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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Blueberry Bumplings (Scones Gone Silly?)


Today's recipe selection from the Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook was called Blueberry Bumplings. Seems that the Cat in the Hat ate them but can't say I've ever heard of them.

The recipe said that they were "surprisingly like blueberry scones" but as we started to gather the ingredients I soon realized that if they were supposed to come out like scones, I would need to alter the recipe (despite Izzy's pleas to just "Do what the book says.") If I did I think we would have baked up some "gloppity-glop" so instead I made a few minor changes and we produced lovely blueberry scones.

Blueberry Bumplings (adapted from the Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook)

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
pinch of cinnamon, plus cinnamon sugar for sprinkling.
4 ounces butter/ cold and cubed
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1 large egg
1/2 cup cream or half and half
1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 400 f.
2. Mix dry ingredients.
3. Add the butter and blend until mixture is crumbly.
4. Add blueberries and stir.
5. Mix wet ingredients in a small bowl and then incorporate into dry ingredients. Do not over mix.
6. Cut ball of dough into two pieces. Roll out one at a time, into a small circle. Cut into 6 triangles. Repeat with second ball.
7. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
8. Bake for 12-15 minutes.




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, thanks for posting this :) I actually own the cookbook, but since we're moving it's in a big box and I really wanted to make these with my little sister- so this post saved us :) The bumplings turned out to be DELICIOUS and they get so much bigger when baked then they do when you put them in, so for everyone making these, be mindful of that ;)

Anonymous said...

Hey, thanks for posting this :) I actually own the cookbook, but since we're moving it's in a big box and I really wanted to make these with my little sister- so this post saved us :) The bumplings turned out to be DELICIOUS and they get so much bigger when baked then they do when you put them in, so for everyone making these, be mindful of that ;)