In Which We Make Blueberry Mud Cookies and Mushroom Flowers

WARNING!!! THE PICTURE DISPLAYED AT THIS LINK DISPLAYS LIES!!!!! DO NOT EXPECT WHAT YOU SEE IN SAID PICTURE, OR YOU WILL BE SORELY DISAPPOINTED! IT TURNS OUT, WHEN YOU MIX BLUEBERRIES, THEY BURST AND TURN ALL YOUR DOUGH PURPLE, NOT THE LOVELY SHADE OF GOLDEN THAT THE COOKIES ON THIS PAGE DISPLAY!!!!! PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

BLUEBERRY LEMON "MUD" CHEESECAKE COOKIES                                     

WARNING! THESE COOKIES ARE EXTREMELY MESSY TO MAKE! ONLY MAKE WITH A FRIEND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND LAUGHS!!!

yuck and yum.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest (1 lemon)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup blueberries
• Cream Cheese (just cut pieces that fit inside the dough as you go)

DIRECTIONS

forming them is the hardest part- the part in which you
laugh the most.

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and position a rack in the center. Line your baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside.
2. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream together the butter and sugar until it's light and fluffy. Blend in the lemon zest and eggs. Make sure to scrape off any bits of zest that stick to the mixer paddle.
3. In a separate bowl whisk together the baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour then mix it into the wet ingredients. Gently fold in the blueberries so as not to burst any. Refrigerate the dough for about 15 – 20 minutes to make it stiff enough to roll.



they ended up cooking right! hurray!

4. For each cookie, roll 1 heaping tbsp of dough into a ball then flatten it slightly into a disc shape. Place a 1 tsp cream cheese cube into the center and form the dough around it creating a ball again. Bake them for about 10 - 14 minutes until the edges brown slightly. Transfer them to a cooling rack and enjoy!

the "nose cookie", dubbed by Rachel.

 They turned out incredibly delicious, after all the hard work. I think I ate half the dough while Rachel refrained... :D

SO after this facade of blueberry mud pies, we went upstairs and attempted to make these little sweater flowers...... Unfortunately, we only had a thickly ribbed red sweater to recycle, and so instead of the cute vintage flowers shown in the pictures, we ended up with this. Not TOO bad, it could be worse.

But still pretty bad.

~Ashley