Peach or Apple Dumpling

Ingredients

• One pint of flour
• 1 tsp. of Rumford baking powder
• lump of butter or lard size of small egg
• pinch of salt
• thinly sliced peaches
• small piece of butter
• sugar and cinnamon

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, baking powder, butter, and salt thoroughly, then add milk or water to make a thick dough.

2. 2

   Divide into six parts and roll into three-inch strips.

3. 3

   Lay sliced peaches on the dough, sweeten with sugar, and roll as you would a cinnamon bun.

4. 4

   Place in a deep pan and add enough hot water to half cover dumplings.

5. 5

   Place a small piece of butter with sugar and cinnamon on top of each dumpling and bake for 30 minutes.

6. 6

   Eat with hard sauce, fruit sauce, or cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Memorial Hall cook book (1919) by Willow Grove Memorial Hall (Willow Grove, Pa.), page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Peach or Apple Dumpling One pint of flour, 1 tsp. of Rumford baking powder, lump of butter or lard size of small egg, pinch of salt. Mix thoroughly, then add milk or water to make a thick dough. Divide into six parts and roll into three-inch strips. Lay thinly sliced peaches on the dough, sweeten with sugar, and roll as you would a cinnamon bun. Place in a deep pan and add enough hot water to half cover dumplings. Place a small piece of butter with sugar and cinnamon

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