Cherry-plum slump

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Sliced; pitted prunes
1 cup Pitted sweet cherries
¼ cup Sugar
¾ cup All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon Salt
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine
⅓ cup Milk

Directions

In a 3-quart saucepan combine fruit, ½ cup of the sugar, and ¼ cup water. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Meanwhile for dumplings, stir together flour, ¼ cup remaining sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and ⅛ teaspoon salt. Cut in butter to resemble coarse crumbs. Add milk, stirring just to moisten. Spoon dough in 6 mounds atop hot filling. Cover and simmer about 15 minutes or till toothpick inserted in the dumplings comes out clean. Serve warm. Makes 6 servings.

Recipe by: BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS MAGAZINE -- SEPTEMBER 1996 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #678 by essie49@... (Ethel R Snyder) on Jul 18, 1997

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