Old Fashioned Blackberry Dumplings Recipe

Directions:

1. In a bowl, combine melted butter, milk, eggs, 1 cup sugar and vanilla.
2. In separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
3. Add dry ingredients to liquid and stir.
4. Do not overmix.
5. In large skillet, combine water, 2 1/2 cups sugar and blackberries.
6. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens.
7. Drop dumpling batter by the spoonful into blackberry mixture and cook dumplings till they rise.
8. Test with fork to see if they are done.
9. When fork comes out clean, remove dumplings and continue with remaining batter.
10. Serve dumplings warm, topped with blackberry mixture.
11. Whipped cream or ice cream is optional but good!