Golden syrup dumplings

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Ingredients

• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 50g unsalted butter
• half a cup milk
• Pinch salt
• 1 and a half  cups water
• half a cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• Juice of one lemon

Method

Syrup:

In a medium saucepan add water, sugar, golden syrup and lemon juice.

Stir and bring to the boil.

Dumplings:

Place flour and salt into a medium bowl and rub in cold butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add milk and using a fork, gently cut through to form dough.

Gently roll the dough, a tablespoon at a time, into a ball and gently drop them into the boiling syrup.

Place a lid on top of the saucepan of syrup and dumplings and turn down temperature to a simmer. Simmer for 20 minutes. Turn the heat off sit for 3-4 minutes before serving.

Notes

• The dumplings are like scones- you need a very gentle hand for a fluffy texture, however if done right they are divine, especially with thickened cream poured on top.
• Recipe created by Camilla Baker for Kidspot, New Zealands best recipe finder.

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