Amaretto Cherries with Dumplings Recipe

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You can't beat the combination of almond flavor with cherries. These light and fluffy dumplings are heavenly. Topped with the sauce and ice cream, it makes for a scrumptious dessert.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Amaretto Cherries with Dumplings Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 7-3/4 hours

Yield: 5 Servings

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Ingredients

2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) pitted tart cherries
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Amaretto
DUMPLINGS:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup 2% milk
3 tablespoons butter, melted
Vanilla ice cream, optional

Directions

Drain cherries, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Place cherries in a 3-qt. slow cooker.
In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in reserved juice until smooth. Add to slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 7 hours. Drizzle amaretto over cherry mixture.
For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon peel and salt. Stir in milk and butter just until moistened. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto hot cherry mixture. Cover and cook for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean. Serve warm with ice cream if desired. Yield: 5 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup (calculated without ice cream) equals 441 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 19 mg cholesterol, 268 mg sodium, 85 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Amaretto Cherries with Dumplings in Taste of Home Everyday Slow Cooker & One Dish Recipes Annual 2011, p90