Wild Blueberry Bat Cookies
Recipe by Kara Lydon, RD, LDN, RYT,
The Foodie Dietitian
Ingredients
For the cookies:
1 cup (250 ml) sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup (125 ml) unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup (60 ml) plain Greek yogurt
3 tsp (15 ml) vanilla extract
1 ½ cups (375 ml) sifted white whole-wheat flour
1 ¾ cups (430 ml) sifted all-purpose flour
½ tsp (2.5 ml) baking powder
For the wild blueberry icing:
3/4 cup (180 ml) frozen wild blueberries
1 ½ cups (375 ml) sifted powdered sugar
2 tbsp (30 ml) plain Greek yogurt
1 tbsp (15 ml) butter, softened
1/4 tsp (1 ml) vanilla
Preparation
For the cookies:
- In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl, add sugar, egg, butter, Greek yogurt and vanilla and beat or mix on low until combined.
- In a separate medium bowl, mix flours and baking powder until combined. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet and mix until just combined.
- Form cookie dough into two rounds, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 230° C (450° F).
- Remove dough from refrigerate and let sit at room temperature until softened.
- Roll out dough onto floured surface until 1/4 –inch thick. Use a bat-shaped cookie cutter to make cut-outs.
- Place cut-outs onto ungreased baking sheet and bake for 5-6 minutes, or until they have just set and gained some colour. Let sit on baking sheet for one minute and transfer to wire rack to continue cooling.
For the wild blueberry icing:
- Heat wild blueberries in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, for about 8-10 minutes, or until thickened. Use an immersion blender to blend to a thick puree.
- Strain wild blueberry mixture using a cheesecloth or fine mesh sieve.
- In the meantime, add powdered sugar, Greek yogurt and butter to a stand mixer or large bowl. Beat or mix on low until combined. Add vanilla and 1 teaspoon (5 ml) wild blueberry strained puree and mix to combine.
- Decorate cooled cookies with icing and let dry before serving or adding other layers of icing for decoration.
Wild Blue is Good for You!