The Fannie Farmer Cookbook was to me what Mastering the Art of French Cooking was to Julie in the movie “Julie and Julia”. I didn’t try to cook every recipe but it was the cookbook I learned to cook from…
My name and the date it was given to me is written in my mother’s hand on the endpaper…
…The pages I have frequently used are well spattered…
…and this is one of my favorite recipes. It has lots of butter which seems perfectly alright after watching a movie on French cooking…
First a 8X8 or 9X9 inch baking dish is buttered and the oven is heated to 425.
Then make Cottage Pudding batter according to the recipe above…
1 1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 cup sugar are sifted or whisked together…
Then 1 well beaten egg, 1/2 cup milk, and 1/2 cup melted butter are mixed …I melt the butter in the microwave , then add the other ingredients right into the measuring cup…
Stir gently into the flour mixture…
Mix 2 or more cups of blueberries with some lemon zest, sugar to taste (I used about 1/4 cup), a few grains of kosher salt, and 1 or 2 Tablespoons of flour…I just happened to have some Maine blueberries:)
Spread the fruit in the baking dish, dot with butter, and spread the Cottage Pudding over the top…
Bake about 30 minutes.
I usually serve it with vanilla ice cream but this is what I had for breakfast the next day…
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I know for a fact that it is very, very good made with fresh peaches too.
