Vinegar Dumplings

This recipe my Grandmother Alice made often. I suppose that when they were in the thick of the depression and few ingredients to fix. They fix this. It has become a tradition at our Thanksgiving table. Now that she is gone I want to carry on the tradition

1 cup of vinegar

4 cups of water

1 1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp allspice

1/4 tsp salt

Mix all ingredients together and bring to a boil. Thicken with cornstarch mixed with water. Pour sauce into a 9x13 deep baking dish.

On the top place sweetened biscuits (recipe below)

4 cups of flour

6 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup shortening (I like Crisco)

1/2 sugar

1 1/2 cup of milk or enough to make a soft dough

Now you can either drop the dough on top of the sauce or you can roll them out and cut with a biscuit cutter and place them on the sauce. Either way work fine. If my granny was out to cow camp dropping them onto the sauce was what she did, if she was at home she would roll them out and cut them with a biscuit cutter to make them look nicer.

You then bake them at 375 for about 45 min. or until the biscuits is golden brown.

Sounds strange, but try it, I like it, especially with a little ice cream or whipped cream