If you love blueberries, but have never had warm blueberry dumplings spooned over creamy vanilla ice cream, you’ve missed an extra-special summer treat!These dumplings are both quick and simple to make.

• 2 ½ C. fresh blueberries
• 1/3 C. sugar
• dash salt
• 1 C. water
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 C. flour
• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• ½ C. milk

Bring berries, sugar, salt, and water to a boil in a saucepan. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add lemon juice. Stir together dry ingredients, cut in butter till the consistency of a coarse meal. Add milk all at once, then stir only until the dry ingredients are dampened.

Drop the batter from tip of a spoon into the bubbling blueberry sauce. (Tip – dip your spoon first into the blueberry sauce before dipping into the batter. The dumplings will slide right off the spoon this way!) Don’t let them overlap. Cover the saucepan with a lid and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes, without peeking (important!). Serve dumpings warm by themselves or over ice cream.