LILY BAKES: Blueberry Biscuits

Lily Barnes is our 10-year-old resident kid baker. Each month she shares an original recipe that kids can make at home with their parents, plus a few behind-the-scenes tips and tricks to make your treat extra special. Here is Lily’s recipe for Blueberry Biscuits:

BLUEBERRY BISCUITS

I wanted to make this to try something different than my cake and cookie desserts. I like biscuits and I think kids will like to add their favorite fruit baked inside and add jam, butter, or honey on top for an extra yummy taste.—Lily

INGREDIENTS:

• 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• About 6 tablespoons butter, cold and cubed
• 1¼ cup whole plain yogurt
• 1 pint fresh blueberries
• 1 egg
• ½ tablespoon Sugar in the Raw

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Mix well
• Add diced butter to flour mix, using fingers, combine the flour with butter until a crumbly appearance
• Next add in yogurt, fold and combine until blended
• Gently fold in blueberries
• Turn dough out onto a floured surface and gently press the dough out into a round shape about an inch thick
• Using a round cookie cutter, press out 8 biscuits and arrange them a greased cookie sheet with biscuits touching
• Whisk 1 egg and lightly brush on top of biscuits. Sprinkle with Sugar in the Raw
• Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes