Dovell's Tomato Dumplings

This is real comfort food. It's also something my grandmother used to make for my father. She gave the recipe to Moo and when Moo wanted to please us with something special, she'd make tomato dumplings. As an aside, Moo used to can her own tomatoes, which made for very flavorful tomatoes all year long. This is best served as a winter dish, so good canned tomatoes made this a real palate pleaser.

Dumplings:
2/3 cup flour
¼ t. baking powder
1 egg
Water

Tomatoes:
1 quart tomatoes
½ cup sugar
1 heaping T butter
Salt & pepper to taste

Mix dumpling ingredients to make a batter. Set aside. In a pot or large saucepan, mix tomatoes, sugar, butter, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. To make dumplings, drop batter in boiling tomatoes one teaspoon full at a time. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.