Orange Dumplings

Ingredients

• 4 oranges
• 1 tablespoon butter
• IY2 cups sugar
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• Vz cup sugar
• IV2 cups flour
• V2 cup milk
• V2 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Make syrup with oranges, butter, and sugar in a deep frying pan.

2. 2

   For dumplings, cream butter and sugar, sift flour and baking powder, and add alternately with milk.

3. 3

   Drop batter into hot orange sauce and bake in moderate oven (400 degrees) for 10 minutes.

4. 4

   Top with whipped cream.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Chapel Hill cook book (1935) by Presbyterian Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ORANGE DUMPLINGS Sauce 4 oranges 1 tablespoon butter IY2 cups sugar 2 cups boiling water Make into syrup in deep frying pan, free from grease. Dumplings 2 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons baking Vz cup sugar powder IV2 cups flour V2 cup milk V2 teaspoon vanilla Cream butter and sugar. Sift flour and baking powder together and add alternately with the milk. Add vanilla. The batter should be very stiff. Drop by spoonfuls into hot orange sauce. Place in moderate oven (400 degrees) and bake 10 minutes. Put spoonful of whipped cream on top. Mrs. Harry McMullan. POUND CAKE 1 doz. eggs 1 lb. sugar 1 lb. butter 2 cups flour Cream butter, add sugar, and cream till light. Add beaten egg yolks and flour. Fold in stiffly beaten whites and bake in slow oven. Mrs. M. B. Utley. PRUNE CAKE 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup cooked prunes 1 egg % teaspoon cinnamon 1 large tablespoon butter *4 teaspoon cloves % cup sour milk IV2 teaspoons soda IV2 cups sifted flour Mix in usual order, butter, sugar, egg, milk, prunes, spices, soda. 68 The Chapel Hill Cook Book Filling V2 cup sugar 1/3 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon flour Cook for a few minutes. % cup chopped raisins Butter, size of an egg Mrs. J. F. Kenfield. RUM CAKE 1 cup butter % cup buttermilk 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder

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