Apricot Dumplings Recipe

• 2 med -size potatoes
• 1 c. Beer or possibly water
• 3/4 stk butter, cut into small pcs
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 c. Flour
• 4 x Large eggs
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Baking pwdr
• 10 sm Fresh apricots or possibly canned whole apricots, pitted (up to 12)
• 7 quart Salted water, Approximately (up to 8)
• 1/2 c. Bread crumbs sauteed in:
• 1/2 stk butter

1. 1.
2. Boil the potatoes till tender.
3. Drain and push through a food mill or possibly sieve.
4. Let cold.
5. 2.
6. Bring the beer, butter, and salt to a boil, and boil gently till butter has melted.
7. 3.
8. Pour in the flour all at once and beat with a wooden spoon till the dough forms a mass and leaves the sides of the pan.
9. 4.
10. Off the heat, beat in the Large eggs, one at a time, beating till completely blended.
11. (If you have a food processor, transfer the dough to the food processor bowl and beat in the Large eggs one by one, using the steel blade.)
12. 5.
13. Beat in the potatoes, sugar, and the baking pwdr.
14. 6.
15. Remove to a well-floured board and roll the dough out to a thickness of 1/8 inch.
16. Cut into rounds with a 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter.
17. 7.
18. Place an apricot in the center of each round and bring up the dough to enclose the apricot.
19. Roll into a ball and dust with flour.
20. 8.
21. Bring the water to a boil.
22. Drop the dumplings into the boiling water and simmer till they rise to the top.
23. Remove with a slotted spoon and arrange them in a buttered ovenproof dish.
24. 9.
25. Pour buttered bread crumbs over the apricot dumplings and bake on a 375 degree oven till golden.
26. Serve immediately.
27. Yield: About 10 to 12dumplings.

potatoes, water, butter, salt, flour, eggs, sugar, baking pwdr, fresh apricots, water, bread crumbs, butter

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/apricot-dumplings-68818 (may not work)