Country Peach Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or 1 cup shortening
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
6 medium ripe peaches, peeled
milk
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
honey (optional)

Preparation

Combine first 3 ingredients and cut in the 1 cup of butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle 1/3 cup milk, 1 tablespoon at a time evenly over surface; stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened.
Divide dough into 6 portions. Roll each portion of dough into a 7-inch square on a lightly floured surface.
Combine sugar and next 5 ingredients; reserve 2 tablespoons of this mixture and set aside. Coat each peach with remaining sugar mixture and place in the center of a pastry square.
For each dumpling, moisten edges of dough with milk and pull corners of square over peach; pinch dough together sealing all seams.
Freeze the dumplings for 30 minutes.
Place dumplings in a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking pan. Drizzle each one with a teaspoon of butter and sprinkle with reserved sugar mixture.
Bake at 425\u00b0F for 35 minutes. Drizzle with honey before serving.