Cooking with berries at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Center

Conservation Center's Jamie Koehler adding sugar to a pot of blueberries on the stove in her path of making a bear claw in her Berries, Berries, Berries class on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jamie Koehler shredding arrowroot to put in with the pot of blueberries in her class on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jamie Koehler stirs the pot with all of her ingredients as a part of her class at the Missouri Conservation Center.  (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Kei Sato takes her turn at stirring the pot of boiling blueberries in the class's quest to make a bear claw. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jamie Koehler kneads dough while the other parts of the class gathers the rest of their ingredients. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Bernie Dirnberger takes his turn at kneading the dough at their class on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

(Left) Judy Holmes and Kei Sato knead the dough while Jamie Koehler gathers the rest of their ingredients from the fridge. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

(Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

(Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Conservation Center's Jamie Koehler works with a knife to make the grooves in the bear claws while other class participants work with the dough in the Berries, Berries, Berries class at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Center on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Judy Holmes makes the grooves within the bear claws on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jamie Koehler adds the last ingredients to the bear claws before putting them in the oven. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

The finished project of the class, freshly baked bear claws. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)