Drop by teaspoons onto ligtly greased cookie sheet and press a single rose geranium leaf deep into each cookie.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Let cool on cookie rack.
  • Makes@ 3 dozen cookies.