Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Altering Alton: Blueberry Buckle

I realize it's past season for blueberries, but for those of you lucky enough to freeze a supply for the upcoming months, I have something you can try without having to venture far from your kitchen.

Alton Brown (all praise the almighty AB!) has a Good Eats episode on blueberries that I recently caught on Food Network, and he had a recipe I just had to try for a blueberry buckle. Well, I didn't have any cake flour in the cupboard but I really wanted to try my luck with this delectable treat. Ultimately, I ended up replacing the cake flour with all-purpose (AP) flour, lowered the baking temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and placed it in the oven for 45 minutes near the top of the oven.

Needless to say, Dr. Food Chem's significant other (SO) thoroughly devoured a square of blueberry buckle in record time. So, there's hope for my cooking/baking skills. And as a treat, here is that episode:


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