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.
Apple Blueberry Brown Butter Bliss
Ingredients
Filling
- 2 cups fresh blueberries divided
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- Pinch of salt
- 1 apple peeled and diced
Topping
- ½ cup butter
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon sugar in the raw
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and butter a pie plate.
- Add 1 cup of blueberries, ⅓ cup sugar, lemon juice, and salt to a saucepan and cook over medium heat until blueberries burst and mixture is thickened.
- Add remaining 1 cup of blueberries, apple, and lemon zest. Stir to combine. Spread into the pie plate.
- 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 ¾ cup of sugar into the butter, then the eggs, then the flour and cinnamon.
- 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.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or thick vanilla yogurt.
Notes
Brown Butter Recipes You’ll Love
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Browned Butter Cauliflower
Cashew Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Brown Butter
Butter Pecan Blondies with Brown Butter
Garlic Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes
Apple Blueberry Bliss
Brown Butter Parmesan Corn
Brown Butter Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce
Skillet Brown Butter Carrots
Dark Chocolate Brown Butter Brownies
Browned Butter Salted Caramel Sauce
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jo oliver
I am so addicted to your blog. You have recipes that make common sense for family, affordable, but yet not the same old burger and fries type stuff. I made the Taco Cornbread recipe tonight….and my mom, dad, hubby, and I loved it! I can not wait to try this blueberry and apple recipe!
Bridgett
My grandparents had an apple peeler as my grandma was always making apple pies and I loved watching my grandfather peel all of them for her. I will have to share this delicious recipe with my grandma.
sharonjo
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sharonjo
My dream bed would be a king-size canopy with fluffy down pillows and very expensive sheets–that someone else would iron!
I like the Monte Carlo Poster Canopy Bed at CSN Stores bedroomfurniture.com.
This is my first visit to your site. After doing a food blog search for Cheesy Garlic Bread, I found your Black Angus version. Wow–that looks fabulous! I'm off to explore your site. Thanks!
Gabe's Girl
Awesome dish and awesome tool! Love it. Wish I had one 🙁
Mags
First of all, the "Bliss" does indeed look like bliss. And, I really, really want one of those apple peelers!
My perfect bed would would have some sort of high-tech snore shield between hubby and myself…LOL
Patty
Yum! Blueberry bliss! I've never tried making something like this with anything but apples – my girls love blueberries, so I seriously think this recipe would be a home run at the house! Also…I would love a bed like the Westin's Heavenly Bed AND where would I put it??? On the beach in Bali!!!!
Natalie
give me a bed with a feather top mattress and a down comforter and i'm one happy girl! 🙂
I've never heard of combining blueberries and apples in a dessert–must try sometime!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
Mum that looks so good for the weather that we're having right now (cold!). I wonder could you use that apple peeler for curly fries? Or are the curls a little too big? 😀 xxx
Luv to Save
My favourite bed is the Modus Riva Platform Bed
SKU #: MO1179
I love those apple peeler too! I need one!
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Cherie
Ahhhhhhhhhhh, I come for the fantastic recipes but I'll stay for the giveaway. 🙂 The Apple Blueberry Browned Butter Bliss is another winner!
Can't wait to make it.
So, my dream bed would be located on a hillside overlooking the ocean anywhere along the Pacific Northwest Coast. Or maybe Hawaii. 🙂
Chetana Suvarna Ganatra
Hey Barbara…tats awesome…last week I too baked de same…still wondering wat to call it.
Between loved ur apple peeler…hw good is tat…
Bonnie
I would love a four-poster and I would love it to be in my weekend getaway. It would look so great with an antique quilt on it.
And I want that apple peeler. So many apples to peel and so little time.
sweetlife
great dessert, I have a apple peeler and I love it…four poster bed..hmm yes I would love to have one and get a full nights sleep, no kiddos..haha
sweetlife
Sue Sparks
I can see why this dessert is called Bliss! 🙂
My dream bed would be the four poster Lexington. Where would my dream bed be located? In our own bed and breakfast Inn in Pacific Grove:)
Congrats on your apple peeler!
FYI: I have a giveaway on my blog too:)
P.S. Love your cute new profile photo!
Maria
Love this dessert! I love the bed we have now, a nice huge king:)
Pink Little Cake
My dream bed will be in the beach. Your dessert looks delicious!
Faith
That apple peeler is so cool! My dream bed would be located on the beach — but somewhere it never rains (lol, if such a place exists!). 🙂
Megan
I tweeted! 🙂