Description
Delicious blueberry cookies with a hint of lemon and a beautiful purple hue. These soft and chewy cookies are bursting with fresh blueberry flavor.
Ingredients
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Blueberry Sauce:
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (stems removed)
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (not bottled)
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ tablespoons cornstarch
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Cookie Dough:
- ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1½ cups granulated sugar (divided)
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 large egg
- ¼ teaspoon purple food dye (optional)
Instructions
- Make the blueberry sauce: In a medium pot over medium-low heat, combine blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice. Cook until thickened. Set aside to cool.
- Combine dry ingredients: Mix flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar: Beat butter and 1¼ cups sugar until fluffy.
- Add blueberry sauce: Mix 3 tbsp cooled sauce with butter mixture.
- Add liquid ingredients: Incorporate milk, egg, and dye.
- Add dry ingredients: Combine until smooth.
- Chill the dough: Refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Prep tools: Preheat oven to 325ºF and line a baking sheet.
- Pour sugar: Place remaining sugar in a plate.
- Form cookies: Roll dough into balls and coat in sugar.
- Bake: Bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool: Let cool on a wire rack.
Notes
- You can store extra blueberry sauce for other uses.
- Chilling the dough helps with shaping and prevents spreading.
- Ensure cookies are fully cooled before storing.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
Keywords: blueberry cookies, blueberry dessert, fruit cookies, homemade cookies
