Shelly's Recipe

BLACKBERRY DUMPLINGS

Category: Fruit Desserts

3 cups water
2 bags frozen blackberries or 2 quarts wild blackberries
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
3 tbsp soft butter
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk

In a large nonstick pan, place blackberries, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Over medium heat, cook until sugar dissolves and berries start to boil. Stir to make sure berries do not stick.

In a bowl, place butter, flour, baking powder and salt. Blend together with a pastry blender. Add milk and mix well. Drop a spoon at a time into the boiling blackberries. Cover berries and dumplings and let cook or 15 minutes. Do not take the lid off the pan or the dumplings will fall. Turn off heat and remove lid.

Serve dumplings and berries (while berries are still hot) with vanilla ice cream. If you are in a hurry instead of making dumplings from scratch, you can also use the dumpling recipe on the Bisquick box.

Makes 10 to 12 servings.