Description
Blueberry heaven cookies combine sweet nostalgia with irresistible berry charm. Rich crumbly textures and juicy blueberry notes invite pure dessert delight for cookie enthusiasts craving something special.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (or frozen, thawed, and patted dry)
- 1 large egg
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
Sweeteners and Fats:
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup white chocolate chips (optional, for added sweetness)
Seasonings and Additives:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
Instructions
- Heat the kitchen oven to 350F (175C) and arrange two baking trays with parchment paper or silicone mats, ensuring even surface coverage.
- Utilize an electric mixer to whip butter, granulated and brown sugars together until achieving a cloud-like, aerated texture, approximately 2 minutes.
- Incorporate egg and vanilla extract, blending thoroughly until mixture appears smooth and integrated.
- Prepare a separate mixing vessel and sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, creating a uniform dry mixture.
- Slowly introduce dry ingredients into wet components, stirring gently until just combined without overmixing.
- Delicately fold fresh blueberries and white chocolate chips into the dough, maintaining berry integrity and preventing crushing.
- Carefully deposit rounded tablespoon-sized dough portions onto prepared trays, maintaining two-inch spacing between each cookie.
- Slide trays into preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, watching for golden-tinged edges and slightly soft centers.
- Remove from oven and allow cookies to rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes, enabling initial setting and structural stability.
- Transfer cookies to wire cooling rack, permitting complete temperature reduction and final texture development.
Notes
- Ensure blueberries are fresh and dry to prevent excess moisture from making cookies soggy.
- Freeze dried blueberries work wonderfully as an alternative, providing concentrated flavor without added liquid.
- Gently pat fresh blueberries with paper towels to remove excess moisture before folding into the dough.
- Use room temperature ingredients for smoother mixing and better cookie texture.
- For gluten-free option, substitute all-purpose flour with a high-quality gluten-free blend that includes xanthan gum.
- White chocolate chips are optional but add delightful sweetness that complements the tangy blueberries.
- Chilling the dough for 30 minutes before baking helps prevent excessive spreading and maintains cookie shape.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days to maintain freshness.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg