Blueberry Oat Slices

Name: Blueberry Oat Slices
Yield: Makes about 4 to 5 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla extract; 1 egg, at room temperature; ½ cup (125 mL) sugar; 1 cup (250 mL) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ⅔ cup (160 mL) regular rolled oats; ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt; 1 cup (250 mL) dried blueberries; 2¼ cups (560 mL) all-purpose flour; ½ cup (125 mL) icing sugar, sifted; ½ tsp (2 mL) baking powder

Preparation info

Makes about
4 to 5 dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Back to Baking

By Anna Olson

Published 2011

About

While some people see icebox cookies as “retro” (as retro as the term icebox), these cookies are quite a contemporary version. Dried blueberries contribute a concentrated hit of fruitiness, and oats add a subtle nutty taste and a sense of virtue that there’s fibre in this little treat.

Ingredients

1 cup (250 mL) dried blueberries
1 cup (250

Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Pour 2 cups (500 mL) of boiling water over the dried blueberries and let them soak for 15 minutes. Then drain the blueberries and spread them out to dry on a paper towel.