Blueberry Buckle

Today I went to a Giant Foods' nutrition class on glycemic index. The Giant in Willow Grove (and Camp Hill) offer nutrition and cooking classes and I've been to a lot of good ones. One of the recipes that was featured was blueberry buckle. I am not sure how it got its name...it seems like a blueberry coffee cake to me, but it was really tasty, nonetheless. I had some blueberries at home that needed to be used soon, so Ella and I tried out the recipe after her nap. We substituted Smart Balance for the shortening and half frozen blueberries for all fresh. Ella enjoyed mixing the flour, sugar, and cinnamon for the crumbly top, and, most of all, putting the blueberries on top of the batter--she said, "Wow" when we poured them all on, and then proceeded to push the blueberries down into the batter with her fingers to "get them in."

Blueberry Buckle

(serves 9)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar (in class we used Splenda--but I didn't have enough of that)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

Crumble Topping:

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter
  

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, powder, salt in a bowl--set aside. In another bowl beat shortening, then add in sugar and egg--beat. Alternate between adding in milk and flour mixture and beat until smooth.
2. Spoon batter into greased pan and sprinkle with blueberries. In another bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon. Then cut in butter until it resembles coarse crumbs--sprinkle over blueberries.
3. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden. Cool slightly and serve warm.

Ella adding the baking powder into the flour


pushing the blueberries into the batter

just out of the oven


ready to taste!

The house smelled so yummy and warm while the "buckle" was baking, especially great for the damp, rainy day we're having (where is the June weather). Ella told me, "Oops--we make big mess! Momma clean it up paper towels?" Yes, we made a floury mess, but had fun. I ended up sending the finished product in with Rob for him to share with his co-workers, so we'll get the taste test results later from a group of hungry engineers!