Healthy Berry Dumplings

Busy Dad here, and with the cold weather coming on I looked for delicious and easy breakfast recipes, that would also warm the house! I settled on some delicious berry dumplings that are cooked solely on the stovetop.

You’re going to need:

1 lb mixed berries (if you go the frozen berry route, I suggest mixing in some fresh cut strawberries, which is what I did)
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
3 tablespoons of sugar (2 for one part and 1 for another; the berries are already pretty sweet so I cut this way down)
1 cup flour (I did half whole wheat and half all-purpose flour to make it a bit more healthy- you could also try doing all whole wheat dumplings!)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup buttermilk (or what I did was use 1 tablespoon of lemon with 1 cup of milk and let sit for ~10 minutes)
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Now, on to the creation part!

Using a medium-sized pan or skillet, cook the berries, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1/4 cup water using medium heat. Do this until most of the water has burned away, which took me about 15 minutes. Stir every minute or two, or more as needed.
Between stirs, get a medium sized bowl and whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and 1 tablespoon of sugar
Once that is mixed together, add the melted butter and buttermilk (don’t forget to stir the berries in the pan!)
Stir until you have a dough; it shouldn’t take very long to do, so don’t stir too much.
Spoon 4 to 8 dollops of dough over the berries in the pan. I suggest you do twice as many dollops as there are people eating, so you can all have seconds!
Combine the cinnamon with 1 teaspoon of sugar, and sprinkle over the dough
Cover the pan tightly with foil, and cook over medium-low until the dumplings are cooked. You can tell by poking the dumplings and seeing if they’re mostly solid or dry on top, about 15 minutes.
Spoon into bowls and add whipped cream for a sweet topping!