Inspired by a recipe in The Best of Country Cookies: A Cookie Jarful of the Country's Best Family Favorites, Selected from over 34,000 Shared by Subscribers in Taste of Home's "Cookie of All Cookies
For the blueberries, I used fresh ones which I’d frozen the day before. Freezing the fresh blueberries makes the cookies a lot less likely to turn blue, as does tossing the berries in flour and keeping them frozen until the last minute.
Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies Update!
Update: This is a really old recipe which I need to make again. I'd actually forgotten about it until I saw Melissa Clark's recipe in the New York Times. Her version sounds so good! She turns the blueberries into a compote and adds that to the cookies. It is a completely different recipe which I need to try.
Recipe
Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour or all purpose (130 grams)
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 4 oz unsalted butter room temperature (114 grams)
- 1 cup golden brown sugar packed (215 grams)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ cups quick-cooking oats not instant
- ½ cup toasted walnuts
- 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove 1 teaspoon of flour from the 1 cup measure and set aside. Mix the remaining flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and baking powder together in a bowl; set aside.
- Beat the butter and brown sugar using high speed of an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the vanilla, then add the egg and beat just until incorporated. Gradually add the flour mixture to batter, stirring just until absorbed. Then stir in oats and walnuts. Toss the frozen blueberries in the reserved teaspoon of flour and stir in the blueberries
- Carefully shape into balls (mine were a little over an inch) and space about 2 ½ inches apart on the parchment lined cookie sheets.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes (check at 10). Let cool on cookie sheets for about 3 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Cookie Monster says
Yum! Add 1/4 cup of white chocolate chips to this recipe!
Yes, tricky scooping toward the end b/c berries are thawing out. You can't scoop as you cook, as I would with regular cookies. You need to scoop out all the dough at once as fast as you can onto pre-torn (if you will) pieces of parchment. Then place the pieces of parchment onto the cookie sheet as you cook.
Brittani says
Love these cookies and love the website!!!!
Anna says
I've never made these as bars but it sounds like a good idea.
j says
Hi, Anna...
Have you tried this recipe as a cookie bar or heard from anyone who has? I love this idea of fresh blueberries as opposed to dried, but want to be sure I wouldn't end up with too much contained moisture in such a mass of dough. I would like to an 8x8.
Lovely recipes here!
Anna says
Thanks for trying the, Sue!
Sue says
Very good cookie! Not too sweet. It was tricky scooping them towards the end because the berries were thawing out. Made about 4 doz.
Kalah says
So so so good!!!! I made these cookies for breakfast this morning for myself and my 6 children. My VERY picky 10 year old proclaimed, "I don't like oatmeal so I'm not going to like these." After being told to try one she ever so carefully proceeded. "Mom, after I finish this cookie, may I have another?" she asked. I can't believe it!!! This child never gives in so easily. Thanks for the delicious recipe; we all love it.
Gabi says
I was looking for an Apple Bluberry Oatmeal Cookie recipe... no luck. I was wondering if there would be a way to add apple to this recipe without destroying it? Any ideas
I'd really appreciate the help!
Betsy says
Oh my goodness, this recipe is wonderful!!! My in-laws own a u-pick blueberry farm, so we have so many blueberries in the freezer, and I'm constantly looking for new recipes. I added cinnamon chips to this instead of nuts and they are delicious! Thank you for posting this and I will definitly add this recipe to my favorites 😀
Kelly says
This recipe is one my favorites. I don't use walnuts typically because I'm unsure whether people like them or not and they are delicious without!
I'm sad blueberry season is coming to a close. Next year, more will be made!
Brandi says
These cookies are great! I substituted the walnuts with sliced almonds. This will be a new favorite recipe for me! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Anna says
Thanks for adding a review, Karine! I appreciate it.
Karine says
I just made thes e cookieswith fresh organic blueberries and whole wheat flour. The cookies were amazing! Im glad I came across this recipe in my google search 🙂
Melissa says
I made these and found them to be absolutely wonderful. It's crucial to freeze the blueberries, which I did. Otherwise, I can see how they would turn your cookies into a blue mess. I also used whole wheat flour and pecans (instead of walnuts). We love them.
Anna says
Sorry your batch didn't turn out, Cassie.
Cassie says
This is the WORST cookie recipe ever!
Unless you flatten out the dough, it will look like a bear ate blueberries and pooped on the cookie sheet. It says you can use fresh or frozen but if you use fresh then they just get mashed up and the dough turns purple.
I would not recommend trying this.
Grace says
Saving this recipe! They sound SO good
Anna says
I think bits of apple would work 🙂
Katherine says
Oooo my dad loves blueberry crisp, maybe I'll whip some of these up for father's day. He really likes apple crisp too...hmm...think I can subsitute the blueberries for chopped apple pieces? Let me know!!
Laura Avery says
These are sooo good....and easy! Thanks for sharing!
ST says
OMG. I'm making these TODAY! It's blueberry season up here in the North and I can't stop buying them, but never use them all in time and have about 3 lbs frozen. 🙂
Anna says
That's great! I hope your guests like the cookies too.
Lamoni says
I just tried making these. They turned out SO delicious, thanks for the recipe! I froze my blueberries also, and it actually helped me drop the balls of dough onto the cookie sheet since it got cold and less sticky when I threw them into the cookie mix. I hope I don't eat all of them before my guests come over.
Anna says
Hi Kelli,
Thanks for the walnut tip, and glad you liked the cookies. I'll have to try them with the browned butter icing.
I've had my eye on Paula's recipe for a long time, but I think the buttermilk might make them a little too cakey for my taste. I'm not sure and I *do* plan on trying them one day.
Kelli says
I was getting ready to make Paula Deen's Ultimate Oatmeal Cookies when I started reading the reviews on them. Although they got great reviews overall, a lot of people really disliked them. I then came to your site and the recipe of the day was for oatmeal cookies so I took that as a sign. I made them this afternoon. Since I really liked the idea of Paula's Browned butter icing, I drizzled that on top. WOW! Talk about delish! You mentioned that they reminded you of cobbler so imagine how they taste with a butter icing on top. And very pretty to boot. BTW, you forgot to list the walnuts in your directions. Thanks again for the recipe.
LilSis says
I can't wait to try these cookies! I love a soft and chewy cookie. Lately, I've been buying a container of blueberries every time I go to the store. We have a local store that has them on sale for $1.99 and they're excellent blueberries.
With the whole wheat flour, oatmeal, and blueberry combination, they sound like they would even be good for breakfast! Any idea of the nutritional info on these?
Anna says
Hi Katherine,
I toast nuts in the microwave all the time. They're not as evenly toasted as when you use the oven, but when you're only dealing with a handful of nuts, the microwave is very efficient. What I do is scatter them on a paper towel and microwave them for 2 to 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Pecans take a little longer than walnuts. Halfway through, I shuffle them around a little.
This is a big time saver and much better than just skipping the toasting process.
Katherine says
These look great! You can toast nuts in the microwave?? Who knew? Love that tip!
sherri says
They look delicious- I've never had blueberries in oatmeal cookies before, but would love to try them!
Anna says
Katrina, mine have been hit or miss too. However, at the prices we're paying I can't be too picky. It's just good to have them fresh.
Jen, let me know what you think.
Louise, I am sorry but that made me laugh ;).
Beth, thanks for pointing out the mention. I'll have to find a copy to send to my relatives. I always enjoyed reading blurbs and about other contestants...probably to the point where I scared them by pointing out things all the things I knew about them from blurbs and spotlights.
Angie, did you see my old Eating Well recipe for blueberry white chocolate ginger cookies? I won a prize a while back for that combo. In my opinion, this one is better because the blueberries are fresh and (like I said above) juicy and burst-open. But yes, I think white chocolate and ginger would be good here if you had it on hand.
Angela says
Oh these look so good! I love it when cookies combine flavors- I wonder if you could add white chips and/or candied ginger to these??
On that note...does candied ginger even bake well?
beth says
This isn't about the cookies although this Jersey girl loves anything blueberry.
I had a chance to glance through the new Pillsbury Bake Off Cookbook while I was waiting for my daughter during her storyhour at our local library. I looked for your winning recipe, and was pleasantly surprised to see the "spotlight" about you. I hope a lot of people will do a search and find your blog as a result of reading the cookbook. It would have been nice if they mentioned the name of your blog too. I really liked how they gave the reader a glimpse into the lives of the winners. What a great tribute to you and the other bakers.
Louise says
I love fresh blueberries but, except for blueberry pancakes, I only eat them raw. I was in a pie eating contest at a picnic when I was about Fuzz's age and had my face pushed into a blueberry pie. I haven't been the same since. 🙁
Jen says
Wow...good timing! I've been searching today for something different to do with some blueberries I picked up. Never used fresh blueberries in a cookie. I'm going to freeze my blueberries tonight so I can try these.
Katrina says
Seems like the blueberries in the stores here haven't been that great. I missed them at the farmer's market this week. Sigh.
The cookies do look great.