Ingredient: blueberries, divided

Blueberry Crumb Cake Cookies

Blueberry Crumb Cake Cookies

Over the holidays, my Cranberry Orange Crumb Cake Cookies went viral, so I thought it was time to introduce a spring version of the popular cookies. Blueberry Crumb Cake Cookies have homemade blueberry filling with crumble topping and a touch of lemon zest in the dough to brighten them up. The sweet-tart lemon icing gives them the perfect balance. These delightful blueberry cookies are perfect alongside a cup of tea or a glass of lemonade.

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 Blueberry Crumb Cake Cookies
Vanilla cookies with a touch of lemon zest, topped blueberry filling, crumble topping and lemon icing by Brownie Mischief
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword blueberry, cookies
Servings
cookies
Ingredients
Blueberry Filling
Crumb Topping
Cookies
Icing
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword blueberry, cookies
Servings
cookies
Ingredients
Blueberry Filling
Crumb Topping
Cookies
Icing
Instructions
Blueberry Filling
  1. Set aside 1/4 cup (34g) of blueberries. Combine the remaining blueberries with the sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice in a small saucepan.
  2. Simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the blueberries are softened and the sauce is a thick jam consistency, about 5-7 minutes. Stir in the reserved 1/4 cup (34g) of blueberries and cook for 1 more minute. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely.
Crumb Topping
  1. In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar and salt until well combined. Work the butter into the flour mixture with your fingertips until it looks like sand with no large pieces of butter. Press the mixture together to form chunks. Set aside in the refrigerator while you make the cookie dough.
Cookies
  1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Line 2 large cookies sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt until well combined.
  3. In a large bowl, beat the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and lemon zest, with an electric mixer at medium speed, until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and egg yolk in two separate additions, making sure each one is incorporated before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla extract. On low speed, beat the flour mixture into the batter, just until combined. Stir in the white chocolate chips, if using.
  4. Form the cookie dough into 2-tablespoon size balls. Place them about 3 inches apart onto the cookie sheets. Press a 1-inch wide indentation into each cookie using your thumb or a pastry tamper. Fill each indentation with a generous teaspoon of the blueberry filling. Top each one generously with the crumb topping. Gently press the topping onto the cookies.
  5. Bake until the topping and the edges start to turn light golden, about 11-13 minutes. (Be careful not to over bake to avoid drying out your cookies.) Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute, then transfer them to a cooling rack.
Icing
  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, salt, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice until well combined. Add additional lemon juice as needed to achieve the desired consistency. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle the icing over the cooled cookies.

Blueberry Skillet Cornbread

This is a sweet, fluffy blueberry cornbread that my family loves. It’s heavenly served with honey and butter. I love baking it in a cast iron skillet because of the delicious crust that forms from the steady high heat conducted with cast iron. If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, you can use an 8-inch round cake pan instead. To find the 8-inch cast iron skillet I used, click here.

The texture of this cornbread is more like a quick bread than a cake and my family has always called it cornbread. When I posted this recipe previously, I called it a skillet cornmeal cake because I was trying to shy away from the cornbread police who inevitably show up when I post sweet cornbread recipes. These enforcers of non existent cornbread laws no longer intimidate me because I’ve done my cornbread research. There are different regions who make cornbread in many different ways. Various groups of people in the United States argue over whether or not cornbread should contain sugar. Historically, some people had to add sugar to cornbread because of the lower quality cornmeal they had access to. But the first cornbread was made long before that in ancient Mexico. People then and now use the ingredients available to them to create food that tastes good to them. So by any name, it’s all good.

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 Blueberry Skillet Cornbread
Sweet cornbread with blueberries baked in a cast iron skillet.
Keyword blueberry, cornbread
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Ingredients
Keyword blueberry, cornbread
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (177ºC). Grease an 8-inch cast iron skillet.*
  2. Set aside 1/4 cup of blueberries. In a small bowl, toss the remaining 1 cup of blueberries with 1 teaspoon of flour.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
  4. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, sour cream, oil and melted butter until well combined.
  5. Add egg mixture to flour mixture and stir just until combined. A few small lumps are okay.
  6. Gently fold one cup of blueberries into the batter.
  7. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Top with reserved 1/4 cup of blueberries.
  8. Bake until top looks golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35-45 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes.
Recipe Notes

*To find the skillet I used, click here.

If you don't have a cast iron skillet, you can use and 8-inch round cake pan.