Name: Strawberry Sonker
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American, Southern
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons (115 grams) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon-sized chunks; 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour; 1 cup (235g) whole or 2% milk; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 5 cups (775g/1.75 pounds) strawberries, hulled and sliced (4 heaping cups sliced); 1 1/4 cups (250g) granulated sugar, divided; Vanilla ice cream, for serving, optional

Ingredients

8 serv.

8 tablespoons (115 grams) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon-sized chunks
1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
1 cup (235g) whole or 2% milk
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 cups (775g/1.75 pounds) strawberries, hulled and sliced (4 heaping cups sliced)
1 1/4 cups (250g) granulated sugar, divided
Vanilla ice cream, for serving, optional

Instructions

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1 Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2 Add the butter to a 9x13-inch baking dish. Set the baking dish in the preheated oven until the butter is completely melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven and carefully tilt it to coat the bottom and halfway up the sides with the melted butter. Set aside.
3 Whisk together the flour, milk, 1 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl until smooth. Set aside.
4 Combine the strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar in a large saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring frequently, over high heat. The strawberries will be dry at first, but as they heat up and mix with the sugar they will release their juices. Reduce the heat to medium to keep the berries at a brisk simmer until the mixture is very juicy, 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat.
5 Pour the still-hot strawberries into the buttered baking dish. Pour the batter as evenly as you can over the berries. It won’t look perfect and there will be pockets of strawberry and pools of butter showing through the topping. That’s okay! Bake until the topping is browned and set, about 45 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. Love the recipe? Leave us stars and a comment below!