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Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Ingredients for topping:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, cut up
See Mark's Notes for modified ingredients list to bake in a 13x9 casserole dish.
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Grease 9x9x2 or 8x8x2 inch baking pan (see Mark's Notes)
3. In medium bowl, combine 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. Set flour mixture aside.
5. In medium or large bowl, beat shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds.
6. Add 3/4 cup sugar.
7. Beat on medium to high speed until light and fluffy.
8. Add egg; beat well.
9. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to beaten egg mixture; beat until smooth with each addition.
10. Spread batter in prepared pan.
11. Sprinkle with blueberries.
12. In another small bowl, prepare the topping by combining the 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and cinnamon.
13. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
14. Sprinkle over blueberries.
15. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden.
Mark's Story:
I saw this recipe in the breakfast section of my Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks. It was shortly after the recipe for buttermilk pancakes that I sometimes use. I had no idea what a "Blueberry Buckle". It looked good, and so I made it. Trish thought it was good and compared it to something between a blueberry cobbler and cornbread. I thought it was really good and I would compare it more to a blueberry coffee cake. I'll definitely make it again.
Mark's Notes.
I used the 8x8x2 baking pan. I had to cook this nearly 70 minutes to get it 'golden'. I would almost recommend using the 9x9x2 baking pan. The 8x8x2 pan was almost overflowing and took longer to cook through the center. I would also seriously consider trying this with a slightly larger casserole dish and see how well that turns out. The casserole dish only has slightly more area than a 9x9x2 baking pan.
Next time I make this, I will use a casserole dish and let anyone reading this know how it turned out.
I posted this on May 4, 2014. May 6, 2014 is Teacher and Staff Appreciation day at the kids' school. So, I made the Blueberry Buckle in the 13x9 casserole dish. Here is what I modified the ingredients to:
Casserole Dish Ingredients:
2 3/4 cup flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/8 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
3 cups blueberries
Ingredients for topping:
2/3 cup flour
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
Follow all the other directions for preparing the dish.
Bake time is 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until golden.
Happy Baking!!!
