Blackberry Dumplings

This recipe is from The More Swamp Cooking cookbook. SheronBeth sent me this cookbook for my birthday. It is all Louisiana cooking.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 12 dumplings

Ingredients

• 4  tablespoons butter, melted, at room temperature
• 1  cup milk
• 3 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 3 1⁄2 cups flour
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 4  cups water
• 1 1⁄2 quarts blackberries

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine melted butter, milk, eggs, 1 cup sugar and vanilla.
2. In separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to liquid and stir. Do not overmix.
3. In large skillet, combine water, 2 1/2 cups sugar and blackberries. Cook over medium heat till mixture thickens.
4. Drop dumpling batter by the spoonful into blackberry mixture and cook dumplings till they rise. Test with fork. When fork comes out clean, remove dumplings and continue with remaining batter.
5. Serve dumplings warm, topped with blackberry mixture. ** I do not know how many this makes so I guessed it anyone works it out let me know.