Maple Syrup Grandfathers Sweet Dumplings Recipes

MAPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add milk, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball; set aside., In a small saucepan, bring syrup and water to a boil. Carefully pour into an 11x7-in. baking dish. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls into syrup mixture., Bake, uncovered, until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean, 22-28 minutes. If desired, serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

GRAND PERES (QUEBEC STYLE MAPLE SYRUP DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Bring syrup and water to a boil in a 6 qt Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• While the syrup/water is rising to a boil, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
• Grate butter on large holes of a box grater into flour and toss to coat. Add milk and stir with a fork until dough forms.
• When syrup mixture reaches a boil, use a spoon to drop large clumps of dough into syrup.
• Cover pot and simmer until dumplings are cooked through (10-15 minutes). Spoon dumplings and sauce into 6 bowls and serve.

MAPLE SYRUP GRANDFATHERS (SWEET DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Mix water and maple syrup in a saucepan. Bring to boil and let simmer at a very low heat. Meanwhile, prepare the dough:.
• Dough: In a bowl, put flour, baking powder and salt. Add butter and rub with your hands.
• Add the milk and stir.
• With a spoon, let drop dough by spoonful directly in the boiling syrup.
• Cover and let simmer at very low heat for 15 minutes (Do not remove the cover in the 15 minutes).

GRANDS-PERES AU SIROP D'ERABLE (CANADIAN MAPLE SYRUP DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Rub in margarine until mixture is crumbly. Add milk and mix until a smooth dough forms.
• Combine maple syrup and water in a large saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Scoop dough into dumplings using an ice cream scoop and drop gently into the boiling syrup. Reduce heat to low and simmer, keeping saucepan covered, until dumplings are cooked but not gooey and syrup has thickened, 10 to 15 minutes.

MAPLE SYRUP DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Work the butter into the dry ingredients with your fingers or a fork until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Add the milk and vanilla, stirring with a wooden spoon until the dough is smooth.
• Place the syrup and water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Using two spoons or a moistened ice cream scoop, shape the dough into about 12 balls; use about 30 ml (2 tablespoons) for each ball. Drop the balls one by one into the boiling syrup mixture.
• Cover, reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. Serve with the hot syrup and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• Note: The butter coats the flour, inhibiting gluten formation and giving the dumplings a crumbly texture. A similar effect happens with scones.

DUMPLINGS IN MAPLE SYRUP (GRANDPERE)

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder and soda, salt, and nutmeg into a bowl. Blend in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk and stir with a fork just until dough is evenly moistened (do not overmix).
• Bring syrup and water to a boil in a 4-quart pot at least 10 inches wide. Drop 8 1/2-cup measures of dough into syrup, leaving spaces to allow dumplings to expand. Gently simmer over moderately low heat, covered, until tops of dumplings are dry to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve warm.

MAPLE GRANDFATHERS (GRANDS-PERES A L'ERABLE)

Steps:

• Preparation of the grandfathers : Mix sugar, baking powder, salt and flour. Incorporate shortening. Add milk and mix until the dough is homogeneous.
• Syrup preparation : In a big casserole, bring to boil the maple syrup and water. With an ice cream spoon, do balls with the dough and put in the casserole. Cover and let simmer for 15 minutes but don't remove the cover during the cooking time.

GOLDEN SYRUP DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large, wide pan pour in 450ml water, half the butter, sugar and golden syrup and bring to the boil. Turn it down immediately so it is just simmering.
• Warm the milk just a little. Meanwhile, in a food processor pulse the flour and the rest of the butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add 2 tbsp golden syrup and the warmed milk and whizz until it comes together.
• Bring the liquid back to the boil and drop in dessertspoon-size pieces of the dough, turn the heat down to a simmer again and gently cook for 10 mins, turning gently a few times. You may need to do it in two batches so they don't all stick together - just scoop out the first lot with a little of the syrup into a baking dish, cover with foil and keep warm in a low oven while you finish the rest.