Name: Amaretto Cherries with Dumplings
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) pitted tart cherries -; 3/4 cup sugar -; 1/4 cup cornstarch -; 1/8 teaspoon salt -; 1/4 cup amaretto or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract -; DUMPLINGS: -; 1 cup all-purpose flour -; 1/4 cup sugar -; 1 teaspoon baking powder -; 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest -; 1/8 teaspoon salt -; 1/3 cup 2% milk -; 3 tablespoons butter, melted -; Vanilla ice cream, optional -

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Cooking:

15 min.

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Ingredients for - Amaretto Cherries with Dumplings

1. 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) pitted tart cherries -

2. 3/4 cup sugar -

3. 1/4 cup cornstarch -

4. 1/8 teaspoon salt -

5. 1/4 cup amaretto or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract -

6. DUMPLINGS: -

7. 1 cup all-purpose flour -

8. 1/4 cup sugar -

9. 1 teaspoon baking powder -

10. 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest -

11. 1/8 teaspoon salt -

12. 1/3 cup 2% milk -

13. 3 tablespoons butter, melted -

14. Vanilla ice cream, optional -

How to cook deliciously - Amaretto Cherries with Dumplings

1. Stage

Drain cherries, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Place cherries in a 3-qt. slow cooker.

2. Stage

In a small bowl, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt; stir in reserved juice until smooth. Stir into cherries. Cook, covered, on high 7 hours. Drizzle amaretto over cherry mixture.

3. Stage

For dumplings, in a small bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon zest and salt. In another bowl, whisk milk and melted butter. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened.

4. Stage

Drop by tablespoonfuls on top of hot cherry mixture. Cook, covered, 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of dumplings comes out clean. If desired, serve warm, with ice cream.