Jam Dumplings

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 3/4-1 cup milk
• 2 cups jam or 2 cups preserves, any flavor
• 3 cups water

Recipe

• 1 for dumplings: stir all dry ingredients together; cut in shorting until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. gradually stir in enough milk to make dough soft.
• 2 for syrup: make syrup of the jam by adding jam and water in a large pot. when syrup in melted down and comes to a boil, reduce heat and drop biscuit dough on top by the teaspoonful.
• 3 cover at once; simmer for 12 minutes. remove dumplings and arrange in a deep serving dish. pour remaining syrup around dumplings and serve hot.