Cornmeal Buckle With Plums

A buckle is an old-fashioned American dessert, so named, supposedly, because of the way the center collapses when it is removed from the oven. Replacing some of the flour with cornmeal provides a bittersweet complement to the tart-sweet plums.

Type: Fruit
Courses: Dessert
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

		Topping
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
6 tablespoons	90ml	Flour
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter - (1/2 stick) - cut tablespoon size
		Cornmeal Buckle
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Softened butter - plus more
1 1/2 cups	93g / 3.3oz	Flour
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Yellow cornmeal
2 teaspoons	10ml	Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
1		Egg
1/2 cup	118ml	Milk
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Plums - (abt 4) - cut up

Recipe Instructions

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 06-19-2002

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