Shelly's Recipe

BLUEBERRY DUMPLINGS

Category: Fruit Desserts

Blueberry Mixture
2 cups fresh blueberries, washed
1 lemon rind, grated
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2 cups water

Dumplings
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Optional Toppings
1 quart vanilla ice cream
Whipped cream

In deep heavy saucepan with a lid, combine blueberries with lemon rind, sugar, salt, lemon juice, cinnamon and water. Cook about 5 minutes while preparing dumplings.

For dumplings: Cream together butter and sugar; add milk. Mix in flour, sifted along with baking powder and salt. Drop batter by spoonfuls into heated blueberry mixture. Cover and boil gently over low heat for 20 minutes, without lifting cover. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired. Serves 6