Skillet Chocolate Dumplings Recipe

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Why bake when you can make an entire dessert on the stove top? These dumpling are often requested by my family for special events like birthdays.—Becky Magee, Chandler, Arizona

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Skillet Chocolate Dumplings Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Cook: 20 min.

Yield: 6-8 Servings

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Ingredients

CHOCOLATE SAUCE:
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Dash salt
2 cups water
2 tablespoons butter
DUMPLINGS:
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
3 tablespoons butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whipped cream or ice cream

Directions

For sauce, combine in a heavy skillet the brown sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Stir in water; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to boil and thicken slightly. Add butter; mix well. Remove sauce from heat while make dumplings.
For dumplings, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and cocoa. Cut in butter until mixture resembles a fine meal. Combine the egg, milk and vanilla; blend gradually into flour mixture.
Return skillet to heat, bring the chocolate sauce to a boil. Drop dumplings by spoonfuls into hot sauce. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream. Yield: 6-8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 277 calories, 9 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 47 mg cholesterol, 359 mg sodium, 48 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Skillet Chocolate Dumplings in Country Woman January/February 1991, p36