Description
Blueberry heaven cookies bring pure delight to classic dessert lovers seeking a magical treat. Sweet, crumbly rounds packed with fresh blueberries offer you a moment of pure culinary bliss.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¾ cups (219 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (150 g) fresh blueberries (or frozen, thawed, and patted dry)
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (110 g) light brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup (85 g) white chocolate chips (optional, for added sweetness)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
Instructions
- Prep Workspace: Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats for seamless cookie release.
- Cream Base: Whip butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, creating an airy foundation for the cookies.
- Bind Ingredients: Blend egg and vanilla extract into the sugar mixture, ensuring a uniform and smooth consistency that will support the cookie structure.
- Combine Dry Elements: Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together, creating a uniform dry ingredient blend that will provide structure and lift.
- Merge Mixtures: Gently fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, stirring minimally to prevent overworking the dough and maintaining a tender crumb.
- Enhance Flavor Profile: Delicately incorporate blueberries and white chocolate chips, distributing evenly throughout the dough while preserving the integrity of the fragile berries.
- Shape and Arrange: Portion dough into rounded tablespoons, positioning them strategically on prepared baking sheets with adequate spacing to allow for spread and even baking.
- Bake to Perfection: Slide cookies into preheated oven, baking for 10-12 minutes until edges turn golden and centers remain slightly soft, indicating optimal texture.
- Rest and Set: Allow cookies to stabilize on baking sheets for 5 minutes, facilitating initial structure formation before transferring to a wire cooling rack for complete cooling.
Notes
- Handle Blueberries Gently: Softly fold fresh or frozen blueberries to prevent crushing, maintaining their delicate structure and preventing color bleeding into the dough.
- Prevent Dough Spreading: Chill the prepared dough for 30 minutes before baking to minimize excessive spreading and maintain cookie shape during baking.
- Moisture Management: Pat blueberries dry with paper towels to reduce excess liquid, ensuring cookies maintain optimal texture and prevent soggy centers.
- Dietary Adaptation: Substitute gluten-free flour blend for all-purpose flour and use dairy-free white chocolate chips to create a celiac and vegan-friendly version of the cookies.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg