Blueberry Biscuits

I love me some blueberry baked goods.  It's funny cause I don't really like blueberries by themselves.  Yeah. I'm odd. 

I found this recipe online and it has been a hit with our family!

Ingredients:

2 cups flour 

(I usually mix a cup of whole wheat with a cup of all purpose or you can just use whole wheat if you prefer)

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons shortening or unsalted butter at room temperature 

(we use butter)

1 cup sugar

2/3 to 3/4 cup milk

1 to 2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Directions:

Pre-heat your oven to 450 degrees.

Making these is just like making regular biscuits. 

Place your flour(s), baking powder, salt and sugar into a bowl.  Stir them up well. 

Next "cut" in your shortening or butter.  I do this in my kitchen aid with the flat beater.  You can use a bowl and a fork.  It's important that the butter/shortening is softened.  It can still be a bit cold but you need to be able to brake it up in to small pieces.  Using your fork you can press the pieces into the flour mixture rotating the bowl around until the butter/shortening is well mixed and resembles coarse crumbles. 

Next we will add the milk.  Start with 2/3 cup and if the mix seems too dry you can add a little bit more.  You want your dough to be well mixed and a bit sticky. You will notice that if you used shortening your dough will be a bit "loose" and if you used butter the dough will be firm.  Both cook fine. If you are using frozen berries you might want to add only the 2/3 cup as the frozen berries seem to add a bit more moisture than fresh so it will make up the difference. 

Lastly add the blueberries.  If you like less blueberries add 1 cup.  If you like lots of them add up to 2 cups.  Now using a spoon or rubber spatula, GENTLY fold the berries into the dough.  You will probably still get some that break and stain the dough a bit purple but if you are careful they will get even spread out.  If you are using frozen you should see the batter sticky up nicely.  

Now you have two choices.  You can put flour down on your counter and dump the dough out and either press it out with your hands or roll it out with a rolling pin.  Then you can use a round cookie cutter or a cup to cut out the biscuits and place them on a baking sheet.  Or if you want you can use an ice cream scoop sprinkled with a little flour and scoop out the batter and place on a baking sheet.  I find that if your dough is a bit on the loose side that the ice cream scoop works better.  

Now bake at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.  They will spread in the oven a bit and may end up touching during baking.  They should be a nice golden brown on the top when they are finished.  

Let cool and then enjoy!