Old Fashioned Baked Cherry Dumplings Recipes

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large pot place chicken pieces and add the chicken stock, onion, celery and 2 teaspoons of the salt. Put heat on medium low and simmer, partially covered, 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• To Prepare Dumplings: In a large mixing bowl beat together the egg and milk. Add 1 cup flour, remaining salt and baking powder and mix all together. Cut the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture is crumbly. Add 1 tablespoon of the parsley and mix. In 6 large spoonfuls, drop dumpling mixture onto the top of the simmering chicken. Cover the pot and let all simmer for 10 minutes more.
• To Make Gravy: Remove chicken and dumplings to a large serving bowl. Cover and set aside, keeping warm. Strain the stock left in the pot, pressing out any 'veggie liquid'. Return stock to pot. Combine water with remaining flour, then stir into the strained stock. Bring all to a boil, stirring constantly, to thicken. Return chicken and dumplings to pot, combing all gently. Serve with remaining parsley.

GRANDMA'S DUMPLINGS FROM SCRATCH: 100+ YEAR OLD RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix the first 6 ingredients together until combined. Slowly add the water until you form a dough. You may have to add more or less water to form the ball.
• Roll out the dumpling dough on a floured surface thin and cut into bite size pieces.
• Drop them one at a time into simmering chicken/broth. She would always drop a few then wait a bit, then drop a few more. She said this kept them from sticking together in the end. After they are all added, give a gentle stir (once or twice around the pot, then leave it alone).
• Let the dumplings simmer in the chicken/broth mixture until they float to the top (about 15 minutes or so). I have let them simmer a longer, and that's fine. She would taste the broth one last time after the dumplings were done for seasoning before we got to eat them!

CHERRIES WITH CINNAMON DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Combine cherries and 1/3 cup sugar in a large skillet. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high; simmer rapidly until syrupy, 8 to 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and remaining tablespoon sugar; set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt; gradually stir in milk, mixing just until a wet dough forms.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Spoon tablespoons of dough (you should have about 18) over simmering fruit; sprinkle all with cinnamon-sugar.
• Cover skillet; simmer very gently until dumplings are set and dry to the touch, 10 to 12 minutes. Serve warm, with ice cream if desired.

OLD-FASHIONED APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch pan.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a large rectangle, about 24 by 16 inches. Cut into 6 square pieces. Place an apple on each pastry square with the cored opening facing upward. Cut butter into 8 pieces. Place 1 piece of butter in the opening of each apple; reserve remaining butter for sauce. Divide brown sugar between apples, poking some inside each cored opening and the rest around the base of each apple. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over the apples.
• With slightly wet fingertips, bring one corner of pastry square up to the top of the apple, then bring the opposite corner to the top and press together. Bring up the two remaining corners, and seal. Slightly pinch the dough at the sides to completely seal in the apple. Repeat with the remaining apples. Place in prepared baking dish.
• In a saucepan, combine water, white sugar, vanilla extract and reserved butter. Place over medium heat, and bring to a boil in a large saucepan. Boil for 5 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved. Carefully pour over dumplings.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Place each apple dumpling in a dessert bowl, and spoon some sauce over the top.

CHERRY DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Drain cherries, reserving juice; set cherries aside. , In large saucepan, combine juice, water, 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. , For dumplings, combine the flour, baking powder and remaining sugar in a small bowl. Add milk and oil, stirring just until moistened. Drop by teaspoonfuls into boiling soup. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Dissolve cornstarch in cold water; stir into soup. Add cherries. Bring to a boil; boil for 1-2 minutes. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED BAKED CHERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• preheat the oven to 400* in a shallow 2 quart casserole or 12x7" pan, combine the cherries, 1 cup of the granulated sugar, the brown sugar, tapioca and almond extract.
• allow this to stand while you prepare the rest of the dumplings.
• in a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• cut in 4 tbls of the butter until fine crumbs are formed.
• in a small bowl, bet the egg and add the milk.
• combine with the flour mixture and stir unti just blended.
• dot the cherries with the remaining 2 tbls of butter.
• drop the batter by heaping tablespoons on top of the cherries.
• you should have about 6 mounds.
• in a small bowl, combine the remaining 2 tblspoons of sugar with the nutmeg.
• sprinkle on top of the butter.
• bake for 25-30 minutes or until the fruit is bubbling up in the middle of the pan and the dumplings are golden brown.
• the baking time can vary quite a bit, depending on the pan you use the how big the cherries are.

CHERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the cherries with juice, 3/4 cup sugar and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, lemon zest, salt and remaining sugar. Stir in milk and butter just until moistened., Drop by tablespoonfuls onto simmering cherry mixture. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering).

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Place chicken breast on the baking sheet and Drizzle a little olive oil on the chicken and season with salt and pepper.
• Bake chicken for about 45 minutes. Once the chicken is cooked, shred it with two forks.
• Pour 2 quarts of chicken stock or broth into a large pot and start warming it up on the stove top while you make the dumplings..
• In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Then add in cubed butter.
• Combine using your fingers, fork or pastry cutter.
• Pour in the milk. Mix it all together.
• Dust your counter with a generous amount of flour. Place dumpling dough on the counter and dust it with more flour.
• With a rolling pin, roll the dough out to about 1/4" thickness. Be sure to add flour as necessary to keep it from sticking underneath or to your rolling pin.
• Using a knife or a pizza cutter, start cutting out your dumplings into squares.
• Dust dumplings with a bit more flour. The extra flour is all gonna help keep them from sticking but will also thicken your chicken broth some as well when you add them to the pot.
• Bring chicken broth up to a boil. Add in shredded chicken and stir.
• Begin adding dumplings one at a time so they don't all stick together. Stir frequently while adding them.
• Allow dumplings to cook for about 15-20 minutes. You should notice your broth starting to thicken (from the extra flour) and your dumplings may start to sink a little to the bottom because they are soaking up the broth.
• Take one out and taste test it. It shouldn't have a doughy taste anymore.