Here’s a classic, comforting Peach Dumplings recipe—soft dough wrapped around juicy peaches in a sweet syrup 🍑🥟
Old-Fashioned Peach Dumplings
Ingredients
Dumplings
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup shortening or cold butter
- ¾ cup milk
Filling
- 4 large peaches, peeled, pitted, and halved
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg (optional)
Syrup
- 1½ cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Prep
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Butter a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Make Dough
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Cut in shortening/butter until crumbly.
- Stir in milk until a soft dough forms.
- Assemble Dumplings
- Roll dough out to about ¼-inch thick.
- Cut into squares large enough to wrap peach halves.
- Place a peach half in center of each square.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
- Fold dough up and pinch to seal.
- Make Syrup
- In a saucepan, boil water, sugar, and butter for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Bake
- Arrange dumplings seam-side down in dish.
- Pour syrup evenly over dumplings.
- Bake 40–45 minutes, until golden and bubbly.
- Serve
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Tips & Variations
- Shortcut: Use canned peach halves (drained).
- Crescent roll version: Wrap peaches in crescent dough.
- Spiced: Add a cinnamon stick or splash of bourbon to syrup.
- Extra rich: Drizzle with cream just before serving.
If you’d like, I can also share a slow cooker version, mini peach dumplings, or apple dumplings 🍑😊
