Grape Dumplings

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 egg

1 1/4 cups water

1 Tablespoon cornstarch

64 ounces grape juice

Sugar to taste

Directions:

Place flour in a heap on tabletop. Make a well in center of flour and crack an egg into center. Using a fork, begin mixing the egg into the flour and add water as you go. Form the dough into a ball and roll out very thin. Cut into 1-inch squares.

In a large pot place grape juice and sugar to taste. Bring to a rolling boil. Drop dumplings into boiling grape juice. Mix 1 Tablespoon cornstarch in 1 cup water. Add to hot grape juice. Cook for a few minutes and serve hot. y

Get more recipes from Chickasaw cooks JoAnn Ellis and Vicki Penner, who have co-authored two cookbooks for the Chickasaw Press called Ilimpa'chi': We're Gonna Eat! and Ilittibaaimpa': Let's Eat Together! See http://www.chickasawpress.com

Courtesy of the Chickasaw Nation and their Aaimpa' Cafe