CINNAMON FLOP

By sugarbear

Ingredients

• Topping:
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 4 tablespoons softened butter, unsalted
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (I use Saigon, because in dishes like this, it makes a difference)
• Dough:
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons softened butter
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 1 cup milk (whole is better!)

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 425°. Grease 8-inch square baking dish.

Make topping first: Work brown sugar and butter together with your fingertips until well mixed. Then work in cinnamon. I over worked mine and when it was time to crumble the sugar mixture on top, mine wouldn’t crumble. Stop working the mixture a little before you see the perfect crumbs and add the cinnamon. Work as quickly as possible.

To make dough: Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and set aside. Mix sugar and butter with your fingertips until butter is well dispersed. It will look kind of like snow.

Stir in beaten egg thoroughly, then add flour and milk alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Pour into greased 8-inch square pan.

Sprinkle the topping over the batter. Yours will be the perfect crumble. Promise.

Bake in preheated oven for 25-35 minutes. Watch it carefully after 20. The old fail-safe bamboo skewer test doesn’t work perfectly because some of the topping will sink into the batter as it cooks and it will always stick to the skewer and look “un-done”. Just look for the wet white batter or crumbs. Serve warm. Yum.