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Date Dumplings with Brown Sugar Sauce

Date dumplings with brown sugar sauce is an old fashioned date dessert. It is easy to make with ingredients you might already have in your kitchen.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 6 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 tbsp butter melted
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup pecan chopped
  • 1/2 cup dates chopped
For brown sugar sauce
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1/4 cup heavy or light cream
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Grease 1 qt baking pan.
  2. For brown sugar sauce; combine brown sugar, water, cream, butter, vanilla extract, and nutmeg in a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil and simmer until sugar melt; about 1 minute. Pour the hot syrup in a prepared pan.
  3. For date dumplings; whisk together the flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, baking powder, salt in a mixing bowl. Add milk, melted butter, vanilla and chopped pecan and dates; mix well.
  4. Using a 1-1/2 inch cookie scoop or a spoon drop dumplings, about 12 balls, on the syrup in a pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until syrup gets bubbly and thicken slightly.
  5. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.