Amish Brown Sugar Dumplings
This is an Amish recipe that my family loves. Perfect dessert for any occasion.
Servings: 8 Servings
Ingredients
Batter Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 cup milk
Syrup Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and cinnamon. Stir in the nuts and raisins. Cut in the softened butter. Add milk and stir. The dough should come together in kind of a large ball. It should all be wet but not real sticky.
- Next, combine the syrup ingredients except for the vanilla extract in a pot on top of the stove and bring to a boil. Remove the syrup, stir in the vanilla extract and pour into a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Drop spoonfuls of the batter on top of the hot syrup. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes until the batter is done on top
Notes
The Amish recipe I have does not call for the cinnamon, raisins, nuts or vanilla extract. Their recipes very often do not show exact measurements either. You can experiment with this and leave out what you don’t like, etc. The recipe above is the way I make it for my family.