Dessert Recipes
Orange Dumplings
Ingredients
Orange Sauce
- 2 cups orange juice
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 3/4 cup boiling water
Dumplings
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
Orange Sauce
- In a 1 1/2 quart saucepan combine orange juice, sugar, butter, cornstarch and orange peel.
- Add boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes.
- Pour into a 10 x 8 x 2 inch baking dish.
Dumplings
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add flour, baking powder and salt alternately with the milk.
- Drop by tablespoons into orange sauce.
- Combine nuts and nutmeg. Sprinkle over dumplings.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in a dumpling comes out cleanly.
- Serve dumplings with sauce spooned on top. Top with whipped cream (optional).