nadine I love golden syrup dumplings and I have tried them heaps but these are just to die for, when you make them let me know what you think.

Golden Syrup Dumplings

Prep Time ? 10 minutes
Cooking time ? 9 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup self raising flour
4 tablespoons of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg beaten
? teaspoon vanilla essence
2 tablespoons of milk
2 tablespoons of golden syrup

1. Place flour in a mixing bowl, using fingertips, rub in half the butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Using a fork stir in ? cup of sugar, the egg vanilla and milk to make a soft dough. Using damp hands shape dough into 8 balls and set aside.

2. Place remaining butter, remaining sugar and golden syrup in a large shallow microwave safe dish. Add 1 ? cups boiling water and mix well until sugar dissolves.

3. Cook on high (100%) for 4 minutes or until simmering. Add dumplings and cover. Cook on high for 5 minutes, stand covered for 5 minutes (if you can wait that long) serve warm with ice cream or cream.

Notes:
You can cook dumplings in advance and reheat on medium for 3-5 minutes
Avoid overcooking. If using a higher wattage microwave reduce cooking time by 1 ?2 minutes. This recipe is based in a 1250 watt microwave. Mine is 1200 watt and it turns out fine.