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Peach Dumplings

FRUIT DUMPLINGS HAD their heyday in 19th-century America. Back then, peach versions of the dessert were made by wrapping peach slices or halves in tender pastry dough and baking or boiling them, sometimes swaddled in cheesecloth, in a sweetened syrup.

Since then, recipes for peach dumplings have evolved. When I made six existing recipes for my team, we were most drawn to one from Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman. Her version leans toward the traditional: peaches wrapped in dough and cooked in syrup. Her recipe calls for wrapping frozen

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