Nana always said ‘Don’t forget to eat your fruit!'

Written by Joy Paoletti and Judy Vig
Tuesday, 26 July 2011 23:00

“Don’t forget to eat your fruit!” We can remember our Nana saying this over and over again on our weekend trips to her home in West Hartford. I guess the saying, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” really is true. We now hear ourselves telling our children the same thing.

Nana always served peaches, mostly canned peaches. They seemed to be her favorite. Now that we think of it, she used a lot of canned fruit, served as a snack, in a small dish, or more lavish as a baked goodie.

We choose to have something to dip, dunk and crunch. Or a piece of heavy dense pound cake that goes down smoothly with that first sip of fresh coffee. But with all that fruit starring at us at the grocery stores, and those amazing sales going on with all types of berries, we thought just maybe we could come up with a great berry buckle, betty or crumble. We wanted all the textures we love mixed with the fruit and berries.

We came up with one that had a cake-like texture, with just enough crunch, and if we wanted to we could probably dunk it, so here we go ... it’s our Twice Baked “2 Minute” take on a scrumptious summertime nosh. Enjoy!

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Best Berry Buckle

1 cup flour

3/4 cup vanilla sugar- recipe follows (regular sugar can be used)

2 tsp.. Baking Powder

1/4 cup butter

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup milk

1-1 1/2 cups berries

Handful of crushed cinnamon toast crunch cereal for sprinkling on top (optional)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a glass Pyrex pie plate, melt butter. In bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and the milk. Pour batter right on top of the butter, spreading it out a bit. It will look like you have done it incorrectly, but don’t panic.! Next, sprinkle the fruit on top. DO NOT STIR. Sprinkle crushed cereal on top and bake for bout 35-40 minutes or until golden. Fruit will rise and batter will buckle.

Vanilla sugar: 2 cups white sugar and 1 vanilla bean spilt. Push bean into sugar and let flavors blend for a few days before using.