from Decoration Day
This simple dessert is divine with whipped cream or ice cream, especially when served warm. Most any tree fruit or summer berry will work.
Makes 4 servings
½ cup butter
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
3 cups of sliced fresh or frozen peaches or whole blueberries, strawberries, raspberries or blackberries, or a combination
Heat oven to 350°F.
Place butter in an 8-inch square or 9-inch round pan or skillet and put pan in oven just long enough for butter to melt. Remove pan from oven.
In a small bowl, whisk together our, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add milk, whisking to form a smooth batter. Don’t overstir. Pour batter into pan with melted butter. Scatter fruit over batter.
Bake until top is brown, about 50 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Dotty Griffith is the author of THE TEXAS HOLIDAY COOKBOOK - Second Edition ©2013, Taylor Trade Publishing.
