BLUEBERRY DUMPLINGS

By gaster16

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar, plus 1-1/2 cups
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter softened
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 quart fresh or frozen blueberries
• 2 cups water
• Vanilla ice cream or fresh cream

Preparation

Step 1

Sift flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, baking powder and salt together into medium bowl. Cut butter into dry ingredients, using a pastry cutter or fork. Add milk to form dough. Set dumpling dough aside. In large saucepan, combine berries, 1-1/2 cups sugar, and water and bring to a boil. Drop dumplings into hot boiling berries by tablespoonful. Cover pot, reduce heat to low and cook slowly for 20-30 minutes. Do not remove the lid before 20 minutes has passed, and do not stir dumplings. Serve with ice cream or fresh cream.