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Blueberry Grunt

Blueberry Grunt

A warm blueberry skillet dessert topped with soft, lightly spiced dumplings. It is fruity, comforting, and cobbler-like, with bright blueberry-orange flavor in every bite.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 215
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 ½ tsp Equal for Recipes (3/4 cup Equal Spoonful or 8 packets Equal sweetener)
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup water
  • ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 5 ½ tsp Equal for Recipes (1/3 cup Equal Spoonful or 18 packets Equal sweetener)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp grated orange rind
  • 3 tbsp cold margarine, cut into pieces
  • 4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
  • ½ cup skim milk
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder

Method
 

  1. Combine flour, baking powder, 2 1/2 tsp Equal, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt in medium bowl.
  2. Add cut margarine pieces and with a paster y blender, blend until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Stir in milk to form soft dough.
  4. Mix cornstarch, 5 1/2 tsps Equal, water, lemon juice, blueberries and grated orange in an 8″ skillet and heat to boiling, stirring consistently until mixture is thickened (approximately 1 min). Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes.
  5. Spoon dough in 6 mounds on simmering blueberry mixture. Cook, covered on low heat until dumplings are done (about 12 to 14 minutes).
  6. Serve warm.

Notes

Food Exchanges: 1 Fruit, 1 1/2 Bread, 1 Fat
Merisant Corporation and the NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal.