German Prune Soup With Dumplings Recipe
Ingredients
| Dried prunes | 1 Dozen (Soup :) | |
| 4 slices thick cut bacon, chopped | ||
| 1 small onion, chopped fine | ||
| Granulated Sugar | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) (Soup :) | |
| Cider vinegar | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) (Soup :) | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon (Soup :) | |
| Water | 1/2 Quart (Soup :) | |
| 1/2 dry coffee cake or about 3 dry cinnamon rolls | ||
| All purpose flour | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) (Dumplings:) | |
| Granulated Sugar | 2 Tablespoon (Dumplings:) | |
| Softened butter | 1 Tablespoon (Dumplings:) | |
| 1 egg, beaten slightly | ||
| Milk | ||
Directions
Presoak a clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 15 minutes.
Place all the ingredients for the soup in the presoaked pot, then cover the pot and place it in a cold oven.
Set the oven temperature at 480 degrees.
Cook for 75 minutes.
While the soup is cooking prepare the dumplings: Combine the crumpled coffee cake, flour, and sugar, and mix well.
Add the butter and egg and mix to make a soft dumpling style dough.
If not soft enough, add a little milk.
At the end of the cooking time, remove the soup from oven and drop the dumplings into the soup by the spoonful. (Make about 8 dumplings and you may have some left over.)
Cover the pot and return it to the oven for an additional 20 minutes of cooking.
Place all the ingredients for the soup in the presoaked pot, then cover the pot and place it in a cold oven.
Set the oven temperature at 480 degrees.
Cook for 75 minutes.
While the soup is cooking prepare the dumplings: Combine the crumpled coffee cake, flour, and sugar, and mix well.
Add the butter and egg and mix to make a soft dumpling style dough.
If not soft enough, add a little milk.
At the end of the cooking time, remove the soup from oven and drop the dumplings into the soup by the spoonful. (Make about 8 dumplings and you may have some left over.)
Cover the pot and return it to the oven for an additional 20 minutes of cooking.
Chef
