Serves 4
Hot, sweet, syrupy Grandpères served with two scoops of cold vanilla ice cream. Genius. And we have generations of Canadians to thank for keeping this age-old recipe alive. You can eat this for breakfast or dessert. Or a midnight snack.
Ingredients:
For the dumplings:
2 – 2 1/4 cups flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
3 Tbsp butter
3/4 cup whole milk
For the cooking liquid:
2 cups maple syrup
1 1/2 cups water
Method:
In a large bowl, mix together flour…
… start with two cups and add more if you need to.
Stir in the baking powder…
A scoop of cinnamon (or Sin as my mom likes to call it)
Whisk together with a pinch of salt. Can you see Keith?
Now add some buttery goodness. Cut it into the flour with a pastry cutter. Stop when the butter is pea-sized.
Next comes the milk.
Mix it together until it forms a loose mass, like wet bread dough.
Add water to a pot… make it a wide one. You’ll see why in a few pictures.
Don’t forget the maple syrup. Use the best quality you can afford. No imitation syrup, please… at least for our Canadian Global Table.
Bring to a simmer. I wish this was a hot tub. Yum.
Drop in the dough..
one at a time…
Whoops. Getting crowded in here.
This definitely isn’t going to work. Time to pour molten syrup and dough into a wider pot.
Presto… chango! Ahhh… much better.
Simmer gently for about 20 minutes.
You can eat these plain, swimming in the cooking liquid.
Yum!
Or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Or two!
You better eat quickly though… before it melts away!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4 people | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 20 minutes |
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Hot, sweet, syrupy Grandpères served with two scoops of cold vanilla ice cream. Genius. And we have generations of Canadians to thank for keeping this age-old recipe alive. You can eat this for breakfast or dessert. Or a midnight snack.
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- 2 -2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch salt
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 cups maple syrup
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- In a large bowl mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Cut butter into the flour with a pastry cutter until pea-sized.
- Add milk and mix until it forms a loose mass, like a wet bread dough.
- Add water and maple syrup to a pot. Bring to a simmer.
- Add balls of dough and simmer until cooked through - about 20 minutes
- Serve hot - plain, with the cooking liquid, and/or over vanilla ice cream.
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