Bluebery Pie

My family and I went blueberry picking yesterday. We came home with over twelve cups of berries. Using some of these berries I made a blueberry pie.

For a 9-inch pie:
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, if desired
4 cups fresh blueberries
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Heat oven to 425. Prepare pastry. Stir together sugar, flour and cinnamon; mix with berries. Turn into pastry-lined pie pan; sprinkle with lemon juice and dot with butter.

Cover with top crust which has slits in it; seal and flute. Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil last 15 minutes of baking. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust.

~Betty Crockers Cookbook~

Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies

These cookies were enjoyed by my whole family. Before I had even finished mixing all the ingredients together my little sister commented: "Mmm! This is yum."

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest*
1 teaspoon ground coriander
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
3/4 cups salted butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 egg large egg yolks
1 large whole egg
1 1/2 teaspoons pure lemon extract

Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
     In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, lemon zest, coriander and poppy seeds. Mix well with a wire whisk and set aside.
     In a large bowl cream butter and sugar with electric mixer at medium speed until mixture forms a grainy paste. Scrape down sides of bowl, then add yolks egg and lemon extract. Beat at medium speed until fully combined.
     Add the flour mixture and beat till just combined. Do not overmix.
     Drop  by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake for 21-23 minutes until cookies are slightly brown along edges. Immediately transfer cookies with a spatula to cool surface.**

~Mrs. Field's Cookie Book~

*Lemon zest is simply lemon peel, and I used the stuff that you get in a little jar at the store. In other words, it wasn't freshly grated

**Cool surface: i.e. cooling rack, plate