Our Waitrose has had local, freshly picked blueberries all season: gorgeous and bursting with flavor. So I've been having blueberries on my cereal, blueberries on my yogurt...
And I've even been inspired to give dried blueberries a go, making a batch of Lemon and Blueberry Cookies, using my favorite Slice and Bake Cookie recipe from Australian Women's Weekly:
I adore this recipe, as the resulting cookie is so light and crumbly, and there are so many possible variations and mix-ins.
Unfortunately, the dried berries made the chilled dough nearly impossible to slice. But I just rolled it into balls instead, which I flattened before baking. I suppose I could chop the berries more finely next time, but I do like the flavor hit when biting into a whole one!
It's the perfect cookie to munch while dreaming of blueberry picking in Maine:
Next year's holiday perhaps? Hmmm...
They look rather yummy! I love blueberries too but hate that they are so expensive here.
ReplyDeleteI remember going to visit relatives in New Brunswick and picking bowls and bowls of wild blueberries for pie. Such a pretty post with the book cover Kristina...and the cookies look delicious too! D x
ReplyDeleteThose look really good; any chance of the recipe Kristina?
ReplyDeleteoh yes give us the recipe! I used to make slice and bake cookies when I was an au pair in New England... stupidly I never took the recipe home with me.
ReplyDeleteI love blueberries and banana milkshake...mmmmmmhhh
Scrumptious! Please share the recipe...
ReplyDeleteMmm...those cookies look good. And I love 'Blueberries for Sal!'
ReplyDeleteI was just led here by Call Me Madam at Life Must Be Filled Up because I just did a post on Blueberries for Sal. I'll be back to read more.
ReplyDeleteLook very good - would also be interested in seeing the recipe.
ReplyDeleteBlueberrie for Sal! One of my favorite books...just seeing the cover makes me smile. Thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteHey: that's MY neck of the woods! When we go to the Blue Hill Fair over Labor Day weekend in September, we drive right past Sal's (and the bears'!) berry fields. September, tho past berrying season, is a lovely time to come visit!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favourite books in the whole world! I wanted to wear clamdiggers just like her when I was little. I just left another comment on your Persephone Books post and I am now convinced that you have the world's greatest taste in literature :)
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