*1/3 cup total: Herbs such as lemon grass, lemon thyme or lemon basil.

Cream butter and 1 3/4 cups sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.

Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and herbs. Add to creamed mixture; mix.

Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, 3" apart, on a greased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with a fork or cup bottom. Sprinkle lightly with the remaining sugar.

Bake at 350 F. for 8 to 10 minutes, or until barely browned. Cool slightly, then remove to a rack.

Recipe from Nancy Brewer/New Orleans, Louisiana. In "Kitchen Table: Where Herbs and Spices Make a Difference" column in "The Herb

Cathy Harned.