Blackberry Dumplings
Source of Recipe
My Mom
List of Ingredients
For the stew:
4 cups blackberries
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. cornstarch
For the Dumplings:
2 cups flour
1 Tb. baking powder
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1 Tb. sugarRecipe
Mix dumpling ingredients and
roll 1/4 inch thick on a floured board.
Cut dumplings into strips or shapes.
(Any way you like.)
Wash berries and let drain in colander.
Put the water, sugar and vanilla in a
4-quart pot on mid-high heat.
Bring to a slow boil, stirring occasionally.
Heat for 5 min.
Reduce heat to mid-low and
add drained berries. Cover.
Cook for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Uncover and cook five minutes more (to thicken).
Reduce heat to low.
Mix cornstarch with 2 Tbs. cool water.
Add to pot.
Add dumplings, stir once and cover for 5 minutes.
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A note from my sister Dee:
I remember Mom had sent us out to pick blackberries (remember all the stuff that grew wild in our backyard there?). Every kid should live in a place like that just once in their life! Anyway, we brought her these HUGE blackberries that we were just DYING TO EAT! But she wanted to make blackberry dumplings. So after a while I smelled something good in the kitchen and sure enough there was this great concoction bubbling away on the top of the stove. WE couldn't wait to taste it! So, after dinner Mom served it with heavy cream. Dad was in ecstacy! But I was soooo disappointed. I thought it was awful. NOW, I think about that and I wish I could have another chance. It must have been delicious, but way too sophisticated for a kid's taste. That's the kind of thing you might get now at the Old Orchard or the Roycroft Inn!
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