BLACKBERRIES AND DUMPLINGS
Blackberries and dumplings is a recipe from my childhood. If you follow this site, I am sure you know how much I like blackberries. I could eat blackberries everyday and I love having blackberries for dessert with any meal. This recipe for Blackberries and Dumplings has been one of my favorites since childhood. I can remember my Mama making blackberries and dumplings with wild blackberries we picked from the field. A friend brought me some blackberries recently and I had to make this for dessert Saturday night. If you have not had blackberry dumplings try this recipe for a treat your family will love.
Blackberries and dumplings Ingredients Needed:
Blackberry Syrup Ingredients:
Fresh or frozen blackberries
White granulated sugar
Water
Nutmeg
Dumplings Ingredients:
All-purpose flour (can use more if needed)
White granulated sugar
Baking powder
Salt
Milk
You may also love this Old Fashioned Deep Dish Blackberry Cobbler.. its a real treat too! Either of these blackberry dishes are always a great dessert.
Recipe feedback: “This is such a wonderful old-fashioned recipes! I absolutely loved this dessert! Can’t wait to make it again. Thank you!” – Mary
“I made these tonight and OH MY WORD they were so good!! The only thing I did was add 3/4 cup of sugar instead of a 1/4. I like my stuff sweet lol Awesome recipe!! Will make again!!” – Gabrielle
“Thank you so much for the blackberry dumplings recipe! I had no idea anyone else had ever heard of them or made them. What a surprise to see so many people who grew up with these too.” – Linda
“I have made this twice, everyone LOVES it, my husband said it tasted like the ones his momma use to make. We served it over ice cream, it was a HIT and was very easy to make. Will be making again next year when in season.” – Julie
If you like this recipe, you might also like my recipe for Blackberry Puddin’
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Blackberries and Dumplings
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Ingredients
Blackberry Syrup:
- 3 cups fresh or frozen blackberries
- 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Dumplings
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour can use more if needed
- 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk
Instructions
- Combine blackberries, sugar, water and nutmeg in a saucepan on top of the stove. Bring to a boil, then turn down to medium boil and cover the pot. In a bowl whisk together the all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix the milk into the flour mixture with a spoon. Your dough should be where you can flour your hands and pull off pieces and roll into balls about the size of a walnut. I just put some flour on a paper plate and flour my hands good to do this
- You can add a little more flour to the dumplings if you need to so you can handle the dough. Remove lid from pot and drop in the dumplings. Replace the top and cook 5 to 7 minutes until dumplings are cooked. You should get 11 to 12 dumplings from your dough. Makes about six servings.
- (I consider a serving 2 dumplings' with sauce ladled over them.) Serve with ice cream or whipped cream for dessert or a treat anytime.
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delicious, remember this from my granny
I made this with blueberries and it was great!
YAY!! So glad!
Old Fashioned Blackberry Dumplings, these are the ones my grandmother used to make! Thank you for sharing, I will definitely be making these soon.
YAY! I am so glad you found this recipe!
This is my go-to recipe! Easy and so delicious! I didn’t have enough blackberries, so I added frozen “cherry berry blend” (great value brand) and it worked great! Served with vanilla icecream I am not a good cook, which speaks well for the simplicity of this recipe!!! Thank you!
I am so glad this recipe was a hit! We love this one too and your additions sound great!
My Mom made this. She was German and sometimes she substituted plums that was also a favorite. Loved it hot the day she cooked it and also good cold the next day.
Just made and I’m still stunned by the simplicity and the yummy goodness. I served over ice cream! Definitely will make again.
Thrilled it as a hit! Thank you so much for letting us know.
I’m going to try this recipe just picked some blackberries sounds delicious could you do strawberries ones too
I have not made this yet but I’m pretty sure this is how my Mawmaw used to make it for me when I was a kid. We finally have blackberries coming in and I’m gonna try it!
Can you use different fruit like raspberries or strawberries
Sure.
My mom made this. We lived in the country (Kentucky) and after picking wild blackberries, this was one of the wonderful treats! We all loved it and so did company if they came by, and someone was always dropping in. I’ve made it myself and it’s still delicious and memory making. Wonderful. Thanks for posting it – it really is a Southern dish. She also made blackberry jam, and using that, made a blackberry jam cake…ohhh, so good.
Could raspberries be used in this recipe?
Sure.
So good! It really took me back home for a few minutes. I remember a time when money was tight at home.My father to make food stretch would make dumplings from anything that was available. I loved his blackberry the best.He made tomato dumplings that were really good too!
Those are the best memories!
My dad passed away last year at 96 and one of his favorite things was blackberry dumplings. Sometimes my mom made them for him. He never could leave the lid on. He didn’t want the dumplings to stick to the bottom of the pot. What he usually ended up with was dumpling pudding!! For myself, I can’t have the seeds so I’d have to strain out the seeds before adding the dough. My Mamaw always rolled her dumplings out and cut them into squares before adding them to the pot.
We use flat dumpling in our chicken and dumplings. Both are delicious.
I used raw tortillas for my dumplings they tasted homemade
This is the best blackberries and dumplings recipe on the internet! Exactly how my Momma made it! What a wonderful walk down memory lane!
What a wonderful comment! Thank you so much and thrilled you found our recipe!
Can the ones left be stored in the fridge and reheated
YEs.
Oh gosh!! I haven’t thought of this dish for so many years. My mama made it. I just made your recipe and it took me right back to her kitchen. This dessert is the best there is.
I’m so glad to have found this recipe. When I was very little, about 4 years old, my babysitter made this. It’s one of my earliest memories. She put me on the back of their pony as we walked along a trail with blackberry bushes. I held the bucket and she collected the berries. Sweet memory. I’m 52!
What a fabulous memory!! Love it!
This recipe is incredible! None left! Takes me right back to my childhood. Thank you so much for sharing. I recently bought your magazine Front Porch Life and absolutely love it too.
I can’t wait to try this and the okra fritters. Love all your recipes.
So glad you enjoy them!
This was third recipe I tried and they were the best one! I times this one by 4 and made a large pot. Although I never could get my dough were I could roll it up or out , I just scooped gallops in the boiling syrup . I have a picture but don’t know how to post it for y’all
This is such a wonderful old-fashioned recipes! I absolutely loved this dessert! Can’t wait to make it again. Thank you!
I make this with canned sour cherries and I cheet cause I use Bisquick for my dumplings. I serve with a dollop of sour cream, Sooo good.
I love you and your recipes!!!
My mother used to make these with Blueberries. What a wonderful memory. I’ll be getting some frozen mixed berries at the store to try these tonight!
I was wondering if you could use peaches
I would think peaches would work fine.
My dumplings fell apart. Not good looked like thick soup? Also the taste is good but I didn’t like the nutmeg at all so if I try again will not use nutmeg. Anyone have ideas why dumplings failed? I did recipe per order. Thanks Mike
You need to make sure fruit is boiling so it will cook the dumplings quickly. I can’t think of any other reason they fell apart, Michael, unless you did not have them compact enough.
Once u start to drop them in the boiling syrup don’t stir, really don’t stir at all, gently rearrange them if need be
When I made this I bought canned biscuits from the store then rolled the biscuits into small balls and put them into the blackberry mix to cook them. You don’t have to make you’re own dough. It was delicious
I thought this was crock pot? So confused?
I made these tonight and OH MY WORD they were so good!! The only thing I did was add 3/4 cup of sugar instead of a 1/4. I like my stuff sweet lol Awesome recipe!! Will make again!!
Thank you so much Gabrielle! So happy you enjoyed the recipe. I am a sweet freak, too. Have a wonderful 4th.
Thanks so very much for the rescipe. My Mom has passed and I have wondered and wondered how she made this. I remember as a small child and she called it a Doo-bee also. Will make this very soon and Thanks again.
Thank you so much for the blackberry dumplings recipe! I had no idea anyone else had ever heard of them or made them. What a surprise to see so many people who grew up with these too.
I remember my mom teaching me how to make this blackberry dish when I was younger. Her mom taught her, And my grandmothers mother taught her, and so on. But I’d forgotten how they are made, and id thought that the tradition was going to end with me.. So I’m so glad to find this recipe. It’s just like my mom made. And I will pass it on to my daughter
I haven’t yet but I’m going to tonight when I do I’ll leave a comment and tell u how they turned out
Reading or using your recipes snaps me back to my childhood 74 yrs ago……
I have made this twice everyone LOVE it my husband said it tasted like the ones his momma use to make we serve it over ice cream was a HIT and was very easy to make will be making again next year when in season
My mother made these here in Louisiana. Sometimes she would make a light cream topping with evaporated milk, sugar and cinnamon if we were out of ice cream. We enjoyed the cream topping just as much as the ice cream!
My mom used to make these…
Grew up with my grandmother making this. My favorite, however she would strain them and just used the juice because the seeds would get under her teeth. Yum yum! Going to have to go blackberry picking this weekend!!
My granny used to do the same thing!
My mother always made these. She made flat dumplings though. She also used rhubarb which was plentiful on the farm in KY. If you like that flavor you will need to used a little more sugar and a little lemon juice to counter the tartness of the rhubarb. I used to make them too when I had a large family to feed.
I enjoy reading your blog, it reminds me of KY. Thank you.
how can I copy this recipe
Just click on the little printer icon under the recipe, Bertha, and you can remove the photo and any text you don’t want and just print the recipe.
Is there one for blueberries and dumplings?
I would think you could just sub blueberries for the blackberries with no problem Debbie.
Now you really are cooking! I love blackberries also. I can remember picking them out in the fields, and then watching my Grandma work her magic. Thanks for the great recipes.
My grandmother used to make strawberry in a noodle dough. Pinched them shut,boiled them, then put butter and cream on them. Yum! Anyone know how to make this??
can I use self-rising flour?
Yes, you could, Jane.
Dear Southern Lady ; I love your emails and I love the recipes that I’ve been trying my only problem is I’m a diabetic and I was wondering if it would taste as good or if you even know if I use wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour ?and umm separate or changed the sugar to Splenda could you please reply and let me know? I I too love all kinds of Fruit and I especially love blueberries and BlackBerries but I have to watch if I want to make this recipe I have to watch the real sugar so maybe you could help me out with changing up the recipe
Sorry, I don’t do any diabetic recipes Megan. You could probably use a sweetener and 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 regular but I have not tried it. Thank you for being a fan.
Try almond flour. It doesn’t affect your blood sugar nearly as much. Or coconut flour. Some people mix them. Good luck!
This is my favorite treat…My mom used to make this for me, we called it Blackberry Do Bee!
My grandmother would make these for me when I was a little girl. My aunts and uncles always wanted me to ask for them. She wouldn’t make them for anyone but me.
my Mom use to make these..i love them haven’t made them in a while gonna go blackberry picking in a while then ill make some…..
OH.MY.STARS! Blackberries are a favorite of mine too…and adding dumplings too? Perfection! Pinned! Thanks much for sharing.
I, too, am a blackberry lover. Can;t wait to try this. It looks amazing.
Could blueberries be substituted in this recipe??
Yes, you could Shirley.