Blueberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Glaze
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh blueberries (or saskatoons), finely chopped into a pulp
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
In a small bowl, combine the sugar, blueberry pulp and flour. Mix until it's as smooth as possible. Set aside.
Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup packed golden brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (or saskatoons)
- 1½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
- about 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, both sugars, salt and vanilla. Mix until it's smooth. Add the eggs and mix until it's as smooth as possible. It might look lumpy at this stage -- don't worry, as it will even out when you add the flour. Add the flour and baking soda and mix only until the flour is completely incorporated. (Do not mix any more than necessary.)
Gently fold in the blueberries and chocolate. Some of the blueberries will break as you fold them in -- that's okay. Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to shape the cookies into dollops (1 to 2 tablespoons each), about 2 inches apart, on the parchment-covered baking sheets.
Use a pastry brush to very lightly coat the surface of each dollop with the glaze. (If you don't have a pastry brush, you can use a teaspoon to drizzle it on top, and then spread it with the back of the spoon.) Sprinkle each one with a bit of the coarse salt.
Bake in the preheated 350°F oven just until the cookies are golden along the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. They should still look doughy when you remove them from the oven -- they will firm up a bit as they cool. Leave them on the baking sheet to cool for at least 15 minutes.
Note: These cookies will not be perfectly symmetrical. For a slightly more defined shape, roll the dollops of dough between your hands before placing them on the baking sheet.