Browned Butter Bliss

Name: Browned Butter Bliss
Prep time: PTM
Yield: Serves 8.
Ingredients: 8 or so plums, thickly sliced, or apricots, or 3 peaches, or the original calls for 3 tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced; a squeeze of lemon juice, if you're using apples; 3/4 cup + 3 Tbsp. sugar (or to taste, according to the sweetness of the fruit); 1/2 tsp. cinnamon (or to taste); 1/2 cup butter; 2 large eggs; 1 cup all-purpose flour

cake, dessert, sweet stuff

August 11, 2008

(by way of Ligita's Quick Apple Cake in Classic Home Desserts)

Makes: Serves 8.

Ingredients

8 or so plums, thickly sliced, or apricots, or 3 peaches, or the original calls for 3 tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced

a squeeze of lemon juice, if you're using apples

3/4 cup + 3 Tbsp. sugar (or to taste, according to the sweetness of the fruit)

1/2 tsp. cinnamon (or to taste)

1/2 cup butter

2 large eggs

1 cup all-purpose flour

Directions

1Preheat the oven to 350°F and butter a pie plate.

2Toss your fruit in a bowl (or the pie plate) with about 2 Tbsp. sugar and the cinnamon; spread into the plate. Melt the butter in a small saucepan and keep cooking it, swirling the pan occasionally, for about 5 minutes or until it turns golden. Pour into a bowl.

3Stir the 3/4 cup of sugar into the butter, then the eggs, then the flour. Pour over the fruit and sprinkle with the last tablespoon of sugar.

4Bake for 40-45 minutes, until golden and crusty, and the juices ooze from around the edges. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or thick vanilla yogurt.

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