Recipe - Brown Sugar Dumplings

This recipe was one of my dad's favorites, and it is one of mine as well. Quick and fairly easy to make, these bits of dough in a rich caramel sauce can be eaten warm or cold. At my house we eat them a bit hotter than we should because no one wants to wait for them to cool.

Brown Sugar Dumplings

Sauce:

2 cups water                                1 ¼ cup brown sugar

Bring to a boil then simmer.

Dumplings:

1 ¼ cup flour                                3 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp sugar                                 ¼ cup shortening

½ cup milk

Mix well.  Drop dough into sauce by spoonfuls.  Cover and simmer 15 minutes.

Let cool and enjoy!