Berry Dumplings

Instructions

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   Put the berries and water into a big pot and cook over medium heat until the berries are done. Stir in the sugar and butter. Mix 2 cups of self-rising flour and 6 tablespoons of shortening with a fork and add 2/3 cups of milk. Mix to form a dough. Drop by tablespoonfuls into the boiling berry mixture. After all of the dumplings have been dropped into the berries, cover the pot and reduce the heat to low and cook for another 8 to 10 minutes. Be sure the berry mixture is boiling and do not stir the dump- lings or they will stick together. Sweet Potato Pie 4 tablespoons of butter, softened 4 cups of mashed cooked sweet potatoes 2 cups of sugar 4 eggs 2 tablespoons of flour 1 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda 1 cup of buttermilk 2 teaspoons of vanilla 2 unbaked 9-inch piecrusts In a large bowl, mix the sweet potatoes, butter, and eggs and mix well. Next in another bowl mix the sugar, flour, and salt together and then mix into the sweet potato mixture. Combine the but- termilk and the baking soda and add this to the sweet potatoes and mix well. Stir in the vanilla and pour the sweet potatoes into the two piecrusts. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the pies are set.