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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Blueberry White Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

You guys…I’m in a funk. A sugar crazed dizzy up the girl funk. I cannot for the life of me get myself to stop making {and consuming} EVERYTHING. It’s like everything in my line of vision gets instantly put in my mouth. I don’t know if it’s the heat or some random hormone surge that’s causing me to feel starved all the live long day?! What the blank is happening to me?

I feel like the hungry caterpillar.

She ate a piece of cake. But she was still hungry.

She ate a whole loaf of garlic bread. But she was still hungry.

She ate all the cookie dough. But she was still hungry.

Do you see a pattern here? This is soooooooo not in the plans of my diet. However, my thunder thighs are having a freakin’ par-tay!

Anyways, these cookies came about because I needed a snack and/or a pick me up and/or a fourth sugar fix of the day. {I know I have a problem.} The original plan was to just keep these straight up oatmeal cookies, but then I was possessed by some freak of nature that forced me to add blueberries and white chocolate. So, I threw those into the mix and baked these suckers up. And then I shoveled them ALL into my mouth.

But she was still hungry.

Just kidding. Sort of.

**Please be aware that I ate a bunch of cookie dough before I started actually baking, so you’ll probably get 3 dozen as opposed to 2 1/2 dozen as the recipe states. Thank you for not judging.

Also, these are like a cross between blueberry pie and blueberry crumble…..read: amazing. That is all.

Let’s make some cookies!

First things first….find some free child labor. This little squirmy worm was floating around my house, so I snatched her up and took her hostage. She looks super thrilled with the cookie idea, doesn’t she?

Ok, this one’s a little better…..

…oh geeze. There she goes again.

Back to normal? I think yes. {PS-these photos were taken within 10 seconds of each other. Yes, I have a hilariously animated child. Thank you for noticing.}

Start the cookies by creaming butter, sugar and brown sugar all together.

Splash in a little vanilla,

plop in an egg,

and whip until light and fluffy.

Dump in all your dry ingredients

and stir until just combined.

Now comes the good stuff! Stir in some white chocolate chunks and some fresh blueberries! Mmmm…..

Hello lover. It was at this point that I almost turned the oven off and grabbed a spoon.

Scoop out some dough to form cookies and press down lightly with your fingers to flatten slightly.

A few minutes in the oven and voila!! Yummy blueberry cookies!

These will last up to 4 days if you store them in an airtight container. I like to store mine in my stomach.

Burp.

Here’s the printable! Enjoy

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Blueberry White Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

A nice change from the original chocolate chip cookie.

Yield: 2 1/2 dozen small cookies

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 8 min

Total Time: 23 min

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup white chocolate chunks
1/2 cup fresh blueberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat and set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars together. Stir in egg and vanilla. Whip until light and fluffy. Stir in all dry ingredients until just incorporated. Carefully stir in chocolate chunks and blueberries. Scoop onto baking sheet and press down lightly to flatten. Bake 7-8 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and the centers are soft, but not shiny. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet and then transfer to cooling rack. Serve or store in airtight container for up to 4 days.

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