Grannys Butter Bean Dumplings Recipes

Steps:

• Heat a smoker for cooking at 225 degrees F.
• Add pork and beans, black beans, kidney beans and butter beans to a foil pan and set aside.
• Brown the beef in a large skillet, then drain the grease and add the beef to the beans. Cook the bacon in the same skillet, then add the bacon to the beans. Add the ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, onion, jalapeños, salt and pepper to the beans.
• Place the foil pan in the smoker and let smoke until there is a nice bark covering the top of the beans, 4 to 5 hours.

Steps:

• Mix the first 6 ingredients together until combined. Slowly add the water until you form a dough. You may have to add more or less water to form the ball.
• Roll out the dumpling dough on a floured surface thin and cut into bite size pieces.
• Drop them one at a time into simmering chicken/broth. She would always drop a few then wait a bit, then drop a few more. She said this kept them from sticking together in the end. After they are all added, give a gentle stir (once or twice around the pot, then leave it alone).
• Let the dumplings simmer in the chicken/broth mixture until they float to the top (about 15 minutes or so). I have let them simmer a longer, and that's fine. She would taste the broth one last time after the dumplings were done for seasoning before we got to eat them!

Steps:

• 1. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough. Drop by spoonfuls into boiling soup or stew. Cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting lid. Serve.
• 2. VARIATION: To make parsley dumplings, add 1 tablespoon parsley flakes to the dry ingredients.

Steps:

• 1. Wash the beans and discard any irregular or discolored ones; add 2 quarts cold water and soak overnight.
• 2. Drain the old water and add 2 quarts fresh cold water into a large soup pot or Dutch oven. Place beans, ham, salt, peppercorns, and bay leaf into pot; cover. Simmer on low heat for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Add onion for the last half-hour.
• 3. If using ham bone, remove and cut the meat off; add ham to soup. If using ham steak cubes, leave in soup. Season to taste.
• 4. FOR DUMPLINGS: Mix flour, baking powder, and salt into mixing bowl. Combine milk and vegetable oil separately. Add all at once to dry mixture, stirring just until moistened.
• 5. Turn heat to medium to high under beans and bring them back to a boil. Drop batter from tablespoon atop bubbling beans. Cover tightly; let mixture return to boiling. Reduce heat (don't lift cover); simmer 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about 10 dumplings. Serve with plenty of cornbread.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Cut in the cold butter with a pastry blender till mixture resembles coarse oatmeal.
• Add the egg, milk and parsley.
• Blend lightly, don't overmix.
• Drop by approximately 6 tblsful on top of the simmering liquid.
• Cover tightly and cook over medium-low heat for 20 minutes.do not lift the cover during the cooking process.
• Serve in bowls, topped with butter.

Steps:

• In large pot, bring chicken, broth, soup, pepper and poultry seasoning to a boil.
• Then reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• In the meantime, lightly flour a piece of waxed paper and a rolling pin (or a round drinking glass works). Also lay out a clean piece of waxed paper to put on after rolling.
• Take two biscuits and roll out in circle to 1/8 inch thickness. Lay them on the other piece of waxed paper.
• Repeat with all biscuits. Then take a knife and slice the circles into one inch strips.
• Bring pot back to a low boil. Pick up each strip and pull into 1 1/2 to 2 inch pieces and drop into broth on low boil.
• Stir gently to prevent them sticking together.
• Simmer for ten minutes.

Steps:

• Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough.
• Drop by spoonfuls into boiling stew. Cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting lid. Serve.
• To make parsley dumplings, add 1 tablespoon parsley flakes to the dry ingredients.