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Maple Blueberry Buckle

A take on Alton Brown's Blueberry Buckle with maple syrup and maple sugar
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Alton Brown, blueberries
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

  • 9 ounces cake flour don't substitute AP flour
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 4 tablespoons butter room temperature
  • 5 ¼ ounces maple sugar
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • 15 ounces blueberries

For the topping

  • 4 ¼ ounces all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg freshly grated please
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup darker, the better
  • 3 tablespoons cold butter cubed
  • pinch kosher salt

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Liberally spray a 9-inch square glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.

To make the batter

  • In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the cake flour, baking powder, salt, and ground ginger. 
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the room temperature butter and the maple sugar. Use your paddle attachment and cream the butter and sugar on medium speed til light and fluffy, should take about 60 seconds.
  • Reduce the speed and add your egg, mix to just combine.
  • With the mixing running on low, alternate adding the flour mixture and the milk until everything is added and the batter just comes together. Don't overmix.
  • Turn the mixer off, and gently stir in the blueberries. Pour the mixture in into your glass baking dish.

To make the topping

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, maple syrup, salt, and nutmeg. 
  • Add the cubed butter into the bowl. With your hand work in the butter until it resembles a coarse cornmeal. 

To bake the buckle

  • Sprinkle the topping over the batter. Bake in the center of your oven for 40-45 mintues or until browned and a tooth pick comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool for a half hour before consuming.