Amish Sugar Dumplings
Amish Brown Sugar Dumplings are a delicious and easy dessert made from simple pantry ingredients. Serve with ice cream for a special treat!
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Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 356kcal
Ingredients
Dumplings
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup toasted pecans chopped
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup milk
Brown Sugar Syrup
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Gather a 9x13 pan.
Prepare the dumpling batter:
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon.
- Cut in the softened butter and stir in the milk. Fold in the pecans. The dough will be sticky. Set aside.
- In a medium pot, combine the water, brown sugar, and butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
- As soon as it comes to boil, remove from the heat and stir in vanilla extract.
- Pour into the 9x13 pan.
- Drop spoonfuls of dumpling batter into the syrup.
- Place pan in the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the top of the dumpling dough is done and golden brown.
- Remove and let cool slightly.
- Best served over vanilla ice cream and topped with extra pecan pieces.
Notes
- Toast the pecans for better flavor.
- Cut the butter into small pieces and chill before cutting into the flour. Don't over work it. It needs to be coarse crumbs.
- Dust your hands with flour or use a cookie scoop to drop spoonfuls of batter into the syrup.
- Remove the syrup from the heat as soon as it comes to a boil to prevent it from boiling over.
- Test if the dumplings are done by inserting a toothpick or knife into the center of one of the dumplings.
- Serve with ice cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle with caramel sauce and additional chopped pecans.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 356kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 152mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 47g