Aunt Doris Carmel Dumplings Food

CARAMEL DUMPLINGS

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.

CARAMEL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Rub white sugar and butter together.
• Add flour, salt, vanilla and milk and mix through until it's a doughy consistency.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter.
• Add brown sugar, salt and water.
• Bring to boil and ensure all the sugar is melted.
• Drop tablespoonfulls of the dough mixture into the sauce.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.

GLOSSY CARAMEL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For the sauce: Carmelize the brown sugar and butter. Add the water and boil for a few minutes. Pour into a 2 quart casserole dish.
• For the dumplings: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. Add milk. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Drop by spoonfuls into the sauce. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes.

APPLE CIDER-CARAMEL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Make the apple cider-caramel sauce: In a medium pot, heat the cream and butter over medium until the butter is melted. Add the brown sugar and bring to a simmer over medium-low. Once simmering, cook, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. Add the apple cider and stir well to combine. (The sugar will seize, but just keep stirring and it will dissolve back into the liquid.) Add the cinnamon sticks and salt, and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat.
• While the mixture comes to a simmer, make the dumplings: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Make a well in the center and add the milk, melted butter, egg and vanilla. Whisk to combine, then switch to a spatula or wooden spoon as the mixture comes together.
• Reduce the heat to a low simmer. Add a single layer of tablespoon-size scoops of batter to the pot (about 5 to 6 dumplings), cover the pot and set a timer for 8 minutes. (If desired, you can test one dumpling by cutting it in half to make sure it's cooked through.)
• After each batch, use a slotted spoon to drain and transfer to a medium bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or foil to help keep the dumplings warm. Repeat with the remaining batter, poaching the dumplings in batches until all of the batter is used. (The poaching liquid will thicken slightly and decrease as you cook the dumplings, even with the pot covered.)
• Once all the dumplings are fully cooked and removed from the pot, add the apples to the pot and simmer on low heat, uncovered, for 20 to 30 minutes, depending on how toothsome or soft you like your apples.
• While the apples cook, make the whipped cream: In a medium bowl, whisk the cream, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until it thickens enough to coat a spoon, but is still fluid. Chill the whipped cream until ready to use.
• Divide the warm dumplings among serving dishes. Spoon the sauce, apples and cream sauce over each portion and serve immediately.

CARAMEL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Sift flour and salt into basin, rub in butter, add sugar.
• Add combined milk and vanilla, mix well.
• Combine all sauce ingredients in large saucepan, stir constantly until boiling, reduce heat.
• Drop tablespoons of dumpling dough into simmering sauce.
• Cover, simmer 20 minutes.
• Serve with whipped cream.

CARAMEL APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Make Caramel Sauce.
• Peel apples, core each, creating a 1" wide hollow from top to bottom.
• Place apples in a bowl and coat with lemon juice.
• On a lightly floured board, roll pastry into a 12" square.
• Cut into four equal squares and center an apple upright on each.
• Pour Caramel Sauce equally into apple hollows.
• Add chopped nuts at this time, if using.
• Brush egg/water mixture over 1/2" wide border around each pastry.
• To wrap each dumpling, with floured finger bring two opposite pastry corners up over apple and pinch tips together. Repeat with remaining two corners.
• Firmly pinch all tips together; pinch each seam, then fold over about 1/8" along the seam and pinch again, leaving no holes.
• Space evenly on a buttered 12x15" baking sheet.
• Bake at 375F for 20 minutes.
• Bake until pastry is deep golden, 10-15 minutes longer.
• With a wide spatula, transfer the dumplings to plates.
• Accompany with remaining caramel sauce and ice cream, if desired.
• Caramel Sauce:.
• In a 2-3 quart pan over medium heat, tilt and swirl sugar often until melted and amber-colored. About 5-7 minutes.
• Stir in whipping cream; mixture will bubble and sugar will harden.
• Stir until sugar melts again and sauce boils, 6-8 minutes.
• At once, pour sauce into a bowl.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Let sauce cool for 10 minutes, then stir in the rum.
• Serve warm or cool.

RICH CARAMEL DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Boil the syrup ingredients in a saucepan for 10 minutes.
• Blend the dry ingredients together.
• Cut the butter into the dry ingredients until grainy[I just pinch everything until it all feels about the same size grains].
• Add the milk and stir lightly until mixed.
• Pour the syrup into a medium baking dish (9"x9") and drop soup spoonfuls of the dumpling mixture into the syrup.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
• When it is done, flip the dumplings over so the crispy side will soak up more of the yummy stuff.