Fresh Plum Crumb Dessert

AmyZoe's Note:

A friend gave me fresh plums, and she shared this recipe. This is phenomenal. This recipe won the Taste of Home 'On the Road' Contest. It's a keeper. Serve with a scoop of ice cream if you like. It was fantastic warm from the oven with no topping in my opinion.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 7 large plums (pitted and quartered)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup butter, melted

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine the plums, brown sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, and cinnamon.
2. Spoon into a greased 2-quart baking dish.
3. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, baking powder, salt, mace, and cup of flour.
4. Add egg and stir with a fork until crumbly.
5. Sprinkle over plum mixture.
6. Drizzle with butter.
7. Bake at 375 for 40 to 45 minutes or until plums are tender and top is golden brown.
8. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
9. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Reviews

[yiayee]

I made this recipe yesterday and it was fabulous! I followed the recipe exactly as written except at the end I did not drizzle it with 1/2 cup of melted butter instead I placed little shavings of butter on top of the batter in numerous places. It browned evenly and everyone in the family thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be making this again soon.

[Ceezie]

This is a super tasty dessert. The only changes I made were to sub cloves for mace, reduce the butter to 1/4 and spray the spots the butter didn't hit with spray butter. What came out of the oven was a hot fruit compote topped with a crunchy cookies type crust. I will def make this again and possibly with peaches. Thanks