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		Sugar
6 tablespoons		Flour
1/4 teaspoon		Salt
1/4 cup		Butter - (1/2 stick) - cut tablespoon size
		Cornmeal Buckle
1/4 cup		Softened butter - plus more
1 1/2 cups		Flour
1/4 cup		Yellow cornmeal
2 teaspoons		Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon		Salt
1 cup		Sugar
1		Egg
1/2 cup		Milk
1 lb		Plums - (abt 4) - cut up

Recipe Instructions

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

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