Plum Crumble
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Recipe type: Sweet Treats
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Serves: 6-8
 
Ingredients
  • 1¼ cups plus 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup chilled (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • ¾ cups whole-wheat flour
  • ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup half-and-half
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1½ pounds dark plums, (about 8 small), pitted and sliced
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 cup sugar, salt, and flour. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Set aside half the mixture. Add the cinnamon, baking powder, and 1 egg to the other half. Mix until well blended. Press into the bottom of a 9-inch shallow baking dish. Bake until firm and golden brown, about 15 minutes.
  2. While the pastry is baking, whisk together ¼ cup sugar, the remaining egg, the half-and-half and the almond and vanilla extracts in a small bowl; set aside.
  3. Remove the pastry from the oven, and top with plum slices. Pour the liquid mixture over the plums, and sprinkle with reserved butter-flour mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and bake until topping is golden brown and the plums are tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature with ice cream, if desired.
Recipe by In Good Taste at http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/plum-crumble/