AMISH BROWN SUGAR DUMPLINGS – The Southern Lady Cooks

This Amish Brown Sugar Dumpling recipe is one your family will love. It’s a wonderful dessert!

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

This recipe for Amish Brown Sugar Dumplings is adapted from a recipe in a very old Amish cookbook I’ve had for years. I have added a few ingredients and used a little less sugar. It’s delicious and a wonderful dessert. We love it topped with ice cream, but whipped cream would be great too.

SWAPS & ADDITIONS

The Amish recipe I have does not call for the cinnamon, raisins, nuts or vanilla extract. Their recipes very often do not show exact measurements either. You can experiment with this and leave out what you don’t like, etc. The recipe above is the way I make it for my family. If you are not a fan of raisins, leave those out, too, or use craisins instead. Switch up the pecans for walnuts.

⭐TIP

These dumplings are great reheated in the microwave or even served cold. If you like brown sugar you will love this delicious dessert.

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Amish Brown Sugar Dumplings

Anne Walkup

This is an Amish recipe that my family loves. Perfect dessert for any occasion.

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Batter Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 1 cup raisins
• 2 tablespoons butter softened
• 1 cup milk

Syrup Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and cinnamon. Stir in the nuts and raisins. Cut in the softened butter. Add milk and stir. The dough should come together in kind of a large ball. It should all be wet but not real sticky.

• Next, combine the syrup ingredients except for the vanilla extract in a pot on top of the stove and bring to a boil. Remove the syrup, stir in the vanilla extract and pour into a 9 x 13 baking dish.

• Drop spoonfuls of the batter on top of the hot syrup. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes until the batter is done on top

The Amish recipe I have does not call for the cinnamon, raisins, nuts or vanilla extract. Their recipes very often do not show exact measurements either. You can experiment with this and leave out what you don’t like, etc. The recipe above is the way I make it for my family.

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