Blackberry Dumplings

• 5 cups fresh blackberries
• 4 cups water
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• Vanilla ice cream

1. Combine blackberries, water, and 2 1/2 cups sugar in a large Dutch oven; stir well. Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.
2. Combine milk, 1 cup sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl; mix well. Combine flour and baking powder, stirring well. Gradually add flour mixture to milk mixture, stirring lightly until dry ingredients are moistened and a soft dough forms.
3. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls into boiling blackberry mixture. Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until dumplings rise to surface and center of dumplings test done when pierced with a wooden pick. Transfer dumplings to individual serving bowls, using a slotted spoon. Spoon blackberry mixture over dumplings, and serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

fresh blackberries, water, sugar, milk, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking powder, vanilla ice cream

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/blackberry-dumplings (may not work)