they’re on sale, all over the place. of course i highly recommend getting them at heb. call me crazy, but i’m a firm believer that here, everything’s better.
which is funny, really — sidenote — i used to shop kroger religiously. thought their produce was the bomb-diggity. and i used to hate heb, i guess because when i first came to texas, heb wasn’t heb, it was heb food pantry. which reminded me of aldi stores back in the midwest, which were stores where almost-dead groceries went to go be sold to poor folk for discounts. but i digress…
go get you some blackberries, and make some blackberry breakfast bars. they are absolutely wondrous. and you don’t even have to eat them just for breakfast. grab one whenever you’re just plain hungry. and now, i do something completely unbitchy; i share my recipe:
2 cups fresh blackberries (two of the little plastic packs)
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup quick cooking rolled oats (or regular oats)
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup margarine or butter melted
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl stir together flour, oats, brown sugar, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, and baking soda. Stir in melted margarine or butter till thoroughly combined. Set aside 1 cup of the oat mixture for topping. Press remaining oat mixture into an ungreased 9×9x2-inch pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
For filling, in a medium saucepan combine berries, sugar, water, lemon juice and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for about 8 minutes or till slightly thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
Carefully spread filling on top of baked crust. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture. Lightly press oat mixture into filling. Bake in the 350-degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes more or till topping is set. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.
you’ve got to try these!! now, go!!!
go. get some blackberries. now!!