Cracker Barrel Dumplings Recipe
If you're a fan of classic Southern comfort food, then you won't want to miss our Cracker Barrel dumplings recipe.
Ingredients
For Dumplings:
- All-purpose flour 2 cups
- Whole milk 1 cup
- Vegetable oil ¼ cup
- Water for boiling 2 quart
- Chicken bouillon cubes 3
- Baking powder 2 teaspoons
- Salt ½ teaspoon
For Sauce:
- Whole milk 1 cup
- All-purpose flour ¼ cup
- Dumpling cooking liquid ¾ cup
- Butter 3 tablespoons
- Salt 1 teaspoon
- Sugar ½ teaspoon
- Chicken bouillon cubes (crumbled) 2
Instructions
For Dumplings:
- Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, milk, and oil, until thoroughly combined.
- Dump the dough onto a floured countertop. Knead the dough lightly, about four or five times, on a floured surface.
- Divide the dough equally into two parts. Using a rolling pin, flatten one-half of the dough until it's approximately 1/8-inch thick.
- Use a cookie cutter to shape the dough into 1 x 1½-inch pieces.
- Place bouillon cubes and water into a large pot and stir until combined.
- Dissolve the bouillon cubes in boiling water by stirring continuously until fully dissolved.
- Cook the first batch of dumplings until they start floating to the top of the pot, which is an indicator that they're almost done.
- Remove the dumplings with a strainer and place them in a bowl. Set them aside.
- Continue cooking the remaining dumplings using the same method.
- Keep the cooking liquid aside for later use.
For Sauce:
- Over medium heat, melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Once melted, add salt and flour, continuously stirring until the mixture thickens.
- Whisk together the sugar and milk, and slowly pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture, whisking constantly until the mixture is thick and smooth.
- Take the saucepan off the heat and add the boiled dumplings to the sauce until they are evenly coated.
- Add the crumbled bouillon cubes to ½ cup of the reserved cooking liquid and stir until dissolved.
- Gently fold in the dissolved bouillon mixture into the sauce and dumplings until fully combined.
- Allow the dumplings to simmer in the sauce over low heat until well blended.
- In case the sauce appears too thick, you can slowly incorporate some more cooking liquid while gently stirring.
- Serve the dish while it's still warm.