Summer Peach Dumplings (1976)

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbspn butter
• 1 cup cream or milk
• 2 cups sliced, ripe peaches
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tspns baking powder
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 2 cups hot water

Make a syrup of the sugar, butter, and 2 cups hot water. Add the sliced peaches, and let this come to a boil.

Make dumplings by mixing flour, baking powder, and salt into a fairly stiff batter with cream or milk. Drop large spoonfuls of this batter into the boiling syrup and peaches. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Serve while hot. 

More "Lost" Peach Recipes
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Farmer's Butterscotch Peach Pie (1965)

(Origin - "The Passion for Peaches Cookbook" by Gail McPherson, 1976.)