PRUNE PLUM BUCKLE (Dessert Cake)

10-12 purple prune plums
1/3 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1-3/4 cup sifted flour
1-3/4 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 cup milk

Topping:
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 cup butter or margarine
Combine until crumbly

Slice plums to equal 2 cups.  Cream butter and sugar.  Add egg.  Beat until light.  Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.  Pour into greased 9" square greased baking dish.  Arrange plums on top in rows.  sprinkle topping over all.  Bake 375 40-45 minutes.  9 servings.  Good with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

This is really delicious.  I just used regular ripe plums and sliced them.  Once you get the plums sliced and ready, this is really easy to make.  I thought it was really good for a change since you don't often get to use plums in a dessert.

CHOCOLATE CHIP/PEANUT FUDGE

2 cups sugar
2/3 cups milk
1 T butter or margarine
1 t vanilla
3 T peanut butter
1/2 pkg chocolate chips (6 oz.)

Combine sugar and milk in 2 qt. heavy pan.  Bring to boil stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved.  If sugar crystals form on sides of pan, wipe them off.  Continue boiling without stirring to the soft ball stage (236).  Remove from heat.  Add butter without stirring.  Cool to lukewarm (110).  Add vanilla and peanut butter.  Beat until mixture begins to thicken and lose its gloss.  Stir in chocolate pieces at once and turn into slightly buttered 8 X 4 loaf pan.  Mark in pieces while warm and cut when cool.  Makes about 1 pound.

Really good.  Can't go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter together!  Makes a small amount, but that's okay.