Apple Blueberry Brown Butter Bliss

This Apple Blueberry Brown Butter Bliss is a cross between a fruit cobbler and a cake. It’s loaded with fruit on the bottom, but some of the topping seeps down between the fruit. The sugar sprinkled on top before baking gives it a nice crunch, and is the perfect addition to this old fashioned dessert.

I have been making lots of things with apples lately, but one of my favorites is this Apple Blueberry Brown Butter Bliss.

I received the sweetest email from a reader, Cheryl from NC. She told me how much she liked my blog and shared a few of her favorite recipes with me. One of her favorites was Browned Butter Bliss with Plums from Dinner With Julie, Sounds heavenly doesn’t it, so of course I needed to give it a try.

Also included in this post is a Recipe Round Up. I’ve joined a fun group of bloggers to put together a roundup of recipes on the first day of every month. This month we’re sharing Brown Butter Recipes. 

Costco had some big beautiful blueberries, so I decided to make a Blueberry Bliss instead of a plum bliss. I was afraid blueberries might be a bit too juicy for this recipe and make the top soggy, so I used the technique that Cook’s Illustrated uses in their blueberry pie recipe.

I cooked half of the blueberries to create a sauce, then added the remaining blueberries and apples. It worked perfectly.

Once you have the fruit cooked, you brown the butter. Browning it gives it sort of a nutty flavor. Watch it closely so you don’t burn it. Then you combine the topping ingredients and pour them over the fruit and finish the top with a sprinkle of sugar.

My family was blissfully happy with this dessert. Serve it hot with a scoop of vanilla ice are. Thanks Cheryl for recommending it.

Be sure and check out all of the delicious brown butter recipes this month below.

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Yield: 8 servings

Apple Blueberry Brown Butter Bliss

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

Filling

• 2 cups fresh blueberries, divided
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• Pinch of salt
• 1 apple peeled and diced

Topping

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon sugar in the raw

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and butter a pie plate.
2. Add 1 cup of blueberries, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice, and salt to a saucepan and cook over medium heat until blueberries burst and mixture is thickened.
3. Add remaining 1 cup of blueberries, apple, and lemon zest. Stir to combine. Spread into the pie plate.
4. Prepare Topping: Melt the butter in a small saucepan and keep cooking it, swirling the pan occasionally, for about 5 minutes or until it turns golden. Pour into a bowl. Stir 3/4 cup of sugar into the butter, then the eggs, then the flour and cinnamon.
5. Pour over the fruit and sprinkle with raw sugar. Bake for 40-45 minutes, until golden and crusty, and the juices ooze from around the edges.
6. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or thick vanilla yogurt.

Notes

*Instead of the blueberry filling you can substitute - 8 or so plums, thickly sliced, or apricots, or 3 peaches, or 3 tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced + 2 Tbsp. sugar (or to taste, according to the sweetness of the fruit)

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