Our unseasonably warm spring has led to the early arrival of strawberries, and as a fresh-fruit-starved local-ish eater, there has been some major excitement in our house over their ripening.
Easter breakfast led me to re-create this tradition from David's childhood:
strawberry dumplings.
(A concise recipe is at the bottom of the post).
I made my favorite biscuit recipe, rolled it out, and cut them into triangles.
I make a few changes to the yogurt biscuits:
- I use 1/2 fresh ground whole wheat flour
-I quadruple the recipe.
I tossed a cup of strawberries with 1/4 c. of sugar, and placed a strawberry in each triangle.
Fold it up and close the seams by pinching your fingers.
While you are forming the dumplings, melt a stick of butter in the pan you will bake them in, and then arrange the dumplings tightly together.
Bake at 375 for about 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown.
We like to serve it with fresh strawberry syrup & a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
Strawberry dumplings are delicious for special occasions, but my littles are perfectly happy to eat strawberries straight out of the fields, where we have been picking - some for now, and some to freeze for later.
Strawberry dumplings are delicious for special occasions, but my littles are perfectly happy to eat strawberries straight out of the fields, where we have been picking - some for now, and some to freeze for later.
Happy berry pickers.
Are you as excited about spring deliciousness as we are?
Are you as excited about spring deliciousness as we are?
Strawberry Dumplings
Ingredients:
1 c. fresh strawberries (cut into halves and de-stemmed)
1/4 c. sugar
1 stick of butter
Pre-made biscuit dough: I quadruple this recipe. (I use 1/2 whole wheat flour).
Pre-heat oven to 375. Place your pan in the oven with the stick of butter. Toss strawberries with sugar. Roll out the biscuit dough into a large rectangle and cut into triangles with a knife, similar to the shape of a crescent roll. Place a strawberry in each triangle and fold it up and seal the seams by pinching them together. After the butter has melted, put dumplings into pan and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve with fresh fruit, or a strawberry syrup.
Yield: Approximately 18 dumplings.
Recipe adapted from David's Grandma's recipe.
3 comments:
yum! can't wait to try this. We now have local-ish strawberries (from California but when you have been subsiding on apples and pears for 7 months, that is local enough for now!)
Sounds so good! I can't wait to try it.
Those look good. Berry picking with kids is possibly my favorite thing about the summer.
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