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Rustic Fruit Desserts: Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More
By Cory Schreiber, Julie Richardson
Ten Speed Press - 2009
All Butter Pie Pastry : page 151
One of the flakiest all butter crusts ever - loved it! Used with the Gingered Peach and Blackberry Pandowdy which came out perfect. All butter - all better!
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Gingered Peach and Blackberry Pandowdy : page 64
This was so good! The cooking time was a little off - mine only needed about 40 minutes (not 50), and I couldn't wait for it to cool! Made it in an 8 inch cast iron skillet and added a little extra (powdered) ginger. The All butter crust recipe (p151) is super flaky and delicious.
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Nectarine, Boysenberry and Almond Crisp : page 55
Delicious! Subbed blueberries for boysenberries.
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Stone Fruit Slump : page 66
Summer peaches + gently spiced dumplings = yum! I made this on a hot day when cobbler/heating up the oven was out of the question. It was very good warm and even the next morning, though it does need to be gobbled up before sogginess sets in.
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Stone Fruit Tea Cake : page 52
This humble little cake is mildly sweet, not too dense, and very versatile. I used Rainier Cherries but I think this cake would really shine with the tangy sweetness of apricots. Being a tea cake the texture is not as moist as most cakes, but compliments a cup of tea/ coffee perfectly. My batter was exactly that, a batter, not a dough as suggested in the recipe, but after the required 30 minute freezer time it was easy to handle. This dough keeps well in the freezer, making a last minute dessert simple.
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Stone Fruit Upside-Down Cornmeal Cake : page 72
This was came together quickly and satisfied my fruit-cornmeal craving. I love the crumble crunch and the cornmeal against the soft sweetness of the fruit. I had made peach cornmeal muffins in the past and they were outstanding (NY Times recipe I think) so I decided to use a combo of peaches and plums (recipe suggests plums, apricots or pluots). The plums definitely were tastier than the peaches (even though the peaches nice and sweet) and had better texture in the end. I still believe cornmeal and peach pair beautifully but maybe not here. Can't wait to try it with apricots.
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Vanilla-Spiked Plum Galette : page 61
This is not only tasty but quite beautiful as well. I doubled the vanilla using the entire bean and it was wonderful. The galette dough recipe is delicious though my butter went from small cubes to fine sand in just a couple pulses of the processor - skipping the small pea size altogether. Came together well and stood up to the juicy plums in spite of my "sandy" dough.
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