This is my grandmother’s recipe for Blueberry Buckle. It is one of a handful of recipes I actually haven’t improved upon! My great grandmother made it, my grandmother made it, my mother made and I make it for my boys so you’re getting a true blue generational family recipe here. Kind of like those hand made quilts that get handed down from generation to generation, which I am blessed to have those also.

The ingredients are basic and the recipe is simple but the aroma through the home and the melt in your mouth taste make this buckle more than worthy of being served up to your family and friends. It’s also one of those great sides to bring to a party and we all like the feeling of bringing something special and a bit different.

If you run this recipe off or copy it to your recipe box, feel free to title it Grandma Sawyer’s Blueberry Buckle…she’d like that.

You can use the basics of this recipe and substitute your favorite berries. Some good choices would be: Mulberries, raspberries, red and black, boysenberries. You could also use strawberries. I stress fresh berries for this recipe though, cleaned and dried well.

You will need:

¼ cup butter
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
2teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk (I use 2% and it’s fine)
2 cups fresh blueberries (I do use the fresh blueberries, you could use frozen but I always use the fresh)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Cream butter, add sugar and beat until light. Add egg and beat well.

Add sifted dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk until smooth.

Fold in berries (do not beat)

Pour into a greased 9x9x2 greased square pan

Crumb topping:

Blend ¼ cup of softened butter, ½ cup sugar, 1/3 cup all purpose flour and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon. Sprinkle on cake and bake at 375 for 35 minutes.

Let stand for ten minutes before serving….great warm or room temperature.

Do remember if you are using a brown, dark or Teflon coated pan to reduce temp to 350 degrees. Do check after 25 minutes as some ovens cook more quickly than others.

That’s it! Do enjoy and as always I welcome your comments and wish you a blessed and wonderful week!

Sue