Saskatoon Pudding

3 cups saskatoons (I used 2 cups saskatoons and 1 ripe peach sliced into bite sized pieces)
juice from 1/2 a lemon ( about 1 1/2 tbsp. bottled juice)
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp. flour
1/2 cup margarine
heaping 1/3 cup granulated sugar (original recipe asks for 1/2 cup)
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 8 x 8 inch cake pan. Wash and sort saskatoons and drain well. Place fruit in bottom of pan. Squeeze lemon juice over fruit. Combine 1/3 cup sugar and 1 tbsp. flour and sprinkle over top. Set aside. In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla and almond extract until mixture is light and fluffy. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in batter alternately with milk ending with flour mixture. Spread batter over fruit. Bake about 30-35 minutes or until top of pudding golden and tests done.

Peach Saskatoon Pie Filling

8 heaping cups fruit ( Mixture of peaches and saskatoons as per your preference. I prefer about 2/3 peaches and 1/3 saskatoons)
1 1/2 cups sugar or less if desired
5 tbsp. Minute Tapioca
1/2 cup water

Boil sugar, tapioca and water together. Add fruit. Let cool before putting into pie shell. Mixture or pies can be frozen. Makes about 2 pies worth of filling depending on size of pie pan.

Fruit Platz

2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
4 tsp. baking powder
4 tbsp. sugar
1 egg
6 tbsp. milk
4 tbsp. butter or shortening

Sift dry ingredients, rub in shortening, until you have fine crumbs. Beat egg, add to milk and mix with flour mixture. Press into pan, pressing up enough dough to make an edge all around the pan. Arrange fruit on top. Our favorite is a combination between fresh or canned peaches and saskatoons. You can use any other kinds of fruit as well.

Top with:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup butter

Make coarse crumbs with your fingers and sprinkle over fruit. Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes until fruit is done and crumbs are golden brown.

Saskatoon Muffins

1/4 cup soft butter or margarine
1 egg, well beaten
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup buttermilk/ sour milk/ plain yogurt
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup fresh or frozen saskatoons

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg. Add flour and dry ingredients alternately with milk. Fold in saskatoons. Makes 12 muffins. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.