Blueberry cookies: a simple recipe

These easy blueberry cookies will melt in your mouth, and are quick and simple to make using a basic cookie dough.

The recipe below will make around 25 cookies, depending on how large you make them - and how much cookie dough gets eaten before the cookies get to the oven!

Ingredients:

• 4 oz (115 grams) butter at room temperature
• 6 oz (175 grams) soft brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 egg
• 8 oz (225 grams) plain flour
• 1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 3.5 oz (100 grams) fresh or frozen blueberries

Method

• Preheat the oven to 170 degrees C, or 150 degrees for a fan oven.
• Grease 2 large baking trays with a little butter
• Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla essence in a large mixing bowl
• break the egg into the bowl and beat into the mixture until it is an even texture
• sieve in the flour and bicarbonate of soda
• beat with a wooden spoon until all the ingredients are evenly mixed and you have a soft dough
• stir in the blueberries
• spoon heaped teaspoonfuls of the dough onto the prepared baking trays, giving them a couple of inches between each one, as they spread quite a bit when cooking
• bake for 10-12 minutes until they are just starting to turn golden brown at the edges
• allow to cool for a couple of minutes then, using a spatula, lift from the trays onto a wire cooling rack

Try to leave them alone for long enough to cool down. They will become crispier as they cool, and can be stored in an airtight container for a few days. The mixture freezes very well if you want to make a larger batch. I love these made with my home grown blueberries, but the basic dough can be adapted to suit your tastes with different fruit, chocolate chunks or nuts perhaps.