Strap on your seatbelt and get in gear for this blast-from-the-past dessert. Succulent fruit covered with a cinnamon crumb topping and brown sugar-pineapple sauce is comfort food at its best.
Blueberry-Pineapple Buckle
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 9
- Ingredients 20
Ingredients
Filling
- 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel, if desired
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple in juice, drained, juice reserved for sauce
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
Cinnamon Crumb Topping
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
Pineapple Sauce
- 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- Juice reserved from crushed pineapple
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix all filling ingredients except pineapple and blueberries with spoon until well blended. Fold in pineapple and blueberries. Spread in ungreased 8-inch square pan.
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Step2In small bowl, mix all topping ingredients except butter. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles resemble fine crumbs. Sprinkle over blueberry mixture.
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Step3Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Step4Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, mix brown sugar and cornstarch. Add enough water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 2/3 cup; stir into brown sugar mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice. Serve over warm dessert.
Nutrition
360
Calories
17 g
Total Fat
4 g
Protein
52 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 360
- Calories from Fat
- 155
- Total Fat
- 17 g
- Saturated Fat
- 8 g
- Cholesterol
- 50 mg
- Sodium
- 230 mg
- Potassium
- 110 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 52 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Protein
- 4 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
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