Old Fashioned Baked Cherry Dumplings

  1. preheat the oven to 400* in a shallow 2 quart casserole or 12x7" pan, combine the cherries, 1 cup of the granulated sugar, the brown sugar, tapioca and almond extract.
  2. allow this to stand while you prepare the rest of the dumplings.
  3. in a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  4. cut in 4 tbls of the butter until fine crumbs are formed.
  5. in a small bowl, bet the egg and add the milk.
  6. combine with the flour mixture and stir unti just blended.
  7. dot the cherries with the remaining 2 tbls of butter.
  8. drop the batter by heaping tablespoons on top of the cherries.
  9. you should have about 6 mounds.
  10. in a small bowl, combine the remaining 2 tblspoons of sugar with the nutmeg.
  11. sprinkle on top of the butter.
  12. bake for 25-30 minutes or until the fruit is bubbling up in the middle of the pan and the dumplings are golden brown.
  13. the baking time can vary quite a bit, depending on the pan you use the how big the cherries are.

tart red cherries, sugar, sugar, brown sugar, tapioca, almond extract, flour, baking powder, salt, cold butter, egg, milk, grated nutmeg

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-baked-cherry-dumplings-129497 (may not work)

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