Fresh Peach Dumplings Served with Hard Sauce

Name: Fresh Peach Dumplings Served with Hard Sauce
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters butter, softened; 177 milliliters butter flavored shortening; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 5 Tbsps ice water; 6 fresh peaches - peeled, pitted and halved; 1 pinch salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Fresh Peach Dumplings Served with Hard Sauce is a vegetarian side dish. One serving contains 673 calories, 7g of protein, and 35g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour. Head to the store and pick up peaches, butter shortening, salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Cut in the butter flavored shortening using your hands or a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

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Butter Flavored Shortening

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Blender

Sprinkle the ice water over the dough, and stir until the mixture comes together. Knead the dough briefly, then divide into 6 pieces.

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Water

Dough

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Oven

On a lightly floured surface roll out each piece of dough into a thin circle.

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Dough

Roll

Place two peach halves together, and wrap in each circle of dough, sealing at the top.

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Dough

Peach

Wrap

Place the dumplings onto an ungreased baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake dumplings for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. While the dumplings are baking, make the sauce. In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, egg, nutmeg, vanilla and salt using an electric mixer on low speed. Gradually mix in the confectioners' sugar. Spoon over warm dumplings.

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Powdered Sugar