Fruit – Fresh blueberries vs dried blueberries in a cookie recipe

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Can fresh blueberries be used instead of dried blueberries for baking cookies? This is for a cookie recipe that calls for 1/2 cup dried blueberries.

Best Answer

No, that's not going to work. The fresh blueberries are mostly water, and all that water will definitely be enough to throw off the cookies. Other options:

  • use a different kind of dried fruit
  • dry the berries yourself, probably more work than you want (see this question)
  • turn them into thumbprint cookies, and use blueberry jam (if that works with your recipe)
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