Oven-dried blueberries

In light of my recent creation of yummy granola, I've decided to make another batch (sometime in the near future).  Of course, always using the same fruits, nuts and sweeteners could make the consumption of granola a bit monotonous; so I wanted to try my hand at making oven-dried blueberries.  For my attempt, I chose to use the smallest, least sweet and juicy blueberries I could since honey is used to sweeten them anyway.  I also cut the recipe, using only 1/3 cup of blueberries and ended up leaving them in the oven for 3 and a half hours (oops!).  In the end, they still turned out better than I had expected.  

Ingredients:

1 cup blueberries

1 tsp honey

Method:

1) Mix blueberries and honey in small bowl

2) Preheat oven to 225F and bake on lined baking sheet for 2 hours, 

   or until fruit has shriveled slightly

Blueberry pancakes

Everybody loves pancakes, especially deliciously fruity ones.  Here’s my recipe for blueberry pancakes that serves two (or one very hungry person).  

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/4 cups milk

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 large eggs

blueberries as desired

Method:

1) Whisk together all ingredients except for blueberries

2) Heat pan over medium heat & add butter or oil

3) Pour out small amount of batter onto pan & add blueberries as desired

4) Cook until bubbles appear on surface & underside is golden brown

5) Flip and cook other side for about one minute more

6) Top with butter & syrup, and enjoy