Pecan Dumplings With Caramel Raisin Sauce 1968 Ontario Cda Recipes

Steps:

• In a bowl, sift flour, measure and re-sift with baking powder and salt. Add shortening and mix well until shortening is fine. Add milk, blend. Dough will be quite firm.
• Heat 2 cups of maple syrup in a frying pan; bring to a boil over medium to high heat. Lower heat so that the syrup is not boiling and drop spoonfuls of dough into the syrup. Cover and poach for 12 to 15 minutes, making sure syrup is not boiling.
• Serve hot with remaining maple syrup.

Steps:

• Place all sauce ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a nice even simmer.
• I get the sauce going so it can start to thicken while you are preparing the dumplings.
• In a bowl add dry ingredients and combine well.
• In a cup measure the milk and butter and simmer in microwave until the butter has melted.
• Pour warm milk onto the dry ingredients and combine with the nuts, mix well, and knead three times.
• Roll into balls, if too sticky just drop 8 portions onto the simmering sauce.
• Cover with lid and cook at an even simmer 10 to 12 minutes until done.
• Uncover slightly and let sit four minutes on low, just to continue thickening the sauce underneath.
• Remove to bowls and serve with some sauce and raisins and a small portion of pouring cream on top.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. In a 9 x 13 baking dish...mix the brown sugar, water...add butter, and place dish in preheated oven. Prepare dumplings.
• 2. In a medium bowl; mix dumpling ingredients until thoroughly combined...if too thick, add a bit more milk, just enough to incorporate the dry ingredients.
• 3. Now, take pan from oven...make sure butter is melted into the syrup...stir around a little. Using a tablespoon, place heaping dollops of dough into the hot syrup. You should get 12 dumpling, 3 per row. Sprinkle with pecans, if using, sometimes I put them into the syrup first. It doesn't matter.
• 4. Bake for 30 minutes, or until dumplings are completely cooked.
• 5. Place dumplings into serving dish, and ladle desired amount of syrup over the dumpling, and ice cream if using...it's delicious!

Steps:

• Unroll crescent dough and separate into eight triangles. Wrap one triangle around each apple half. Place on a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan, flat side down., Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over dumplings. Bake at 350° for 23-28 minutes or until golden brown and apples are tender. , For sauce, in a small saucepan, combine orange juice and sugar; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cook for 10-12 minutes or until liquid is reduced to about 1/2 cup, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat; gradually stir in butter just until blended. Serve warm with warm dumplings; sprinkle with pecans.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the butter, brown sugar and water to boiling. Reduce heat to simmer. , Meanwhile, combine the dumpling ingredients; add apple if desired. Drop by tablespoonfuls into the simmering sauce. Cover tightly and simmer for 20 minutes. Do not lift lid. If desired, serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Stir butter and brown sugar together in a saucepan over medium heat until melted. Stir in heavy whipping cream and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat to cool slightly, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in chopped pecans.