Appalachian Blackberry Dumplings (1987)

• 3 to 4 cups, self-rising flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 quart blackberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cup water

To make dumplings, fill a large mixing bowl almost full with sifted flour, and make a hole in the middle. Mix in buttermilk, milk, and shortening. Knead dough, then tear off pieces.

Bring blackberries, sugar, and water to a boil. Drop dumpling dough in pieces into blackberry mixture. Cover and simmer until dough is done.

More "Lost" Blackberry Recipes
Blackberry Buttermilk Cake (1980)

Farmer's Blackberry-Green Apple Pie (1965)

(Origin - "Smithsonian Folklife Cookbook" by Katherine S. Kirlin and Thomas M Kirlin, published by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991.)