Lemon Blueberry Pizza

 This will be my last week for my blueberry bonanza.  I've loved this so much.  I started looking around for another blueberry recipe and found this awesome sugar cookie pizza to make.  It reminds me of the chocolate chip cookie pizza that my mother-in-law makes.  She uses melted chocolate and she tops it with chopped up pieces of candy bars.  It is so chocolatey and delicious!

First you spread sugar cookie over an ungreased cookie sheet.

Whip up softened cream cheese with sugar, and lemon pudding mix. 

I wanted it to taste extra lemony so I added a little bit of real lemon extract. I think that adding a bit of lemon zest and real lemon juice would add an absolutely amazing kick.

Spread this mixture overtop of the baked sugar cookie.

 

Top with blueberries and put in the refrigerator.

While I was staring my husband down as he taste tested my newest dessert I thought that adding dollops of real whipped cream would be the best finishing touch!

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Blueberry Oat Cookies

I love making oatmeal raisin cookies with craisins.  They remind me of Michael's best friend Aaron.  I would always make these for him because they were his favorite.  

Since I've been on my Blueberry Bonanza kick I thought I'd try out a blueberry oatmeal cookie.  

I made them just in time for the arrival of my youngest brother-in-law Alex.  All three brothers (out of ten siblings) were able to hang out and watch movies and play around.  I made a whole batch and by the end of the evening only five little cookies were left.  Apparently they were a hit.  

You start out just like normal oatmeal cookies mixing the sugar and butter together.  

After you mix all your dry ingredients together you add them into the sugar-butter mixture. 

Then slowly you add in a couple cups of oats and then fresh or frozen blueberries.  I had fresh blueberries.

  

Once you spoon these out onto a slightly greased cookie sheet you pop them into the oven for about 15 minutes.  

They don't expand like regular cookies.  I'm not sure if I over mixed or what but they didn't spread out hardly at all.  But the taste is amazing because you bite into it and you get the sweetness from the brown sugar and you get an explosion of sweet juice from the blueberries. 

The next time I'm going to make these with the original Quaker Oats cookie recipe but then add in the fresh blueberries.  They really are a treat.

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Blueberry Muffins

This past week has been a Blueberry Bonanza.  I've been getting blueberries and making crisps, pancakes, and finally I found an awesome muffin recipe.  

What makes it so awesome you may ask?  

I have two words for you: 

CRUMB TOPPING! 

I am not a photographer by any means.  All I wish for is to capture just how delicious food can be.  Over at Pioneer Woman I found a wonderful tutorial all about photographing food.

  

I took a lot of her suggestions to heart and immediately put them into practice.  With these pictures you can practically taste how delicious these muffins are.  You can smell the cinnamon and sugar of the crumb topping.

  

Ree talks about using natural light instead of your flash.  She also talks about how you should get close to the food and not stand far away.

  

I still have much to learn.  One thing being an aperture.  Soon I will found out what this is and how to include that in my photo taking as well.  Baby steps.  

So what do you think?

  

Looks better than before huh!

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

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Blueberry Crisp

This week I headed over to the grocery store and they had blueberries on sale for a $1.  I went blueberry crazy and  bought four pints but then thought I would head back over and buy four or five more.  They are so easy to freeze and keep for later.  Normally they go on sale in August and then we have blueberry crisp, blueberry muffins, and blueberry pancakes for days and days.  I LOVE IT!

As soon as my husband saw the packages in the refrigerator he asked if I would make the blueberry crisp I made last summer.  YEAH!  He's not really a sweet eater so when he asks for some sort of dessert then it must be pretty good. 

I love this recipe from Better Homes and Gardens because its so simple and I always have the ingredients in my pantry.  

First you start by mixing up the blueberries in sugar.  Then you make a topping with oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and butter.  It bakes up in about a half hour.  When it comes out of the oven it smells like brown sugar and cinnamon and the sides are bubbling out from under the topping.   You can eat it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.  I personally think its fine on its own. 

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