1776 Molasses Dumplings

⏱ 10 mins 🍽 24 serving(s) 🌶 chinese 🏷 Dessert

This recipe offers a taste of history with these traditional Chinese dessert dumplings from 1776. The simple dough is mixed, cut, and fried before being finished in a kettle of boiling molasses. The process creates a unique sweet and savoury treat that is then drained before serving. It yields approximately 24 servings and can be prepared in about 10 minutes.

1776 Molasses Dumplings

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons fat
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

Method

  1. Combine the dumpling ingredients and roll the dough out to a thickness of one inch. Use a small cutter to shape the dumplings.
  2. Carefully place 2 or 3 dumplings at a time into the hot fat to fry.
  3. Prepare a separate pot of boiling molasses. Once the dumplings are fried, transfer them directly into this boiling molasses.
  4. Take the dumplings out of the molasses and allow them to drain on a suitable surface.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium153400 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDessert
Cuisinechinese
AuthorCarol Cooper